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Are We Stressing Out Our Lakes?
It’s Friday, and you’re anxiously awaiting 5 o’clock. You’ve got the car packed and are ready to go! Sound like you? Well, you might have a case of cottage fever!…
Why Did the Blanding’s Turtle Cross the Road?
The Blanding’s Turtle is undoubtedly one of our favourite freshwater turtle species. It has often been touted as something of a posterchild for turtle conservation efforts in and around the…
What is Urban Runoff and Why is it Hurting our Aquatic Wildlife?
Urban runoff is considered one of the largest water pollution challenges for a city, not to mention a main source of toxic chemicals for urban waterways. As rain and snow…
Breaking Barriers
Over the years, we have built hundreds of thousands of dams, culverts, levees and road crossings. These human-made barriers are riddled across our waterways. There are more than 40,000 dams…
Exploring Barriers to Free-flowing Rivers on World Fish Migration Day
May 21 is World Fish Migration Day. The day is celebrated every two years and is intended to raise awareness about the importance of migratory fish and free-flowing rivers. So,…
How to Take Better Turtle Observations on iNaturalist Canada
iNaturalist is a great platform for recording observations of plants and animals. To date, over 140,000 people in Canada have submitted more than seven million observations to iNaturalist of upwards…
Cross Creek Fish Passage Restoration
Cross Creek — Nedut’en of the Witsuwit’en Lake Babine Nation — runs through the center of Pendleton Bay Provincial Park. In 2021, the crossing under Babine Lake Road was replaced…
Campbell Creek is Born Again
New Brunswick’s Campbell Creek flows free again for the first time in 100 years. Built in 1919, the Campbell Creek dam was a well-known landmark in Marysville, New Brunswick. It…
The Aquatic Barriers Interactive Web Tool Launches, Now Including Atlantic Canada!
The Canadian Wildlife Federation is pleased to announce the public launch of the Canadian Aquatic Barriers Database (CABD)! The launch of the CABD web tool invites users to explore barrier…
New Report Shows Industry-led Species at Risk Management Failing in Ontario
Industry-led Species at risk management approach falls short in delivering positive results There are two ways Species at risk management options can happen — from the top-down (like provincial or…
