Connecting With Nature
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CANADA’S NEW NATURE STRATEGY SETS THE STAGE FOR ACTION
2024-06-14
The Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF) is encouraged by the Nature Strategy and calls on the federal government to make faster progress on existing programs for biodiversity and commit to additional actions to meet the new national biodiversity goals.
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Beluga and Arctic Fox Focus of New Hinterland Who’s Who Videos
2024-06-10
The Beluga Whale and Arctic Fox are the focus of the newest Hinterland Who’s Who (HWW) public awareness campaigns launching this month. The new videos on the Beluga Whale will be released on Oceans Day June 8 while the Arctic Fox will be released on June 21, National Indigenous Peoples Day.
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Wildlife biggest winner in City Nature Challenge
2024-05-10
The results are in for the 2024 City Nature Challenge, a massive international effort to track and showcase global biodiversity. In collaboration with the Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF), 40 Canadian cities competed to observe wildlife with Metro Vancouver Regional District, Montreal, Cape Breton Regional Municipality and Kincardine leading the way in different categories.
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Could climate change bring paradigm shift in biodiversity tracking?
2024-04-24
Similar to humans, animals are largely dependent on the weather. So, how we track our biodiversity is likely to change as the planet endures an evolving climate with more extreme weather events
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CWF Invites Canadians to Join the 2024 City Nature Challenge and Track Global Biodiversity
2024-04-15
Canadians coast to coast will compete against a record number of 667 cities from 48 countries in the 2024 City Nature Challenge, a massive international effort to track and showcase global biodiversity. As part of the collaboration with CWF, 40 Canadian cities have united to represent Canada in this global competition to see which community can track the highest number of wildlife observations from April 26 to 29. Results will be announced after May 8.
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Bees vs. Moths: Which is the Better Pollinator?
2024-03-12
Pollinators are critical. After all a whopping 80 per cent of the world’s plants rely on them! When you think of a pollinator, what’s the first critter that pops into your head? I bet it’s a bee! And rightly so – they’re incredible pollinators, tirelessly buzzing from one flower to another from dawn until dusk. But what about when the stars come out? Does pollination take a break? Nope! Enter moths – they’ve got the night shift covered!
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Sleep, Creep, Leap into Helping Species at Risk
2024-03-01
Canadian Wildlife Federation’s teams across the country are getting ready for a fruitful spring and summer in the field.
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CWF Certified Gardener: “Invite Wildlife Back Into Your Yard”
2024-03-01
I remember staring across my desolate yard, feeling nostalgic for the past when nature abounded in the area.
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