Forests & Fields
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Bird Watching – A Healthy, Happy Hobby
2025-12-05
Probably 10 per cent of the people in the western world are already birdwatchers. Probably another 50 per cent know something about birds but haven’t taken them seriously. The rest of you haven’t really thought about bird watching because you don’t know much about it. This post is addressed to the last group.
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CAROLINE CAMERON: It's all about the birds and the bees
2025-12-05
Gardeners everywhere want to do their little bit to support pollinators. We’ve heard of the importance of honey bees, but butterflies, moths, birds, flies, beetles, and in other regions bats, are also important pollinators.
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Case Study: Ranchers’ Perspectives on a Successful Grassland Conservation Incentive Program
2025-12-05
Cattle ranchers in the Milk River watershed, Saskatchewan, participated in a federally funded program by taking voluntary actions to support rangeland sustainability, habitat conservation and recovery of species at risk.
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Would You Ever Live With Bats?
2025-12-05
Have you been hearing squeaks? Seeing bats flying around your roof? You may have bats in your home. This news might freak out a lot of people, but don’t put your house up for sale just yet. It’s easier to cohabit with bats than you’d think.
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Back-to-pool for coddled baby turtles
2025-12-05
Hundreds of at-risk baby turtles were incubated over the summer
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Where do bats go after they're evicted?
2025-12-05
Scientists are capturing, tagging, and releasing bats, so that after they're evicted from a home where they're unwanted, they can be tracked. The hope is they'll choose to re-locate to one of three designs of a bat home, thereby revealing their preference, and informing future bat builds.
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100 bats found in Manotick home being tracked and studied
2025-12-05
More than 100 bats have called the attic of a Manotick mansion home for months. For researchers, the discovery is an opportunity to study the creatures, mostly big brown bats, and determine what happens to them once evicted from a home or building.
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Butterflies Plant Preferences May Be Changing — And in an Unexpected Direction
2025-12-05
Climate change is a serious and, unfortunately, always present concern for our planet. Its impacts are far reaching and may also affect the ‘seasonal routine’ of many organisms, including the relationship between plants and pollinators.
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Canada’s Monarch Butterfly Habitat Restoration Program
2025-12-05
Canadian government announces funding to support monarch butterfly habitat restoration projects.
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