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2025 Invasive Species Forum

February 7, 2025–Noah Cole

The virtual Invasive Species Forum is an annual event that brings attention to invasive species issues, research, and advances in prevention and management occurring across Canada, and in neighbouring U.S. States. The 2025 Invasive ...

How to Keep Rodenticides Out of the Environment

January 31, 2025–Carly Davenport

Conservation News•Birds•Reduce Your Footprint•Wild Species

Great horned owl © Paul Janosi

The lethal impact of toxic rodenticides reaches far beyond their intended target: rodents. Like other pesticides, scientists are uncovering just how ubiquitous rodenticides are in the environment. The sight of ...

Fighting Invasive Phragmites at Lost Bay Nature Reserve

November 15, 2024–Marcus Maddalena

Invasive Species•Nature Reserves

Phragmites australis, Lost Bay Nature Reserve © Smera Sukumar

Nestled along the biodiverse Frontenac Axis of Eastern Ontario, the Lost Bay Nature Reserve protects both terrestrial and aquatic habitats, including forests, rock barrens, and wetlands. Many of the wetlands ...

Management of Invasive Hemlock Woolly Adelgid in a Mature Eastern Hemlock Forest

July 30, 2024–Melissa Thomas

Conservation News•Invasive Species•Nature Reserves

Harold Mitchell Nature Reserve, located in the Niagara Region, is a stunning mature forest containing red maple-hemlock swamp. Eastern hemlock on the property shades the forest floor and the nature ...

The Elm Zigzag Sawfly: A New Invasive Threat to Native Trees

February 22, 2024–Jakob Mueller

Conservation News•Invasive Species

Invasive species are a major contributor to biodiversity loss, and new arrivals are a particular concern. However, some invasive species get more attention than others. You may have heard about ...

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