California species of special concern

New Videos Released by Hinterland Who’s Who

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Tuesday, July 25, 2023

“Congratulations to the Canadian Wildlife Federation for winning the top prize for Public Service Announcements at the WorldMediaFestivals, in the Television & Corporate Media Awards category.

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  • “Congratulations to the Canadian Wildlife Federation for winning the top prize for Public Service Announcements at the WorldMediaFestivals, in the Television & Corporate Media Awards category.
  • The “Hinterland Who’s Who” vignettes, like the winning 2022 grassland series video on the Long-Billed Curlew, highlight the need to protect endangered ecosystems and contribute to the recovery of species at risk.
  • It supplements its diet by consuming small invertebrates which are attracted to a sticky sweet secretion on its leaves.
  • More than third of the world’s peatlands are in Canada, and they cover about 14 per cent of Canada’s territory.

Seeing conservation solutions for unseen species

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Wednesday, May 10, 2023

COSEWIC, the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada, met last week to consider the status of 16 wildlife species.

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  • COSEWIC, the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada, met last week to consider the status of 16 wildlife species.
  • These included several that go unseen – those that are active in the night or that live underground or in hard-to-reach places.
  • Assessing secretive species underscores the importance of looking a little closer and learning all that we can to help them survive.
  • Several of the assessed species are not just hard to see but have actually gone unseen for decades.

Looking out for Canadian biodiversity

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Wednesday, December 7, 2022

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

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  • 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."

Help Fight the Twin-Crisis of Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss by Protecting Three Critical BC Properties

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Thursday, December 1, 2022

To protect these properties, The Nature Trust of BC has extended their fundraising deadline and is aiming to raise a final $155,000 by December 31, 2022.

Key Points: 
  • To protect these properties, The Nature Trust of BC has extended their fundraising deadline and is aiming to raise a final $155,000 by December 31, 2022.
  • Climate change and biodiversity loss have a crippling effect on our world.
  • You can support The Nature Trust of BC in purchasing and protecting these vital land properties by donating to their campaigns.
  • The Nature Trust of British Columbia is a leading non-profit land conservation organization with over 50 years of success protecting and caring for B.C.s most critical habitats.

New Videos about Grassland Species Released by Hinterland Who’s Who

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Tuesday, September 27, 2022

Grasslands are among the most endangered ecosystems in the world, said Annie Langlois, Hinterland Whos Who Coordinator.

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  • Grasslands are among the most endangered ecosystems in the world, said Annie Langlois, Hinterland Whos Who Coordinator.
  • Because such a small portion of Canadas original grasslands remain today, many of these species are under significant threat.
  • Their extremely long, down-curved bill is well adapted to a prairie diet of invertebrates, such as grasshoppers.
  • Habitat loss and a disproportionate increase in predators are contributing to a decline in the Long-billed Curlews population so it is now considered a species of Special Concern in Canada.

New WWF project asks Canadians to help count walrus from space

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Monday, November 22, 2021

Now, Canadians can see the effect climate change is having on walrus for themselves by taking part in WWFs Walrus from Space research project on World Walrus Day (Nov. 24), using satellite imagery to count the number of walrus that haul out onto land.

Key Points: 
  • Now, Canadians can see the effect climate change is having on walrus for themselves by taking part in WWFs Walrus from Space research project on World Walrus Day (Nov. 24), using satellite imagery to count the number of walrus that haul out onto land.
  • Canadians will also have another opportunity to help safeguard walrus and other northern species by supporting WWF-Canadas Arctic Species Conservation Fund on Giving Tuesday (Nov. 30).
  • WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) and British Antarctic Survey(BAS)are asking the public to become walrusdetectivesand help contribute toconservation sciencebysearchingfor walrus inthethousands of high-resolution satellite images provided by space and intelligence company Maxar Technologies DigitalGlobe.
  • From the comfort of their own homes, aspiring conservationists and nature enthusiasts can study satellite pictures online, spot areas where walrus haul out onto land, and then count them.