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Love Your Lake is Naturalizing Shorelines
With funding from DFO’s Recreational Fisheries Conservation Partnerships Program, shoreline property owners involved in the Love Your Lake program have been naturalizing, or re-planting, their shorelines with native plants. Love…
The Top Three Threats Leatherbacks Face in Canadian Waters
Leatherback sea turtles have been here since the time of the dinosaurs. They’ve made it through millions of years of global change, until now. Today, they face threats that they…
The Great Canadian Turtle Race has Officially Begun!
I’m thrilled to announce that we have officially launched the Great Canadian Turtle Race! This project will help to conserve the Endangered leatherback sea turtle and to ensure more caring…
Oceans to rivers and back again: Why the Ottawa River’s endangered American eel needs healthy rivers and a healthy Atlantic Ocean
With financial support from Ottawa Wavemakers, in July 2015, Ottawa Riverkeeper and Canadian Wildlife Federation teamed up to host an Eel awareness day on the shore of the Ottawa River…
Give Our Leatherbacks Racing Names for the Great Canadian Turtle Race!
The Great Canadian Turtle Race is just around the corner. The turtles are tagged and ready to race! This October, our leatherbacks will start swimming towards their southern wintering grounds…
Bat contributions to science
Bats are important to us in so many ways. In addition to their critical ecological role as pollinators and insectivores, bats benefit humans in ways that we don’t normally think…
Have We Found the Cure to White-nose Syndrome?
In 2006, white-nose syndrome (WNS) broke out among bat colonies in North America. The fungus (Pseudogymnoascus destructans) has ravaged the ears, muzzles and wings of over 6 million hibernating bats…
Bat Citizen Science Opportunities
Would you like to be a citizen scientist and report your bat sightings? If so, there are a number of ways for you to get involved! If you live in…
Bat Week Is Coming!
There’s no denying that fall is here! That means it’s time to start thinking about Bat Week (October 25-31). Host a bat-box building session on Halloween and help establish a…
Conserving the Coastal Tailed Frog
Today we’re happy to be checking in with a researcher that CWF has funded through the Endangered Species Fund. Dr. John Richardson and his team at the University of British…
