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Sowing the Seeds of Change
Sowing the Seeds of Change Over the past century, the cultivation of land for food crops and the introduction of tame forage for cattle production have gradually eaten away most of Canada’s native prairie grasslands.

Isotopes link birds to breeding and moulting areas
Isotopes link birds to breeding and moulting areas The saying "you are what you eat" has new meaning since the discovery that certain chemical elements in animal tissues are linked to diet.

Sandpipers Feeling Squeeze in Strait
Sandpipers Feeling Squeeze in Strait Land along the southern shores of British Columbia’s Strait of Georgia is at a premium — not only to developers eager to capitalize on access to ocean ports, fertile farmland and stunning views, but also to millions of migrating birds...

Ecological Grazing Rejuvenates Native Prairie
Ecological Grazing Rejuvenates Native Prairie Conservationists and cattle producers are working together to restore native prairie in the Last Mountain Lake National Wildlife Area in south-central Saskatchewan.

Atlas Maps Movements of Banded Birds
Atlas Maps Movement of Banded Birds photo Like sending winged messages in bottles, Canadians have been banding birds and keeping records of where and when they're found for almost a century.

Coming Home
Coming Home photo The spectacular grace of a Peregrine Falcon as it plunges from a cliff ledge to snatch a gull out of mid-air;...





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