Canadian Wildlife Federation: In The News

Rare Albino Blanding’s Turtles Released Back to the Wild

2025-12-05

The Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF) is thrilled to report that two rare albino Blanding’s Turtles have been released back to the wild near where their nest was discovered in rural Ottawa.
Pollinator Week - 407 ETR

2025-12-05

407 ETR and Canadian Wildlife Federation expand pollinator habitat restoration along Highway 407 ETR corridor and beyond
CWF Announces Winners of National Photo Contest

2025-12-05

The Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF) is proud to announce the winners of its Reflections of Nature photo contest. This year, the contest received a record-shattering number of submissions: more than 13,200 images in total, more than double the previous best year.
Canadian and American Conservation Organizations Strengthen Partnerships to Address North American Nature Crises

2025-12-05

The Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF) and U.S. based National Wildlife Federation (NWF) are pleased to announce that they have pledged to build upon a historic Memorandum of Understanding to address the immense and interconnected challenges facing wildlife and people.
Southern Ontario’s native seed strategy: a regional solution to address biodiversity, climate resilience, and reconciliation

2025-12-05

New strategy maps out steps to scale up native seed supply to meet growing demand for seeds and plants.

New CWF program helps Atlantic fish harvesters transition to whalesafe gear

2025-12-05

HALIFAX, N.S. July 28, 2022 – The Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF) is pleased to announce that it has received $4.4 million from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) Whalesafe Gear Adoption Fund to establish the CanFish gear lending program to help recover the North Atlantic Right Whale while sustaining commercial fisheries.
Media Advisory: CanFishGear.ca

2025-12-05

Media are invited to a behind the scenes tour of the Canadian Wildlife Federation’s (CWF) CanFish warehouse for special announcements and updates about the new gear lending program.
Statement by Sean Brillant, Canadian Wildlife Federation Senior Conservation Biologist –Marine Programs on North Atlantic Right Whale Mortality

2025-12-05

The survival of North Atlantic right whales is going to require support from all Canadians, and CWF will continue to work with all partners to lead initiatives to support emergency response, conduct research to reduce entanglement risks and raise awareness about this majestic part of our Canadian marine heritage.
Aquatic Habitat Canada partnership announced in celebration of Environment Week and Rivers to Oceans Week

2025-12-05

A national network for aquatic habitat protection and restoration is being created to help governments, local communities, Indigenous organizations, industry stakeholders and conservation organizations more effectively protect and restore healthy and resilient aquatic ecosystems.
Fisheries Act Updates Improve Conservation of Canada’s Oceans, Lakes and Rivers

2025-12-05

The Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF) is celebrating the passage of several updates to the Fisheries Act which improve the conservation of our oceans, lakes and rivers.

CWF and Green Budget Coalition Urge Canada to Reverse Biodiversity Loss

2025-12-05

The Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF) joins the Green Budget Coalition in urging Canada to scale up funding to meet climate and nature goals.
National Conservation Award Recipients Announced

2025-12-05

The Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF) is pleased to announce the recipients of its national conservation achievement awards.
Nominate Your Conservation Champions for National Wildlife Awards

2025-12-05

The Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF) is now inviting nominations for several national conservation awards.
Intergenerational Gardening Blooms at Bruyère Village in Orleans

2025-12-05

The Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF) has received funding in part from the Government of Canada’s New Horizons for Seniors Program. The funds will be used to create a WILD Generations Gardening Club pairing tenants of Bruyère Village with Grade 8 students at Terry Fox Elementary School, Orleans, Ont.
CWF and Canadian Nature Groups Welcome Global Deal to Reverse Nature Loss by 2030 at COP15

2025-12-05

Canadian environmental groups welcome the Kunming-Montreal Agreement at COP15 in Montreal to halt and reverse global biodiversity loss by 2030 and applaud Canada’s leadership, which was instrumental in landing the deal.

CWF BAT CAPTURE AND TRACKING PROJECT LAUNCHES IN CUMBERLAND

2025-12-05

The Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF) is planning a live and safe bat capture, tagging and tracking project within a 425 acre outdoor classroom east of Ottawa.
CWF calls for National Pollinator Recovery Strategy

2025-12-05

The Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF) is calling for the creation of a national pollinator recovery strategy featuring pollinator pathways and a comprehensive pollinator monitoring program.
Slow Down and #HelpTheTurtles

2025-12-05

“CWF’s Ottawa team collected and incubated over 600 Blanding’s, Northern Map and Snapping turtle eggs in the Ottawa area this year,” said Rick Bates, CEO. “The release of these hatchings back to the areas where they were found is part of CWF’s comprehensive turtle conservation program, which is also working to help mitigate the impact of road mortality on at-risk turtles in Eastern and Central Ontario. In road surveys conducted the last two years in the Ottawa-area, over 1,000 dead turtles were found. These included over 100 Blanding’s Turtles, a threatened species in Ontario.”
CWF supports the federal government’s strengthened climate plan, which benefits both the environment and the economy

2025-12-05

CWF supports development of government policy and legislation, industry action and consumer actions to reduce emissions to a level that meets Canada’s commitment to the global target to not exceed a 1.5 degree increase in the average temperature of the planet.
Canadian Wildlife Federation Expands National Conservation Education Programming

2025-12-05

The Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF) is pleased to announce the unprecedented expansion of two unique service programs designed to develop and inspire conservation leadership in Canadian youth ages 15 to 30. The two programs – WILD Outside targeting youth ages 15 to 18, and the Canadian Conservation Corps for young Canadians ages 18 to 30 – are made possible with newly extended funding from the Government of Canada through its Canada Service Corps initiative.

