I Got To Meet Our Bat Hero – Dara!
[PHOTO CREDIT: KAREN VANDERWOLF/NB MUSEUM -SPECIMENS FROM THE NEW BRUNSWICK MUSEUM’S BAT COLLECTION. THESE INCLUDE THE BIG BROWN BAT, LITTLE BROWN BAT, NORTHERN LONG-EAR BAT, AND THE TRICOLORED BAT] In…
CWF Garden Photo of the Week
[PHOTO CREDIT: CWF CO-OP STUDENT MARIA TOLYMBEK] CWF’s headquarters has several beds in its Wildlife-friendly Demonstration Garden, such as the Bird Bed and the Drought Bed. This shot was taken in…
European Water Chestnut at Voyageur Provincial Park
Last week I had the opportunity to go to Voyageur Provincial Park (just east of Ottawa) and help with their European water chestnut control program. European water chestnut is an…
WNS on CBC’s Land and Sea!
[PHOTO CREDIT: DF MCALPINE] – Myself on the left with the camera crew – I recently spent two days with a CBC camera crew. They are making an episode of…
CBC Shift Interview on WNS
[PHOTO CREDIT: KAREN VANDERWOLF/NB MUSEUM] I did an interview with CBC Shift on Tuesday regarding WNS (white-nose syndrome) and the recent listing of three bat species to the Species at…
CBC Shift Interview on WNS
[ I did an interview with CBC Shift on Tuesday regarding WNS (white-nose syndrome) and the recent listing of three bat species to the Species at Risk list in both…
Garden Photo of the Week
[PHOTO CREDIT: CANADIAN WILDLIFE FEDERATION’S DEMONSTRATION GARDEN] Many midsummer flowers are blooming in our wildlife-friendly demonstration garden this week, including Echinacea. It will bloom for several weeks, feeding butterflies and…
Garden Photo of the Week
[PHOTO CREDIT: CANADIAN WILDLIFE FEDERATION’S DEMONSTRATION GARDEN] Monarch butterflies benefit from our many native milkweeds but tend to prefer this one, Asclepias syriaca, also known as common milkweed. The flowers have…
Journée d’Élimination de la Châtaigne d’Eau! Venez Nous Aider à Protéger la Rivière des Outaouais!
[PHOTO CREDIT: VOYAGEUR PROVINCIAL PARK] Venez Nous Aider à Protéger la Rivière des Outaouais ! Nous sommes à la recherche de bénévoles qui aideront les travailleurs du Parc Voyageur provincial…
Water Chestnut Pull Days – Come help save the Ottawa River!
[PHOTO CREDIT: VOYAGEUR PROVINCIAL PARK] Come help save the Ottawa River! Volunteers are needed to help remove Water Chestnut plants from Voyageur Provincial Park, near Chute-a-Blondeau, ON. Water chestnut is…