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2019
Solitary Wasps
Most people have an aversion to wasps, and understandably so, given their painful sting. But did you know that most of our wasp species do not sting humans and that…
Life Below Water – Linking Learning to the Global Sustainable Development Goals
Water connects us all. Whether we live in a coastal community, or in the middle of the prairies, water flows throughout the landscapes we call home, joining rivers that wind…
Another Silent Spring?
Songbirds are battling numerous threats, some of which might surprise you. “It was a spring without voices. On the mornings that had once throbbed with the dawn chorus of robins,…
Paving New Pathways for Canada’s Pollinators
We’re inviting our pollinators back into our neighbourhoods and rights-of-way corridors! Bees, flower flies, butterflies, moths, wasps and beetles are pollinator species that support our economy and environment. These unsung…
Will This Year See a Drop? Waiting for the Annual Monarch Butterfly Count
Now that we are into the year of 2023, we anxiously await the annual count of the overwintering Monarch Butterfly’s population in Mexico. Historically, the number of hectares of winter…
Plastic on the Poles
Microplastics have now been found in the Arctic and the Antarctic. Where do we go from here? Microplastics can be defined as tiny plastic particles up to five millimetres in…
Feeling Stressed? Avoid Burnout With a Healthy Dose of Nature
A 2021 Statistics Canada survey found that 25 per cent of Canadians are dealing with high levels of stress on nearly a daily basis. Approximately half of Canadians believe their…
16 Things You Might Be Forgetting to do for Your Garden
You’ve turned off the water outside. You’ve made brush piles with all the fallen leaves. Your garden’s fully prepared for the winter, right? Well…pretty close! But there are a few…
Why are Our Birds Vanishing?
Can you imagine waking up without birdsong? Not just for a season but for a lifetime? That just might become our new reality if we don’t do something. The world,…
Down By The Bay: Releasing Blanding’s Turtle Hatchlings Near My House
A Little Help for 15 Little Friends I’ve been working for the Canadian Wildlife Federation for a few years now. I’m quite familiar with our freshwater turtle conservation program and…
