Bird News
The city of Edmonton, AB is considering an application to allow people to raise chickens in their backyards in response to increased interest in finding local food sources.
A New Brunswick bird observatory is testing radar as at tool to count migrating seabirds along the Atlantic coast.
Neighbors are objecting to repeated propane-cannon bursts – up to three times every eight to 16 minutes at various periods – intended to scare Canada geese away from blueberry crops on Vancouver Island.
A pair of Canada geese have set up a nesting site in the parking lot of one of the busiest shopping malls in Calgary, AB.
Mammal News
A recommendation made by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada to list polar bears as a species of special concern has been challenged by First Nations elders, who say their population is actually increasing.
A total of five grey whales washed up on western Vancouver Island appear to have died from starvation during their long migration.
Polar bears in Nunavut have been photographed climbing cliffs to prey on seabird eggs and young.
Nunavut’s Environment Department is teaming up with mining companies on wildlife research, as exploration continues to grow, and there are few resources available for wildlife data.
Herptile News
4,000 metres of temporary barrier fencing on Long Point Causeway has greatly reduced the number of turtles, frogs and toads killed on the Ontario highway.
Fish News
A judicial inquiry has begun in British Columbia to determine why millions of Fraser River sockeye salmon vanished in each of the last three years.
Save The Seas has launched a seafood guide app for iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad, allowing people to check for sustainable seafood items on menus.
Natives on the western side of the Queen Charlotte Strait in B.C., have launched a class action suit against the environmental impact of fish farms, citing chemical use diseases that can spread to native salmon stocks.
Insect News
The West Nile virus prevention program will operate in southern Ontario again this year, despite the lack of cases in the past two years.
Ecosystem News
The Nova Scotia Land Trust has acquired 86 hectares of wetlands and forests to provide refuge for at-risk species from birds and turtles to snakes and lichens.
A group of islands in the boreal forest of Alberta, home to ecologically important plants and birds, has been protected by incorporating them into an existing provincial park.
Scientists have discovered the oil spill from the Exxon Valdez is still affecting wildlife 20 years after the accident.
Parks Canada is consulting Canadians on a proposed new national park in the headwaters of the South Nahanni, adjacent to Nahanni National Park Reserve in the Yukon Territory.
Alberta is facing one of its driest years on record due to low precipitation and snowpack levels in the mountains, bringing fears of increased forest and grass fires this summer.
Environmental groups in Canada and the United States are using NAFTA to file a formal complaint against the Canadian government over the tailings ponds at the Alberta oilsands.
The province of Manitoba is planting over two million tree seedlings this summer as part of the 2010 Trees for Tomorrow program.