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Invasive Species: An At-Home Alien Exploration
Weekly Wild Update Alien invaders have landed! We’re not talking about the kind from outer space, but the kind right here on Earth. What happens when plants and animals are…
10 Tips for Collecting Native Wildflower Seeds for Monarch Habitat Restoration
CWF has invested time in native wildflower seed collecting. In 2018-2019, we gathered seeds for use in our rights-of-way meadow restoration test plots. These test plots have been establishing with…
iNaturalist Canada: A Year in Review
Here’s why 2019 was a Great Year for iNaturalist: 1,070,579 observations 17,328 species 1,429,283 identifications These are huge numbers – in fact, the number of observations in Canada more than…
Looking Grim: The Western Monarch Migration is Teetering on Collapse
Thanksgiving in coastal California has been somber for the past two years. At least it has been for the stewards of overwintering Monarch Butterfly populations. The Thanksgiving Western Monarch Count…
How to Help Wildlife This Spring
Spring into the season by helping the wildlife right outside your door. The first day of spring is just around the corner (or should we say just around the snowbank).…
Building Local Native Seed Markets
We need a source of native wildflower seed for pollinator restoration projects in eastern Ontario. Our goal at the Canadian Wildlife Federation is to transform millions of kilometres of rights-of-way…
Grasslands: A Solution to Climate Change in “Plain” Sight
Saving our last remaining temperate grasslands can help tackle climate change and biodiversity loss in Canada. In Canada, temperate grasslands — the world’s most endangered ecosystem — stretch from southern…
Connecting Kids With Species At Risk
You asked for more information to help teach kids about species at risk and we’ve answered! You also asked for information on our wildlife and how to help them, including…
How Climate Change Affects Our Health
From extreme heat to natural disasters, learn how our changing climate will change our health. Climate change has a long list of domino effects – including impacting human health. Our…
How Technology Helps Wildlife
What technology is used to help us understand and conserve wild species? Technology and nature may seem like polar opposites. After all, a growing reliance on technology tends to decrease…
