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Earth Day – Activities for Teaching about Climate Change
Weekly Wild Update Earth Day is coming up this Wednesday, April 22, and the theme this year is ‘Climate Action.’ To get kids learning about this complex global issue, we’ve…
Warm Welcoming: Spring Arrives to Our Gardens
Increasing the variety of plants in your garden not only enhances its beauty — it also increases crucial habitat for your wild neighbours and guests. The plants you choose for…
How to Connect to the Great Outdoors From Indoors
The benefits of spending time in nature are plentiful. From improved immune function to increased memory retention to boosted happiness, nature is in many ways our solace. But how can…
Gone for good? Reintroducing Species to Canada
Sadly, wild species can and do disappear from Canada. Some become extinct, ceasing to exist anywhere on our planet. Others are extirpated, meaning they are gone from Canada but can…
Invasive Species: An At-Home Alien Exploration
Weekly Wild Update Alien invaders have landed! We’re not talking about the kind from outer space, but the kind right here on Earth. What happens when plants and animals are…
Pollinators: What’s All the Buzz About?
Weekly Wild Update Feeling overwhelmed in the face of the long-term school closures? We recommend a dose of Weekly Wild! Every week we’ll share webinars, curriculum-based activities and DIY projects…
iNaturalist Canada: A Year in Review
Here’s why 2019 was a Great Year for iNaturalist: 1,070,579 observations 17,328 species 1,429,283 identifications These are huge numbers – in fact, the number of observations in Canada more than…
Invasive plants – What’s the Big Deal?
We’ve all heard that invasive plants are bad. But how exactly do they affect us? Some non-native plants have the ability to support wildlife when grown in combination with native…
How to Help Wildlife This Spring
Spring into the season by helping the wildlife right outside your door. The first day of spring is just around the corner (or should we say just around the snowbank).…
Building Local Native Seed Markets
We need a source of native wildflower seed for pollinator restoration projects in eastern Ontario. Our goal at the Canadian Wildlife Federation is to transform millions of kilometres of rights-of-way…