Lakes & Rivers
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West Van sees good chum salmon returns in 2020
2025-12-05
2020 was a solid year for chum salmon returns in West Van’s creeks, according to the local stream stewardship group. Volunteers from the West Vancouver Streamkeepers Society counted 307 spawning chum salmon in 2020 – up from the record low 85 the year before. The group made their annual presentation to West Vancouver council on Monday night.
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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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Turtles like eavesdropping on potential mates, Carleton instructor finds
2025-12-05
Turtles watch potential mates to scope out their competition, according to recent research by Carleton biology instructor Grégory Bulté.
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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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Turtle deaths prompt CWF awareness campaign on World Turtle Day
2025-12-05
CWF and Scales Nature Park Work to Reduce Turtle Deaths on Muskoka Roads
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Playing on Your Phone Can Help Conserve Wetlands
2025-12-05
You can conserve wetlands. That’s right. I said it. Just to be clear: You can conserve wetlands. Learn how.
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Unexpected Wildlife Encounters
2025-12-05
School is over, summer is on... cue the Canadian wilderness! Camping, cottages, long hikes - and possibly, a life-changing encounter with a wild beast. What was your unexpected encounter with a wild animal?
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New and Improved! CABD Tool Helps Canadian Rivers — And Fish
2025-12-05
n celebration of World River’s Day (September 24, 2024), the Canadian Wildlife Federation launched even more features to the Canadian Aquatic Barriers Database (CABD) web tool. These updates help us better understand the effects aquatic barriers are having on fish and fish habitat and to provide a new way for Canadians to help us improve the information included in the CABD.
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Five Fun Facts About Pacific Salmon
2025-12-05
Pacific salmon are some of the most iconic fish species in Canada.
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Nova Scotia researchers hit the water for Love Your Lake data-gathering work
2025-12-05
Look at a map of Nova Scotia and you’ll see a lot of lakes. There are more than 3,000 in the province and many - particularly in Halifax Regional Municipality - are magnets for property owners and nature lovers. Given the impact of human activity on these waterways, we should know more about them than we do, said Kelly Schnare of the Love Your Lake project.
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