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Bat Week is coming and an update on Big Brown Bats and WNS
Bat Week is coming up! During Bat Week, October 25-31, CWF invites you along with our initiative partners to host an invasive plant pull to help improve habitat and food…
WILD About Sports Update
The CWF team has grown with 22 fantastic summer interns. These young people are helping CWF promote conservation across Canada. Here’s an update from our WILD About Sports interns, Mikaela…
Quiz: How many turtles can you name?
Freshwater turtles are one of the most endangered groups of animals in Canada. Seven of the eight species found in Canada are listed as species at risk. Road mortality, habitat…
What’s happening to the American Eel?
Last week, the Canadian Wildlife Federation helped lead an effort to transport 400 juvenile American Eels from the St. Lawrence River and release them in the Ottawa River near Hawkesbury.
Silver-haired Bats May Be Carriers of WNS Causing Fungus
[PHOTO: Pseudogymnoascus destructans isolates] A single silver-haired bat (Lasionycteris noctivagans) submitted to the Washington Department of Health for rabies testing and subsequently transferred to the National Wildlife Health Center…
How would you make the ultimate Canadian s’more?
Campfire or no campfire, s’mores are the ultimate summer snack. You can make them in your kitchen, on the grill, or over the fire on your next camping trip. You…
CWF Wild About Sports
Recreation can be your gateway to conservation through the Canadian Wildlife Federation and friends. Our interactions with the natural world can inspire and benefit us if we are mindful of our actions…
A New WNS Video, Workshop and Published Paper!
[Image taken from Parks Canada’s video “BATS AND WHITE-NOSE SYNDROME“] Parks Canada Agency just released their newest short video about WNS, cave-entry, and decontamination! You can view this…
Ostrander Point’s Wildlife Have Something to Celebrate Today!
Some plans are better left a pipe dream. For several years now, the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) along with Gilead Power had a plan in place to erect…
Camp with Care
Long weekends. Sunny weather. Open water. It’s the start of Canada’s most popular camping season and many of us are excited to get outside and explore nature. Just a friendly…
