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Wildlife-friendly Gardening Guide
Description: Gardens come in all shapes and sizes, from small urban spaces to large country expanses. How we tend these spaces is affected by many factors including our time, lifestyle needs and budget. No matter the situation, all Canadians can benefit from incorporating some wildlife-friendly elements in their outdoor space. This guide will show you how to include these versatile features while still meeting your own needs and preferences.
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Gardening for Pollinators
Description: Handout on pollinators
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Gardening for Butterflies Handout
Description: Nearly 300 species of butterflies inhabit Canada, some cloaked in brilliant colours, others less noticeable. The presence of these graceful creatures in our gardens is a blessing of vibrancy and beauty.
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Gardening Basics - How to start a garden
Description: How to start a garden Interactive Checklist
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Creating Monarch and Pollinator Habitat
Description: Private landowners are increasingly interested in restoring areas of their property to provide improved habitat for Monarchs and other pollinators. While there is abundant information on small-scale gardening with native plants, there is much less on planting at larger scales, such as on one acre or more of land. Here is a brief introduction for landowners in southeastern Canada interested in restoring an area of an acre or more in a cost-effective way. Establishing Pollinator Meadows from Seed*, a document developed by the Xerces Society, is also available online
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Certify Your Garden Handout
Description: Whether you are limited to a small patio or have hectares of land, CWF would like to acknoledge your efforts in welcoming wildlife to your garden.
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Bird Feeding handout
Description: Bird Feeding handout
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BAT ROOST MONITORING
Description: oin our “Help the Bats” project on iNaturalist.ca. You can participate as a citizen scientist by using iNaturalist.ca or the iNaturalist app (Android and iOS) to monitor your roost. The information allows us to track roost preferences and assist in a study to determine what bat house designs are optimal for Canada’s bats. To help you along, check out our step-by-step “How to Monitor Your Bat House Using iNaturalist.ca or the iNaturalist app” documents available at HelpTheBats.ca
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Bat Party Fundraiser
Description: Bat-tastic guide to make your Halloween event BOO-tiful!
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Are you sure you want a pet Red-eared Slider?
Description: Please don’t release unwanted pet sliders into the wild. A slider can spread disease to native wildlife and may not survive in the wild. If you see a turtle in the wild that may not be native, please report it to iNaturalist Canada (inaturalist.ca) to get the species identified. Please don’t remove native species from the wild.
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What Do You Do If You Hook a Turtle in Quebec
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Native Seed Selection
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Native Seed Infographic
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Leave No Trace
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How to Take Identifiable Photos of Bees and Wasps
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Great Canadian Bioblitz Observation Guide
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The 2024 Great Canadian Bioblitz Results
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The City Nature Challenge 2024 Results Are In!
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The City Nature Challenge 2023 Results
Description: Between April 28 and May 1, 2023, Canadians recorded observations of wildlife in their cities as part of the global City Nature Challenge. See the results at: iNaturalist.ca/projects
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Spring Plants for Pollinators
Description: 13 early blooming plants
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Native Seed Calculator and Companion Guide
Description: When beginning a pollinator habitat restoration project, selecting a native seed mix appropriate to your project region and site conditions is crucial. But how do you know what species to include, and how much of each species? How can you estimate how much seed you might need and what it might cost? Join Botanist and Restoration Ecologist, Stefan Weber, as he leads us through a new tool—a seed calculator that will assist rights-of-way managers conducting pollinator habitat restoration projects.
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Spring Monarch Mowing Map
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American Eel Infographic
Description: How Industry-led Endangered Species Management is FAILING the American Eel in Ontario
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Six Simple Steps to iNaturalist
Description: Record your wildlife observations and contribute to conservation in Canada
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Adding an observation online
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iNaturalist Guide to Taking Photos
Description: Tips, tricks, and guides to help get your sightings identified
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Identifying observations on the web
Description: Whether you know just one species really well or have an in-depth knowledge of taxonomy, you can help improve theconservation value of iNaturalist observations. It’s most easily done online versus the app.
