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Eel Update – Trapping, Testing and a great big THANK YOU!
Holy smokes! Its mid-August! The summer has absolutely flown by and mornings out on the water are definitely a little bit more chilly than they were – but still gorgeous…
Results From This Past Winter’s WNS Surveillance Season Are Coming In
[PHOTO CREDIT: 2014 CANADIAN COOPERATIVE WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTRE] Results from this past winter’s surveillance season for white-nose syndrome on bats continue to flow in. WNS has continued to spread west,…
A Research Trip to Anticosti Island, Quebec
[PHOTO CREDIT: D.F MCALPINE/NB MUSEUM] I recently went on a research trip to Anticosti Island, Quebec to study the caves there. Our goal was to determine if the white-nose fungus,…
Will Three Bat Species Get The Protection They Need?
[PHOTO CREDIT: KAREN VANDERWOLF/NB MUSEUM] A publication has just been released looking for comments on adding three bat species – the little brown myotis, northern myotis and the tri-colored bat…
Keep Calm and Save the Turtles
That’s our motto even though we know it’s hard for turtle lovers to actually stay calm when seven of eight turtle species in Muskoka are at risk. But we love…
Transfer and Tag – Repopulating eels in the Ottawa River
Our eel team at Canadian Wildlife Federation, along with various collaborators, including Hydro-Quebec, the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Quebec Ministry of Natural Resources and Wildlife, Arnprior District Fish and Game…
Building and setting eel traps
Our 2014 American eel team has been busy over the last month preparing for our upcoming field season! As mentioned in our previous post, one of our goals this season…
Monarch Generations Followed: We’ve Finally Tracked Down These Elusive Butterflies
It’s no secret that the Canadian Wildlife Federation has been worried about the monarch butterfly for quite some time. After their numbers dropped to their all time lowest in 2012,…
Get Out and Camp!
What are you doing this summer? Any chance you’re planning a camping trip for a million people? Ok so that tent might get a little squishy. Nevertheless, that’s our goal…
An Interview on Bats and Bat Houses
On June 12, 2014 I did an interview for Compass on bats and bat houses. You can check it out by clicking this link and forwarding to the 21:12 mark!
