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What happens in late summer/early fall?
[PHOTO CREDIT: RICHARD ECKERT – CWF PHOTO CONTEST] Leaves changing colour and falling from trees, cooler weather, apples and harvest season may be some of the things you came up…
Update: Volunteers, Range Testing and Night Tracking
Our eel team is still busy wrapping up a great field season! Most recently, we’ve had the opportunity to have some of the Ottawa Riverkeeper Riverwatcher volunteers join us for…
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…
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,…
WNS is Spreading West
[PHOTO CREDIT: KAREN VANDERWOLF/NB MUSERUM] I am sorry to report that WNS has been confirmed in three counties in Michigan, and one county in Wisconsin . In Michigan, five little…
Bobsledding
Go with the Floe Floe: a floating sheet of ice Gold medal hopefuls such as Kaillie Humphries and Lascelles Brown will be competing in the bobsledding competitions which will test…
Snowboarding
Sweetest Tricks It takes skill and the right attitude to become the best snowboarder in the world. Luckily in Canada, our wildlife is brimming with skill and attitude. There’s…
Bat Species and White-nose Syndrome
A Big Brown Bat with a Meal Worm – [PHOTO CREDIT: KAREN VANDERWOLF/NB MUSEUM] Bats make up nearly a fourth of described mammal species, second only to the rodents…
CWF Garden Photo of the Week
[PHOTO: CWF] Need help after an encounter with poison ivy or stinging nettle? Look no further than this helpful little plant – jewelweed, also known as spotted jewelweed, spotted touch-me-not, or by…
