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An Hour With Nature

  • September 9, 2020
  • by April Overall
Have you ever found yourself questioning how long it’s been since you had a healthy dose of the outdoors? It’s easy to binge watch the latest craze on Netflix or…
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How Agricultural Land Can Help Pollinators

  • July 16, 2020
  • by Chelsea Ferguson
Did you know that insect pollinators generate one out of every three bites of food we eat? Or that their worldwide economic value has been estimated at $229 billion CAD…
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10 Tips for Collecting Native Wildflower Seeds for Monarch Habitat Restoration

  • April 3, 2020
  • by Jen Line
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…
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Solitary bee on a basil flower
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Pollinators: What’s All the Buzz About?

  • March 25, 2020
  • by Kailey Setter
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…
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Building Local Native Seed Markets

  • March 5, 2020
  • by Jen Line
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…
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Speeding to Recovery: Pollinator Lessons Canada Should Learn From the U.S.

  • February 7, 2020
  • by Jen Line
Should the Canadian government be accelerating legislative support for pollinators? News in late November 2019 that a bill titled “Monarch and Pollinator Highway (MPH) Act of 2019” was introduced to…
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How to Create a Pollinator-friendly Lawn

  • August 27, 2019
  • by Samantha Featherstone
When did a lush, green lawn become a “healthy lawn”? Today, lawns consist of ornamental turf grass that is mowed and controlled to achieve a certain aesthetic. Lawns with “weeds”…
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Monarch in a right of way
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What is a Pollinator Pathway?

  • August 20, 2019
  • by CWF
Pollinator habitat is becoming increasingly diminished and fragmented, due in part to the growth of human communities, transportation corridors and industry. Almost 90%. Flowering plants across the globe that are…
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Pollinator Recovery? A Critical Step When Banning Neonics

  • August 1, 2019
  • by CWF
Pollinators, such as bees, butterflies, moths and flies, play critical roles in ecosystems and in the production of our food. If you’ve eaten an apple or worn a comfy cotton…
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Recipe for a Native Meadow

  • July 18, 2019
  • by Holly Bickerton
The meadows and prairies in southern Canada are blooming! At the Canadian Wildlife Federation we’ve been busy experimenting by creating native meadows for pollinators at three sites in eastern Ontario.…
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