Celebrate the homecoming of the beautiful western purple martin with the community of Denman Island and the Purple Martin Preservation Project team. The day was filled with activities for all ages, musical performances, and more!
Parker Smale, Wildlife Preservation Canada’s Lead Bumble Bee Breeding Technician, presents at Guelph Arboretum’s Research Studio. In “Bumbling Around the Arb” Parker talks about our bumble bee surveys at the Arboretum and the data we’ve collected since 2012!
Rosie Heffernan, Wildlife Preservation Canada’s 33rd Canada’s New Noah, gives you an inside look at how this one-of-a-kind program equips the next generation of conservation biologists with skills they can’t learn anywhere else.
If you’re curious about how we can safeguard Canada’s biodiversity, this session highlights why investing in training today is critical for protecting wildlife tomorrow.
The Canada’s New Noah Program is generously supported by the Alan & Patricia Koval Foundation.
Join the Purple Martin Preservation Project team for their fifth episode of “Wildlife Wednesday”. In this episode, you’ll hear from Hazel Wheeler, Wildlife Preservation Canada’s Conservation Programs Director and eastern loggerhead shrike expert. Hazel has worked with this endangered songbird for over a decade, and now oversees and supports all of WPC’s recovery programs. Dive into all things shrike and conservation now.
Join the Purple Martin Preservation Project team for their fourth episode of “Wildlife Wednesday”. In this episode, you’ll hear from Dr. Malcolm McAdie, a wildlife veterinarian from the Marmot Recovery Foundation. He has been involved in conserving many wild species like wolves, snakes, and even bald eagles, and oversees the captive breeding, rescue and release of the marmots on Vancouver Island. Dive into all things marmot now.
Join the Purple Martin Preservation Project team for their third episode of “Wildlife Wednesday”. In this episode, you’ll hear from Peter Karsten, author, wildlife advocate, artist and founder of our Taylor’s checkerspot butterfly program over a decade ago. He dives into the secrets of breeding the endangered Pekin robin.
Join the Purple Martin Preservation Project team for their second episode of “Wildlife Wednesday”. In this episode, you’ll hear from Andrea Gielens, WPC’s Lead Biologist for our B.C. Programs. She dives into our Oregon Spotted Frog Recovery Program, Western Painted Turtle Recovery Program and touches on our Taylor’s Checkerspot Butterly Recovery Program – started by Peter Karsten and the Denman community over a decade ago.
Join the Purple Martin Preservation Project team for the inaugural episode of “Wildlife Wednesday”. In this first instalment, dive into the remarkable journey of conservation efforts for the Taylor’s checkerspot butterfly, and the inspiring establishment of our captive breeding program by Peter Karsten and the Denman community.
Listen to Hazel Wheeler’s recent podcast appearance on Rarefied with Meredith Meeker, where they discuss all things shrike! As WPC’s Conservation Programs Director and past Shrike Biologist, Hazel dives into shrike biology, habitat, behaviour and you’ll get to hear about their favourite shrike memories during their decades work with the endangered songbird.
Watch Hannah McCurdy-Adams’ recent interview with CTV Your Morning! As WPC’s Reptile and Amphibian Program Development Coordinator, and recent co-author of Evolutionary isolation of Canadian terrestrial vertebrate species, she dives into the latest research on the evolutionary distinctiveness of Canada’s animals and what surprising results they received.