In The News: Lakes & Rivers

2020-09-19

Tammy MacKenzie drove thousands of kilometres this spring and summer, crisscrossing parts of Lanark County, in a trusty yellow 2004 Chevy Aveo to help local turtle populations. MacKenzie brought the nest protection project to life through a partnership with Lanark County, the Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF) and Tay Valley Township.

2020-09-18

Conservationists say salmon at ‘unprecedented’ lows and just keep getting hit

2020-09-15

Still, a historically low number of salmon are expected to return this year

2020-07-27

Decline in species such as salmon harms entire ecosystems and livelihoods, say researchers

2020-07-18

'Sometimes it works fairly well, and at other times fish don't make it through,' says CWF's William Twardek

2020-04-09

Watersheds Canada and the Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF) are celebrating another successful year of their Love Your Lake program as it expanded to British Columbia in the summer of 2019.

2020-04-08

This year, the Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF) is encouraging Canadians to join their “be on with nature challenge,” while practicing physical distancing during COVID-19.

2019-09-24

SILT has partnered with Watersheds Canada and the Canadian Wildlife Federation to pilot the highly successful Love Your Lake (LYL) program for the first time in British Columbia, at Vaseux Lake and along the shore of Okanagan Lake in the District of Summerland.

2019-09-23

The Southern Interior Land Trust has partnered with Watersheds Canada and the Canadian Wildlife Federation on the pilot project. This year, shorelines along Okanagan Lake within the District of Summerland and the entirety of Vaseux Lake are being examined.

2019-09-04

Hundreds of at-risk baby turtles were incubated over the summer