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The Wetland Atlas of Alberta now features a new section, “Regional Patterns in the Water Balance of Alberta’s Wetlands.” This new section highlights research on regional patterns in the water...

The Ontario government is investing up to $20 million into a new Caribou Conservation Stewardship Program, aimed at supporting projects working towards maintenance and recovery of caribou populations across the...

Although peatlands cover only 3% of the world's land, they store about twice as much carbon as in the biomass of all the world's forests combined. Thus, they are incredibly...

The Grassland Restoration Forum is proud to present the long-awaited 2nd Edition of the Recovery Strategies for the Dry Mixedgrass Natural Subregion (download here).  In addition to updating...

Wildlife scientists from two provinces are using motion-activated cameras to try to discern why one caribou population in northern Manitoba appears to be stable while herds are dwindling almost everywhere else in Canada. Since...

Wetlands across the globe have long served as natural repositories for humanity’s toxic legacy, absorbing and retaining hundreds to thousands of years’ worth of pollution.

These swampy vaults have quietly...

A decision to list Boreal caribou and Peary caribou on the Northwest Territories List of Species at Risk for another ten years was recently made by the Conference of Management...

Of the fourteen caribou from the Central Selkirk herd in British Columbia captured for placement in a fenced maternity pen, eight healthy calves were born – seven males and only...

Peat extraction companies have learned a lot about how to restore these vital ecosystems. But slow growth, climate change, and complexity mean conservation is an important strategy as well.

Over...

A proposed mining project in east-central Saskatchewan is raising concerns over environmental impacts such as water contamination, lowered groundwater table on peatlands, deforestation, greenhouse gas emissions, and disturbance of boreal...