Bird News
Nova Scotia will start its cull of Canada geese early this year because populations have grown rapidly since the birds were introduced from Ontario.
St. Lawrence Islands National park has three active bald eagle nests that have produced about 40 chicks since eagles returned several years ago.
Four abandoned piping plover eggs were successfully incubated at a New Brunswick Zoo, and the birds will be returned to P.E.I. this week.
The Canadian Wildlife Service has extended the Nova Scotia hunting season for Canada geese in an attempt to prevent a population explosion.
A study has found that Lake Ontario cormorants ate more invasive round goby than they do sport fish.
Mammal News
Winnipeg is using the poison Rozol to control the Richardson’s Ground Squirrel population in public parks, while other cities use different methods.
A new report by the World Wildlife Fund says global warming may have the same effect on Arctic whales that it’s having on polar bears.
Humpback whales off the coast of Newfoundland are feasting on huge schools of capelin earlier in the year than usual.
Beavers that have attacked at least two dogs, one fatally,in an Alberta park will be trapped and killed.
Fish News
Farmed fish raised in open-net pens in the ocean — blamed for threatening wild salmon on the West Coast — could soon be certified organic by the federal government.
Researchers have found that mercury levels are increasing in popular species of Lake Erie game fish.
Insect News
Lyme disease is on the rise in Canada, leaving many victims stuggling from medical mis-diagnosis.
Researchers from the University of Alberta are looking at the effect of tree loss caused by pine beetles on water levels and new forest growth.
The BC Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management has released a report stating 23 of the province’s dragonfly species are considered at risk.
Scientists with the Agri-Food Research Centre seek out beneficial insects to control crop pests.
Ecosystem News
The Canadian Parks & Wilderness Society has released a review of how wildlife are faring in our National Parks, and say bigger, more interconnected parks are needed.
While Syncrude faces legal action over the deaths of 1,600 ducks, there has been no repercussions for the 1,982 bird and bat deaths at Ontario’s Wolf Island wind farm.
Manitoba officials are on high alert following the recent discovery of the invasive zebra mussels in the Red River.
British Columbia, home to 75 percent of Canada’s bird species and 70 percent of its freshwater fish species, is one of two provinces without Endangered Species legislation.
A Provincial Court decision gives Big Oil an escape clause allowing tailings ponds in the oilsands.
BP has set up its first test well in Elk Valley in the Rocky Mountains of southeastern BC to explore the possibility of extracting methane from coal.
Two Russian oil tankers loaded with 27,000 tons of petroleum are the first to navigate The North East Passage in the Arctic this season.
The federal government has passed a law that makes it easier for corporations to submit environmental assessments that have only limited scope, or to avoid them altogether.
As punishment for a pipeline spill three years ago, an Alberta energy company has been ordered to help restore a wetland area.
Great post Pat! It always a treat reading your posts about what’s going on with our friends to our north.