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Educate Your Community
2025-12-05
Almost everyone is interested in wildlife, but most of us know little about why many wild species are at risk, or how we can help. You'll provide a much-needed service by educating your community about imperilled wildlife.
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Fix up a Fence Row
2025-12-05
A fence row is any fenced border around a lot. Whether it's used for privacy or to keep pets out of trouble with neighbours, a fence row is a great place to plant for wildlife.
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Foster Old-growth Forests and Rainforests
2025-12-05
Many creatures can only survive in very particular habitats.
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Get Community Projects Up and Running
2025-12-05
Community projects geared to improving habitat can be challenging and fun, and they’re hugely rewarding for humans and wildlife.
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Get Rid of Rats
2025-12-05
One of the most common and troublesome rodents is the Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus). This alarmingly adaptable species is found worldwide in basements, sewers, dumps, and buildings of all kinds. It dives and swims well and is at home in cities, towns, and villages.
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Getting Started
2025-12-05
If you want to help wildlife, you’re one of thousands of Canadians concerned about our disappearing natural heritage. You can start right now, and take the first steps in your own backyard!
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Get to Know Your Backyard
2025-12-05
If you want to help local wildlife, it is important to view your backyard from a perspective that takes wildlife needs into account.
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Give First Aid to Insect-infested Trees
2025-12-05
Every year, we lose millions of hectares of trees to insects and disease. A loss of trees means a loss of wildlife habitat too.
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Give Loons a Lift
2025-12-05
When any species - even a common one - changes its habits, there is reason to suspect that all is not well. The common loon, which is found throughout Canada, is not endangered - yet - but shoreline developments continue to destroy nesting sites, and recreational activities can seriously disrupt both adults and chicks.
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Give Toads a Winter Residence
2025-12-05
While frogs are happy to pass the winter at the bottom of a pond, toads are terrestrial hibernators: they'll dig deep into soft garden soil, beneath the frost line, to spend the long, freezing months in dormancy.
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Give Wildlife an Edge
2025-12-05
If you want to be a hit with wildlife, plant edges on your property. They are a great example of biodiversity in action and attract an amazing array of beneficial creatures to your backyard.
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Habitat Planning Checklist
2025-12-05
The following checklist will steer you toward the basic steps to take in any habitat improvement effort.