Five years with NCC (part one)
Kylie (Garchinski) McGregor, natural area manager for the Missouri Coteau Natural Area with the Nature Conservancy Canada, shares the highlights of her career so far with the organization.
Author: Nature Conservancy of Canada staff
Forces for nature: Celebrating International Women’s Day (part three)
In celebration of International Women’s Day (March 8), we are profiling a few Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) friendly female faces from across the country. Morgan Higginson is the natural area manager in the northwest Alberta Region. As a new university graduate, she joined NCC in 2017 as an intern for the northeast Alberta natural area manager.
The beauty of bogs
The Friday Five: Conservation and nature stories from around the world that caught our eye this week
Each week, countless inspiring and informative stories are published about conservation successes or discoveries in nature and wildlife around the world. Here are some of the conservation and nature stories that caught our attention the week of March 16, 2020.
50 bird species and the sounds that they make
An infographic celebrating 50 bird species and the sounds they make. Read about why birds sing and learn how you can help birds.
Don’t forget to brake for snakes
Stephanie Winston and her colleagues at BC’s Thompson Rivers University and Environment and Climate Change Canada have been studying roadkill patterns in the White Lake basin region of the Okanagan, where many rattlesnakes lose their lives along a two-lane road.
Forces for nature: Celebrating International Women’s Day (part two)
In celebration of International Women’s Day (March 8), we are profiling a few faces of the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) from across the country. These women contribute to our mission and work in different ways. Tessa Strickland and Sofia Becerra make up our Ontario Region’s all-female geographic information system (GIS) team.
Small but mighty — Migrating green darner dragonflies
Led by Prof. Ryan Norris, Grace Pitman and Sam Knight investigate common green darner dragonfly migration across southern Ontario.
Meet your butterfly neighbours
Did you know that there are over 300 butterfly species in Canada, with 150 in Ontario alone? While most people are familiar with the iconic monarch and swallowtail butterflies, there are many other species fluttering around that would love to meet you.
Forces for nature: Celebrating International Women’s Day (part one)
In celebration of International Women’s Day (March 8), we are profiling a few Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) friendly female faces from across the country. These women contribute to our mission and our work in different ways.
