In The News: Fields & Forests

2021-08-13

With vivid colours of bright yellows to deep reds, they are incredible creatures! There are 13 species of finches in Canada: Evening Grosbeak, Pine Grosbeak, Gray-crowned Rosy Finch, House Finch, Purple Finch, Cassin’s Finch, Common Redpoll, Hoary Redpoll, Red Crossbill, Cassia Crossbill, White-winged Crossbill, Pine Siskin, and the American Goldfinch. If you’d like to attract them to your garden we have seven tips to help you!

2021-08-03

It’s within earshot of a busy highway, in the shadow of electrical towers, within sniffing distance of the dump. But the bees, flies, wasps, moths, butterflies and beetles that visit this site don’t seem to care.

2021-07-19

2021-07-13

We keep learning how artificial light impacts wildlife. While many species can be affected, migratory birds are particularly sensitive to lights left on at night.

2021-06-29

On May 18, 2021, Hydro Ottawa seeded their very first pollinator habitat.

2021-06-22

Did you know that farmland hosts 313 species of birds, and 69 per cent of all breeding bird species in Canada?

2021-06-19

Vanessa Burchill is growing and giving away hundreds of swamp milkweed seedlings so endangered monarch butterflies have somewhere safe to land and lay their eggs. A 12-year-old Dartmouth, N.S., girl is growing and giving away hundreds of milkweed plants so endangered monarch butterflies have somewhere safe to land.

2021-06-16

Researchers are excited to find more bats have emerged in Nova Scotia this year than anticipated.

2021-06-09

Momentum is building to establish Canada’s first agri-food sustainability index. A private–public coalition of 34 diverse partners has released the Business Case for Establishing the National Index on Agri-Food Performance to affirm Canada’s agri-food leadership in a more demanding food world.

2021-06-09

More than 50 years ago, Canada banned the use of the insecticide DDT.