Gwaii Haanas
June 15th, 2010 by Alison Wheatley and Caitlin Hill in Conservation
On June 7 of this year, the Canadian government tabled (for a subsequent vote) an agreement that establishes a Marine Conservation Area Reserve and Haida Heritage Site in B.C.’s Gwaii Haanas (formerly the Queen Charlotte Islands). Following 25 years of discussion between the government and the Haida Nation, a co-managed in...
Tags: Gwaii Haanas, Haida Heritage Site, Marine Conservation Area, Parks Canada, Queen Charlotte Islands, sustainability, WWF Canada
December 9th, 2009 by Alison Wheatley in Endangered Species
The Center for Conservation Research at the Calgary Zoo focuses on conducting research to re-introduce endangered species back into the wild. I had the pleasure of spe...
Tags: black footed ferrets, burrowing owls, Calgary Zoo, Conservation Research, critical habitat, endangered wildlife, Grasslands National Park, Parks Canada, prairie dogs, swift fox, Vancouver Island marmot, wildlife reintroductions
November 30th, 2009 by Alison Wheatley in Conservation
Black-footed ferrets, once thought to be extinct, are turning into one of North America’s conservation success stories. History was made on October 2,...
Tags: black footed ferret, captive breeding, Conservation, Grasslands National Park, Parks Canada, reintroduction, Wildlife, WWF Canada
