by Michelle MacKenzie | Oct 16, 2019 | Fraser Valley Wetlands Wildlife, Oregon Spotted Frog, Reptiles & Amphibians, Taylor's Checkerspot, Western Painted Turtle
With October comes shorter days, cooler nights and a sudden onset of pumpkin spice cravings. Many animals in BC’s lower mainland are enjoying this cooler weather and are preparing for the winter ahead. This includes the animals involved in the...
by Michelle MacKenzie | Jul 8, 2019 | Taylor's Checkerspot
One of my favourite things about working for Wildlife Preservation Canada is the hands-on action I get to take in the race to battle wildlife extinction. A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to travel to Vancouver Island where I was submerged in one of the last wild...
by Fraser Valley Wetlands Wildlife | Jul 3, 2019 | Taylor's Checkerspot, Western Painted Turtle
Hello! I am Stephanie Winton, a conservation biologist from the interior of British Columbia, where you can usually find me in the field studying at-risk reptile and amphibian species, such as the western rattlesnake and blotched tiger salamander. I recently had the...
by Maja Hampson | Jun 26, 2019 | Taylor's Checkerspot
We. Have. Eggs! For those of you that follow along with the happenings of Wildlife Preservation Canada, you may remember that last year the Taylor’s Checkerspot butterfly breeding didn’t… go as planned. We have a number of ideas about why the...
by Wildlife Preservation Canada | May 24, 2019 | Native Pollinator Initiative, Taylor's Checkerspot
Our field staff on Vancouver Island just sent word that we have the first Taylor’s checkerspot butterfly eggs of the season! The cluster of small yellow eggs were laid by a wild-caught female on plantain plants in our temporary field enclosures....
by Maja Hampson | Apr 6, 2019 | Fraser Valley Wetlands Wildlife, Oregon Spotted Frog, Taylor's Checkerspot, Western Painted Turtle
When I first started working for Wildlife Preservation Canada it was as an assistant to the Lead Biologist for the Fraser Valley Wetlands Wildlife program, Andrea Gielens. Andrea has been working with reptiles and amphibians for fourteen years and I knew she would be...
