Forests & Fields
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What can iNaturalist Tell us About Barn Swallows?
2025-12-05
Have you had the opportunity to spot one of these flighty little birds?
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Weston Family Foundation awards nearly $25M in grants to support the conservation of biodiversity on the Canadian Prairie Grasslands
2025-12-05
Good News. CWF will be working with the Saskatchewan Stockgrowers Foundation on a prairie grassland conservation project, funded by the Weston Foundation. Learn more about this project, and other initiatives to conserve the biodiversity of the prairie grasslands
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It’s Turtle Nesting Season!
2025-12-05
Have you ever seen a turtle digging on the side of the road and wondered what they were doing? That was likely a female turtle nesting.
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Walking in a Winter Wonderland
2025-12-05
Large mammals that live on the open prairies have a lot of pretty “cool” adaptations to winter life.
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Why a group of scientists will be up all night — trying to catch bats, in the east end
2025-12-05
James Pagé is the species at risk and biodiversity specialist at the Canadian Wildlife Federation.
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Welcome Home, Monarch Butterfly!
2025-12-05
One of the most special moments of spring is watching the beautiful Monarch Butterflies return to southern Canada.
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Helping At-Risk Freshwater Turtles: From Start to Finish
2025-12-05
In June of this year, CWF’s turtle team spent many long evenings searching for turtles laying eggs. In particular we were looking for Snapping Turtles and Blanding’s Turtles in the process of laying their eggs. Our goal was to let the females lay their eggs and afterwards we would dig up and collect the eggs to incubate them back at CWF headquarters.
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Why 'grow it and don't mow it' is ideal spring gardening tactic
2025-12-05
With the arrival of spring, you may now be thinking of tending to your garden or yard but you may want to hold off on that for the time being.
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What’s In Your Bag? 5 Staples for a WILD Family Nature Club Backpack
2025-12-05
WILD Family Nature Club outings are a lot of fun — and so easy!
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What Can iNaturalist Tell Us About the Yellow-Banded Bumble Bee?
2025-12-05
Did you know that out of 800 species of bees in Canada approximately 45 are bumble bees?
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