Government of Canada invests in partnerships to support freshwater habitat research

2025-12-05

Freshwater habitats include the numerous lakes, rivers, streams and waterways that are part of Canada's diverse aquatic ecosystem. These versatile habitats and species that call them home have been affected by human activity and environmental changes. The Government of Canada is committed to supporting research that will study and inform us on how we can sustainably protect freshwater habitats for all Canadians.
NEW CWF RESEARCH EXPOSES ONTARIO’S FAILURE TO REVERSE A CRITICAL DECLINE IN NATIVE EEL POPULATION

2025-12-05

New research by the Canadian Wildlife Federation, relying on documents obtained through a freedom of information request, reveals that Ontario and hydropower producers in the province have failed to meet legal responsibilities for conserving the American Eel.
CWF Calls for Immediate Action to Conserve Canada’s Aquatic Species at Risk in Response to Environment Commissioner’s Findings

2025-12-05

The Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF) is calling on the federal government to decide whether to give protection to each aquatic species that has been scientifically assessed as at risk of extinction under the Species at Risk Act by June 2023 following the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development’s fall audit. Further, the federal government must focus resources on implementation and action to recover these species and report to Parliament and Canadians on progress.
CWF BAT CAPTURE AND TRACKING PROJECT LAUNCHES IN CUMBERLAND

2025-12-05

The Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF) is planning a live and safe bat capture, tagging and tracking project within a 425 acre outdoor classroom east of Ottawa.
Statement by Sean Brillant, Canadian Wildlife Federation Senior Conservation Biologist –Marine Programs on North Atlantic Right Whale Mortality

2025-12-05

The survival of North Atlantic right whales is going to require support from all Canadians, and CWF will continue to work with all partners to lead initiatives to support emergency response, conduct research to reduce entanglement risks and raise awareness about this majestic part of our Canadian marine heritage.

Canada's pesticide regulator continues to backtrack on promised neonics ban

2025-12-05

Environmental groups are calling for an audit of federal pesticide regulation, after the Pest Management Regulatory Agency published its final decision on harmful neonicotinoid insecticides (neonics), allowing most uses to continue despite identified risks to wildlife and ecosystems. Today’s decision to continue registration of imidacloprid in Canada, reversing the PMRA’s 2016 proposal to end agricultural use of the chemical, follows parallel decisions last month in reviews of the two other main neonics, clothianidin and thiamethoxam.
CWF JOINS CALLS FOR INTERNATIONAL GRASSLAND CONSERVATION STRATEGY

2025-12-05

The Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF) is part of a delegation heading to an international grasslands summit in Colorado this weekend, saying there is an urgent need for co-ordinated tri-national action.
CWF releases ideal mowing times for Monarch Butterfly habitat along rights of way

2025-12-05

Recent reports from Mexico show a slight increase in overwintering Monarch Butterfly habitat, but the count still falls short of the six hectares necessary to sustain the eastern Monarch population and more needs to be done in Canada to conserve the iconic butterfly, the Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF) says.
CWF BAT CAPTURE AND TRACKING PROJECT LAUNCHES IN CUMBERLAND

2025-12-05

The Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF) is planning a live and safe bat capture, tagging and tracking project within a 425 acre outdoor classroom east of Ottawa.
Unlikely allies come together to help endangered bats

2025-12-05

The Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF) and a broad range of unlikely allies are coming together to help endangered bats. The partners include a wildlife control company, a bat researcher, federal youth employment and training programs, local homeowners, and a local men’s wellness group. The unique project, funded by the Ottawa Community Foundation, has the potential to provide habitat for 45,000 at risk bats.

NEW VIDEOS SHOWCASE FISH PASSAGE PROJECTS WITH TAKLA NATION AND LAKE BABINE NATION

2025-12-05

The Canadian Wildlife Federation is pleased to release two new videos about fish passage projects in British Columbia.
NEW CWF RESEARCH EXPOSES ONTARIO’S FAILURE TO REVERSE A CRITICAL DECLINE IN NATIVE EEL POPULATION

2025-12-05

New research by the Canadian Wildlife Federation, relying on documents obtained through a freedom of information request, reveals that Ontario and hydropower producers in the province have failed to meet legal responsibilities for conserving the American Eel.
CWF Releases National Database of Aquatic Barriers in Canada

2025-12-05

The Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF) is pleased to announce the full release of the Canadian Aquatic Barriers Database (CABD), the first publicly accessible inventory of its kind in Canada.
CWF Calls for Immediate Action to Conserve Canada’s Aquatic Species at Risk in Response to Environment Commissioner’s Findings

2025-12-05

The Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF) is calling on the federal government to decide whether to give protection to each aquatic species that has been scientifically assessed as at risk of extinction under the Species at Risk Act by June 2023 following the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development’s fall audit. Further, the federal government must focus resources on implementation and action to recover these species and report to Parliament and Canadians on progress.
Aquatic Habitat Canada partnership announced in celebration of Environment Week and Rivers to Oceans Week

2025-12-05

A national network for aquatic habitat protection and restoration is being created to help governments, local communities, Indigenous organizations, industry stakeholders and conservation organizations more effectively protect and restore healthy and resilient aquatic ecosystems.