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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…
Wildlife Response to COVID-19
Currently, the entire human population is in some way impacted by COVID-19. People are quarantined in their homes. Non-essential businesses have temporarily closed. Travel has been limited or restricted. In…
National Wildlife Week: Celebrating Canadian Creatures at Home
Weekly Wild Update Finding educational activities for at-home learning doesn’t have to be a wild goose chase! In celebration of National Wildlife Week (April 5-11) we’ve put together another set…
10 Tips for Collecting Native Wildflower Seeds for Monarch Habitat Restoration
CWF has invested time in native wildflower seed collecting. In 2018-2019, we gathered seeds for use in our rights-of-way meadow restoration test plots. These test plots have been establishing with…
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…
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).…
Things You May Not Recycle but Should
Let’s do our part to reduce landfill waste By now, we should all know the basic items that can be recycled through Canada’s blue bin system – paper, cardboard, glass…
Are Humpback Whales Changing Their Tune?
Humpback Whales are the singers of the sea – but are they starting to change their tune? Male humpbacks emit complex sequences of sounds that can travel across many kilometres…
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…
