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Down By The Bay: Releasing Blanding’s Turtle Hatchlings Near My House

  • August 29, 2022
  • by Annie Bélair
A Little Help for 15 Little Friends I’ve been working for the Canadian Wildlife Federation for a few years now. I’m quite familiar with our freshwater turtle conservation program and…
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Picking Favourites on the Prairies

  • August 23, 2022
  • by CWF
Nydia Chowdhury is a summer insect field technician working with the Canadian Wildlife Federation’s terrestrial wildlife team. Working for the Canadian Wildlife Federation alongside Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada was a…
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6 Tips to Keep Cats Away From the Wildlife in Your Backyard

  • August 17, 2022
  • by April Overall
Cats. Canadians have welcomed these little fluffballs into their homes for hundreds of years. They’re so cute, it might be hard to wrap your head around just how dangerous they…
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Do Animals Have Personalities?

  • August 17, 2022
  • by David DeRocco
If Disney has taught us anything, it’s the appreciation for the universal entertainment value of anthropomorphism – the attribution of human characteristics or behaviours to, amongst other things, animal species.…
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The Death Toll of Spraying for Mosquitoes (Spoiler: It’s Not Just Mosquitoes That Die)

  • August 16, 2022
  • by Tracey Etwell
It’s summer — mosquito season in Canada. I’ve been noticing a lot of signs advertising mosquito control services for homeowners. I decided to investigate further. The services offer to spray your…
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Counting Monarchs

  • July 29, 2022
  • by Tracey Etwell
Winter Monarch counts for 2021-22 were released this past May 2022. Overwintering Monarchs Butterflies occupied an area of 2.85 hectares in Mexico in winter 2021-2022. This count happens every year…
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Photo: Shelley O'Connell, QC, Photo Club Member Include native plants in your butterfly garden like asters, milkweeds, Joe pye weeds and Echinacea.
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RED LIST UPDATE: Monarch Butterfly Now Listed as ‘Endangered’

  • July 27, 2022
  • by CWF
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) announced last week their listing of the migratory monarch butterfly as Endangered on its ‘Red List of Threatened Species.’ This decision is…
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Creating Paradise In My Backyard: A Photo Gallery

  • July 19, 2022
  • by Kristin Duff
Guest blogger Kristin Duff is a wildlife photographer and a CWF Wildlife-friendly Certified Gardener. It  was in 2016, three months after I retired that I met a man that would…
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Is It Safe to Swim With Snapping Turtles?

  • July 15, 2022
  • by Mackenzie Burns
We’ve all heard the stories. (Cue spooky voice) “Snapping Turtles can grow to massive sizes, with jaws strong enough to bite through a broom handle — or worse — your…
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6 Native Plants That are Hardest to Kill

  • July 13, 2022
  • by April Overall
If you’re new to gardening or have happened to make multiple house plants kick the bucket, this story is for you! We’ve got six native plants that are next to…
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