Inch by inch, row by row: Thoughts on native prairie restoration
Bumble bee in Prairie grassland, SK - Jason Bantle
Growing up on a small grain farm just north of Osler, Saskatchewan, right along busy highway 11 , and with half of Saskatchewan’s lake-bound traffic watching, successful farming meant making sure to drive the tractor straight. Our fields of...
Endangered habitats in my own backyard: Conserving rare grasslands
Rachel Agnes Hayes, AB (Sean Feagan/NCC)
Some of Canada’s rarest and most endangered Prairie grassland habitats can be found in the Red Deer region of Alberta, where I perform conservation work for the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC). The rolling plains of central Alberta were...
Studying grassland birds in the Waterton Park Front
Zack Moore travelling to specific locations to count birds in June 2021 in the Waterton Foothills Parkland. (Photo by Zack Moore)
In 2020, I was fortunate to be selected as one of the first students to receive a Weston Family Conservation Science Fellowship through the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC). This program provides graduate students with the resources to address...
From the treetops: A closer look at Canada’s forests (part two)
Boreal Wildlands, ON (Photo by Adam Bialo)
From the treetops: A closer look at Canada’s forests (part two) Click here to learn about four forest regions in part one. Canada is home to some of the world's most intact forests across large swaths of connected habitat. Forests are...
From the treetops: A closer look at Canada’s forests (part one)
Misty temperate rainforest in Incomappleux (Photo by Paul Zizka)
From the treetops: A closer look at Canada’s forests (part one) Forests across Canada are more than just beautiful landscapes. They are home to recreation and quiet reflection. Forests provide cultural continuity for Indigenous communities...
Roots of tomorrow: Canada's forests need our support
Boreal Wildlands, ON (Photo by NCC/Andrew Warren)
On this Earth Day, the significance of forests for conservation, community benefits and human health has never been more urgent to acknowledge. Forests play many critical roles for nature and people: they provide habitat for hundreds of species,...
Fleeting forest beauty: The spring ephemerals
Pacific trillium (Sean Feagan/NCC)
Fleeting forest beauty: The spring ephemerals As winter lingers on, it’s reassuring to know our forests will soon be carpeted with beautiful wildflowers known as the spring ephemerals. These plants, including trout lilies, trilliums,...
Conserving hope
Weston Fellows at Long Point, ON (Photo Joel Rodriguez)
“How do you remain hopeful?” I posed this question during the second annual retreat for the Weston Family Conservation Science Fellowship Program in September 2024. The other Fellows and I were sitting around our cabin’s...
By seed and saw
Spruce seedling at Golden Ranches, AB (Photo by Sean Feagan/NCC staff)
Ensuring the future of resilient forests with the best conservation tools suited for each region Delaney Schlemko stands as a giant in a forest, peering down across the thousands of treetops she’s helping to steward. She’s careful not...
A forest for all
American black bear mom (Photo by Gen Pintel/NCC staff)
"Bear!” My partner warned me, as I walked quietly with my head down after a long, hot day of hiking through a provincial park in southern Ontario. I didn’t see the American black bear that ambled out of the bushes a few metres ahead....
