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Carolyn Callaghan

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Biodiversity on the Farm

  • August 25, 2022
  • by Carolyn Callaghan
The spring and summer are always a special time on our hobby farm. Nesting birds, nesting snapping turtles, night air full of frog calls, duck families and a Great Blue…
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bee on heal all flower
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Grow it, Don’t Mow it: Passive Restoration for Pollinators

  • July 29, 2020
  • by Carolyn Callaghan
I live on a hobby farm in western Quebec. Our farm has forest, pasture, a pond, an orchard, gardens and plenty of lawn. My older daughter and I grow the…
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western chorus frog calling
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The Sonic Markers of Spring

  • May 14, 2020
  • by Carolyn Callaghan
For me, there are certain iconic sounds that herald the arrival of spring and which I look forward to every year. The first male American Robins and Red-wing blackbirds usually…
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© Gloria Pawliuk | CWF Photo Club
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LOVE BUGS!

  • June 10, 2019
  • by Carolyn Callaghan
A CWF conservation expert tells us why insects might be our best ecological allies… and why we must act now to prevent a collapse of the world’s bugs. The Canadian…
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soil hand seedling water
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Celebrating World Soil Day

  • December 4, 2018
  • by Carolyn Callaghan
“Essentially, all life depends on the soil … There can be no life without soil and no soil without life; they have evolved together.” ~Charles E. Kellogg   These words…
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Grizzly Bears
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Why Our Wildlife is Part of What Makes Me Canadian

  • June 29, 2018
  • by Carolyn Callaghan
“These lands and the wildlife that occupy them are an important part of my identity as a Canadian.” ~Carolyn Callaghan, Senior Conservation Biologist, Terrestrial Wildlife As Canada Day approaches, I…
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A Case for Pollinators in Canada

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Monarch Butterflies Hit Hard This Winter

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Rescued Big Brown Bat
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A Close Call for Bats in Almonte, Ontario

  • January 17, 2018
  • by Carolyn Callaghan
In December 2017, several parishioners of a heritage church in Almonte, Ontario noticed that a colony of Big Brown Bats had returned to the church after being evicted in the…
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© Derald Lobay | CWF Photo Club
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What is the Connection between A Food Policy for Canada and Wildlife?

  • July 24, 2017
  • by Carolyn Callaghan
The Government of Canada recently announced that it is developing a food policy for Canada. I attended a consultation forum to learn what connections exist between such a policy and…
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