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Eastview Pollinator Park – A Landfill Restoration Case Study

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This YouTube video was produced by The Canadian Wildlife Federation.

Hear from Dr. Victoria MacPhail, ecologist and pollination biologist, about this unique pollinator habitat project established on an old landfill in Guelph, Ontario. Challenges, surprises, and lessons learned are shared!

Canada’s wildlife is facing unprecedented threats. From climate change to habitat loss, pollution, and homes being destroyed by the effects of climate change, brought on by human activity, the once-vibrant ecosystems that span our nation are now in rapid decline. Species that once thrived in abundance are now on the brink of extinction. From coast to coast, Canadian wildlife

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Seaside Sparrow: Goldilocks Bird

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This YouTube video was produced by the American Bird Conservancy.

The Seaside Sparrow(Ammospiza maritima) is a large, dark sparrow, well-named for its preferred habitats of salt and brackish marshes. Although it shares habitat with other shoreline-loving sparrows such as the Saltmarsh Sparrows(Ammospiza caudacuta) and Nelson’s Sparrows(Ammospiza nelsoni), it is noticeably bigger and darker. Sometimes called the “Goldilocks Bird,” this sparrow needs a combination of environmental factors that are “just right” in order to breed successfully.

Ornithologists recognize seven subspecies of Seaside Sparrow, distributed along the U.S. Atlantic Coast south through the Gulf Coast of Texas. Some of these … Continue

Nature Break: Monarch Butterfly

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This YouTube video was produced by Defenders Of Wildlife.

Monarch ButterfliesDanaus plexippus) rely on milkweed for food, shelter, cover for their eggs and for their toxicity that protects them from predators. Milkweed, however, has been dramatically reduced by herbicides and land cover change over the past few decades. The loss of milkweed sites across the country has in turn led to the disappearance of billions of Monarchs, leaving this butterfly at the brink of extinction.

Defenders Of Wildlife works on the ground, in the courts, and on Capitol Hill to protect and restore imperiled wildlife and habitats across North

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