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Where There’s a Will, There’s a (Natural) Way
Description: Jade Brown lives in London, Ontario. She’s your typical Canadian living a typical life. She’s also proving that anyone can make a difference. Her garden is just off a busy four-lane street, yet it is also a lush wildlife oasis. As more and more of Canada’s wild areas are turned into subdivisions and shopping malls, wildlife, such as migrating songbirds, are relying more heavily on the average garden to meet their basic needs.
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2013 Stan Hodgkiss Canadian Outdoorsperson of the Year Award
Description: Stan Hodgkiss Canadian Outdoorsperson of the Year Award
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Rally Against Ontario's Bill 5
Description: For nearly 20 years, the Endangered Species Act of Ontario has helped protect Ontario’s most threatened species and their habitat. But now the Act itself is at risk of becoming an endangered species. The Ontario Government tabled Bill 5 called “Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act.” Amidst reducing environmental and heritage protection and proposing Special Economic Zones to bypass any protective legislation, the Ontario Government is proposing to repeal the Ontario Endangered Species Act (ESA) and replace it with a new Species Conservation Act which offers less protection to species at risk.
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Is There a Bluebird on Your Windowsill?
Description: This past winter, several members of the Mississippi Valley Field Naturalists (MVFN), situated in the northern half of Lanark County in Eastern Ontario, spent a cold wintry Saturday building bluebird boxes. They hope to establish a bluebird trail in the area this spring. The plight of the Eastern Bluebird has long been of interest to naturalists across North America, ever since the 1950s when man almost wiped them out with DDT. Another single deterrent to the successful nesting of these beautiful songsters was the introduction of the European Starling to our continent, a species that spread prolifically a century ago and assumed the bluebird’s natural nesting cavities. Building bluebird boxes and establishing nesting trails has been a constant quest ever since.
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How to Attract Owls to Your Yard
Description: Make your property an inviting space for these iconic birds!
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Come to Terms with Squirrels
Description: Grey or black squirrels are a common sight in urban and suburban backyards.
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Build a Multi-unit Dwelling for Purple Martins
Description: Condominium living isn’t for every bird, but purple martins like it just fine. Our largest swallows, these dark purplish-blue winged acrobats will return to the same multi-unit nesting structure year after year.
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Saving Turtles At Risk Today (START)
Description: Freshwater turtles as a whole are in decline throughout Canada. All eight species of freshwater turtles in Canada are now listed as species at risk.
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THE CWF Eastern Ontario Turtle Project
Description: Turtles remain widespread in eastern Ontario but they face numerous threats including habitat loss, road mortality, and high rates of nest predation.
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Help The Turtles.ca
Description: Freshwater turtles as a whole are in decline throughout Canada. Of the eight freshwater turtles found in Canada, only one subspecies is stable. The remaining species are designated to be at varying degrees of endangerment.