Nouvelles Relatives aux Connaissances sur les Terres Humides
A recent project by Carleton University graduate students used drones to search for magnetic signals linked to unexploded bombs in the Mer Bleue Bog, which was used as a practice...
The provincial Department of Environment has released a new, updated mapping tool to help Islanders identify areas where development is not allowed due to environmental concerns.
The Potential Development Restrictions...
Deep under layers of sand and clay at abandoned oil well pads, the peatlands, a natural solution to carbon storage, lie waiting to be restored.
Murdoch McKinnon is trying to...
As debate around the Ring of Fire intensifies, new research is bringing fresh urgency to the conversation.
The Hudson and James Bay lowlands, home to some of the most expansive...
Applications are open for Alberta’s Wetland Replacement Program, an $8.7 million fund for constructing new wetlands and repairing damage to existing ones.
Wetlands act like sponges, soaking up water during...
Human activities, like resource extraction, inevitably overlap with peatland areas. While only an estimated 2% of Canadian peatlands have been disturbed to date, ongoing human development will continue to impact...
On an oxbow of the Kootenay River east of Cranbrook, B.C., Mayook Marsh is a vibrant wetland ecosystem full of life. Situated on provincial Crown land, this marsh plays a...
Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) has secured two salt marshes along Nova Scotia’s South Shore, enhancing coastal protection and wildlife habitat. The Melbourne Lake and McLean’s Lake Road salt marshes, located...
A Moncton project to reduce the salt and sediment reaching waterways from a city snow dump is showing positive results, according to Ducks Unlimited Canada.
There has been an increase...
University of Alberta research offers new guidance that can help recover habitat for woodland caribou in forests across the province’s Athabasca oilsands region.
The study lays out a strategic method...
