Wildlife Service

2023 duck populations estimated at 32.3 million

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Vendredi, août 18, 2023
Anseriformes, Canadian Wildlife Service, Duck, MB, Drainage, Breeding, OAK, Wildlife Service, Climate change, Organization, Ducks Unlimited Canada, Risk, Environment, Health, DUC, Dyson, Bird, Hunting

OAK HAMMOCK MARSH, MB , Aug. 18, 2023 /CNW/ - An estimated 32.3 million ducks were observed on the breeding grounds in 2023.

Key Points: 
  • OAK HAMMOCK MARSH, MB , Aug. 18, 2023 /CNW/ - An estimated 32.3 million ducks were observed on the breeding grounds in 2023.
  • Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) stresses that the results are an important reminder that the need for habitat conservation never stops.
  • Using airplanes, helicopters and keen-eyed ground crews, the organizations examine breeding habitat and populations over more than 3.6 million square kilometres of Canada and the northern United States.
  • For a complete species-by-species breakdown from the 2023 Waterfowl Breeding Population and Habitat Survey, visit our website .

SOI Foundation Kicks Off Third Phase of the Blue Futures Pathways Program With Atlantic Expedition

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Mardi, août 1, 2023
Employment, Canadian Wildlife Service, Student, Education, SOI, Parks Canada, Wildlife Service, Water, Ageing, Tourism, QC, Atlantic Ocean

The expedition is the first official activity of Phase 3 of the Blue Futures Pathways program, an endorsed United Nations Ocean Decade Action.

Key Points: 
  • The expedition is the first official activity of Phase 3 of the Blue Futures Pathways program, an endorsed United Nations Ocean Decade Action.
  • “Blue Futures Pathways has shown that work-integrated learning is a powerful way for young people to explore career options,”  said Geoff Green, President and Founder at SOI Foundation.
  • This expedition is made possible thanks to the support of Ulnooweg Indigenous Communities Foundation, Miawpukek-Horizon Maritimes Services, Canadian Wildlife Service, Parks Canada, and numerous scholarship funders.
  • For more information and to find out how you can follow the journey, visit SOI’s expedition webpage here.

Looking out for Canadian biodiversity

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Mercredi, décembre 7, 2022
Knowledge, Biodiversity, Water, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Museum of Nature, Noise, Marine Mammal Protection Act, Food, Skink, Species at Risk Act, Plant, Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada, Conference, Columbia, Aborigine, Bumblebee, Indigenous peoples, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Parks Canada, Whale, NAR, Knowledge transfer, Mammalogy, Canadian Wildlife Service, Bee, SARA, Fishery, Marah oreganus, California species of special concern, Committee, INaturalist, Leatherback sea turtle, Wildlife Service, Record, Environment, Nature, Movement, Organization, Climate change, Hunting, Whaling, Agriculture, COSEWIC, COP15, Endangered species, Risk, Humpback

However, threats from development and introduced plants have reduced the Canadian population to fewer than 50 individuals.

Key Points: 
  • However, threats from development and introduced plants have reduced the Canadian population to fewer than 50 individuals.
  • This way of looking at the plant world makes us pause and reminds us of our collective responsibility."
  • As the world considers global biodiversity issues at the COP15 meeting, Canada faces its own decisions to save species here at home.
  • "More and more people are getting involved in looking for, and looking out for, species at risk," concluded David Lee, Chair of COSEWIC, "That's encouraging."