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Signs of the Times

By ⋅ July 28, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Canadian Wildlife, July/August 2010 By Sharon Oosthoek Assessing the impact of climate change on wildlife is tricky business. Any given year may be warmer or wetter than usual and still have nothing to do with climate change. That’s called weather. Gambo, Newfoundland trapper Clarence Pritchett knows all about that. In his 35 years of trapping, [...]

Drawing the line

By ⋅ October 16, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Canadian Wildlife September/October 2009 Just how much should we do for species at risk? By Sharon Oosthoek Rappelling down an oceanside cliff in the Bay of Fundy to secure peregrine falcon nesting boxes may seem an extreme way to restore an extirpated species. Ditto herding massive plains bison onto huge cattle trucks and shipping them [...]

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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