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What is Urban Runoff and Why is it Hurting our Aquatic Wildlife?

  • June 13, 2022
  • by April Overall
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…
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  • Coasts & Oceans
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Breaking Barriers

  • June 11, 2022
  • by April Overall
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…
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  • Lakes & Rivers

Exploring Barriers to Free-flowing Rivers on World Fish Migration Day

  • May 21, 2022
  • by Justin Duncan
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,…
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How to Take Better Turtle Observations on iNaturalist Canada

  • May 18, 2022
  • by David Seburn
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…
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  • Lakes & Rivers

Cross Creek Fish Passage Restoration

  • March 22, 2022
  • by Betty Rebellato
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…
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Campbell Creek is Born Again

  • March 4, 2022
  • by Natalie Deseta
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…
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The Aquatic Barriers Interactive Web Tool Launches, Now Including Atlantic Canada!

  • March 1, 2022
  • by Nick Mazany-Wright
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…
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New Report Shows Industry-led Species at Risk Management Failing in Ontario

  • February 22, 2022
  • by Nick Lapointe
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…
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Flooded with Hope for Salmon

  • January 26, 2022
  • by Betty Rebellato
The devastating floods in British Columbia have shattered roads, homes, businesses and communities. But they have also raised hopes that together we can build back better, prioritizing not just how…
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Waterways Under A-Salt!

  • December 2, 2021
  • by Terri-Lee Reid
If you thought the use of road salt only impacted our lakes and rivers in the winter, think again! Road salt, usually sodium chloride, is applied to our roads, sidewalks…
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