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Using the iNaturalist app
Description: For smartphones
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How to get started with CWF's Gardening for Wildlife iNaturalist project
Description: Create an iNaturalist.ca account by visiting the website or downloading the free app(available on iOS and Android ). Click sign up and create your profile, including a publicusername and short bio. This information can be changed at any time.
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About iNaturalist.ca
Description: Turn your next outing into a journey of scientific discovery. Download your free iNaturalist app at iNaturalist.ca and join a network of hundreds of thousands of people observing wildlife around the globe. Using a smartphone or digital camera, anyone can share sightings of flora and fauna and contribute to a growing record of biodiversity. It’s “citizen science” that’s fun, educational and impactful.
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What to do if You Hook a Turtle in B.C.
Description: British Columbia’s turtles are in decline and need all the help they can get!
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BEST PRACTICES TO HELP CONSERVE THE AMERICAN EEL
Description: You’ve Got an Eel on Your Reel – NOW WHAT?!
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Fishing Hooks Can Hurt or Kill Turtles
Description: Ontario’s turtles are in decline and need all the help they can get!
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Bat House Installation Guide
Description: Eight easy steps to installing your bat house
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Restoring habitat for Monarch in eastern Ontario
Description: Increasingly, private landowners are interested in restoring areas of their property to provide improved habitat for Monarch and other pollinators. While there is abundant information on small-scale gardening with native plants, there is far less information available for restoration plantings at a larger scale. Here is a brief introduction for landowners in eastern Ontario interested in restoring an area of an acre or in a cost-effective way. More detailed information is in progress, so keep in touch for updates. Another great resource from the Xerces Society is Establishing Pollinator Meadows from Seed.
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Helping Monarchs and Pollinators: Rethinking Mowing
Description: Pollinators are a priority resource concern for many conservationists and farmers. The Xerces Society conducted field trials throughout the Easter, Midwestern and Western United States to inform best practices.
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Organic Site Preparation for Wildflower Establishment
Description: Pollinators are a priority resource concern for many conservationists and farmers. The Xerces Society conducted field trials throughout the Easter, Midwestern and Western United States to inform best practices.
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Bat House Checklist
Description: A few tips to make your bat house more attractive to bats!
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Bat Exclusion Calendar
Description: If you must exclude bats from your property, take a look at this calendar which outlines the most and least desirable times to do so.
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WILD About Pollinators
Description: This illustration shows native pollinators from all over Canada interacting with their environment and foraging among cultivated and native plants at various times of the year.
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Planting the Seed: A Guide to Establishing Prairie and Meadow Communities in Southern Ontario
Description: Prairie and meadow are complex communities and even the best attempts to recreate them will be simplified versions that do not fully replace the ones that have been lost. For this reason, protecting existing natural habitat should always be a top priority. If habitatcreation projects are well executed, however, they can provide a significant contribution to the conservation of wildlife...
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Pollinator Quiz
Description: Answer these five pollinator questions using the Wild About Pollinators Poster
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Pollinator Quiz
Description: Answer these five pollinator questions using the Wild About Pollinators Poster
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Pollinator Quiz
Description: Answer these five pollinator questions using the Wild About Pollinators Poster
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Pollinator Quiz
Description: Answer these five pollinator questions using the Wild About Pollinators Poster
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Pollinator Quiz
Description: Answer these five pollinator questions using the Wild About Pollinators Poster
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Journey North by River Inc
Description: Students play the role of tour guides who recruit others for a canoe trip down one of the Canadian Heritage Rivers located in Canada's North. The recruitment effort involves preparing a poster, a speech or a brochure.
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Pollinator Quiz
Description: Answer these five pollinator questions using the Wild About Pollinators Poster
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Can you spot...three butterflies?
Description: Can you spot...three butterflies?
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Can you spot...the bee drinking water?
Description: Can you spot the bee drinking water?
