by Brian | Mar 7, 2021 | Canadian Wildlife, Conservation
Canada provides crucial breeding habitat to millions of migratory birds every year. Thanks to new methods of tracking and counting, we are learning more and more about their extraordinary lives — and the many challenges they face here and abroad THE STORY OF BIRDS IN...
by Brian | Jan 31, 2021 | Conservation, Environment, Nature Conservancy of Canada
The Nature Conservancy of Canada’s Landmark Campaign has led to a 115,000-square-kilometre expansion of protected lands and waters, made possible by donations from 110,000 Canadians from all regions and walks of life COCKBURN ISLAND MAY BE the seventh-largest...
by Brian | Mar 21, 2020 | Canadian Wildlife, Conservation
In this new era of citizen science, the public is playing a crucial role in tracking species and helping to conserve our natural heritage “IS THAT A TREE SPARROW? Yeah, I think I’ve got a tree sparrow.” “Back up in those weeds?” “Yeah.” “There’s at least two...
by Brian | May 15, 2019 | Canadian Geographic, Conservation, Environment
How the SPRUCE project is helping assess — and plan — what the future holds for the world’s boreal forests “THERE IS SIMPLY NOTHING else like this in the world.” Danielle Way, a plant biologist and associate professor at Western University in London, Ont., could be...
by Brian | Feb 1, 2019 | Conservation, Nature Conservancy of Canada
I WROTE AND CO-EDITED this second-to-last edition of the Nature Conservancy of Canada’s annual Natural Areas Conservation Program impact report. The 28-page report included an overview of this federally funded project, protected property highlights from every...
by Brian | Jun 22, 2018 | Conservation, ON Nature, Wildlife
Because, like many animals, its habitat is increasingly fragmented by highways – death traps for wildlife. An ambitious road ecology project is seeking changes that will stem the car-fuelled carnage THE MOMENT JOSHUA JONES SAW the two young snapping turtles crawling...
