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Cormorant debate: Which part of the ecosystem to protect?

By ⋅ May 27, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

CBC.CA May 27, 2009 by Sharon Oosthoek Gunshots rang out across Middle Island this month as Parks Canada launched in earnest its controversial five-year plan to protect the Lake Erie island’s rare Carolinian forest from a native bird. While officials hope culling the habitat-altering cormorants will save an ecosystem that makes up just one per [...]

Landowners helping wildlife

By ⋅ May 12, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Canadian Wildlife, May/June 2009 Lots of Refuge: Private landowners are helping wildlife find food and shelter by nurturing woodlots. By Sharon Oosthoek Russell McNally and his wife Marjorie bought their 81-hectare Nova Scotia woodlot about 30 years ago, fully aware that managing it would be no walk in the park. “It was not in good [...]

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