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Invasive plants – What’s the Big Deal?
We’ve all heard that invasive plants are bad. But how exactly do they affect us? Some non-native plants have the ability to support wildlife when grown in combination with native…
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…
Naturally Spectacular: When Nature Makes a Spectacle of Itself
There are phenomena in the realm of birds when nature makes a spectacle of itself. Those moments bring people and communities together. Among the great pleasures in a bird-watcher’s life…
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…
Is Your Dog or Cat Bad for the Environment?
How to be an eco-friendly pet owner Here’s a dilemma for animal-lovers: are domestic pets harmful to wildlife? In 2019, the Canadian Animal Health Institute reported that Canada was home…
5 Not-To-Miss Natural Phenomena Across Canada
Make the most of the new decade by experiencing these natural wonders Canada is home to some of the most magnificent natural wonders in the world. We may be living…
Bitter Harvest
Among European birds, mechanized olive harvests are a serious threat. They are dying in the thousands The next time you reach for that bottle of olives for your martini or…
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Adapt, Move or Die
How does wildlife react to climate change? Our changing climate presents wildlife with huge challenges. As the environments they have adapted to and depend on change, they too must change…