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Ottawa River
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.
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…
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…
Eel Update – Trapping, Testing and a great big THANK YOU!
Holy smokes! Its mid-August! The summer has absolutely flown by and mornings out on the water are definitely a little bit more chilly than they were – but still gorgeous…
Transfer and Tag – Repopulating eels in the Ottawa River
Our eel team at Canadian Wildlife Federation, along with various collaborators, including Hydro-Quebec, the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Quebec Ministry of Natural Resources and Wildlife, Arnprior District Fish and Game…
Building and setting eel traps
Our 2014 American eel team has been busy over the last month preparing for our upcoming field season! As mentioned in our previous post, one of our goals this season…
2014 American Eel Project – Back at it!
Canadian Wildlife Federation – 2014 American Eel Project What we’re up to this summer! Canadian Wildlife Federation has once again started their Ottawa River Eel Project this summer! The 2014…
European Water Chestnut at Voyageur Provincial Park
Last week I had the opportunity to go to Voyageur Provincial Park (just east of Ottawa) and help with their European water chestnut control program. European water chestnut is an…
Water Chestnut Pull Days – Come help save the Ottawa River!
[PHOTO CREDIT: VOYAGEUR PROVINCIAL PARK] Come help save the Ottawa River! Volunteers are needed to help remove Water Chestnut plants from Voyageur Provincial Park, near Chute-a-Blondeau, ON. Water chestnut is…
