by Taylor's Checkerspot | Oct 14, 2020 | Pollinators, Taylor's Checkerspot
Winter is on the way, and for many people that means it’s time to start looking forward to spring – and to the abundance of plant and animal life that it will bring. As we pass the winter in our cozy homes, wrapped in sweaters and scarves, we probably...
by Taylor's Checkerspot | Aug 18, 2020 | Pollinators, Taylor's Checkerspot
Taylors checkerspot butterflies fluttered around Denman Island, in BC’s Juan De Fuca Strait for at least 16 years, using parks, right of ways and private properties that contained the specific mix of wetted habitat, nectaring plants and food plants for species...
by Fraser Valley Wetlands Wildlife | May 27, 2020 | Fraser Valley Wetlands Wildlife, Pollinators, Taylor's Checkerspot
A Taylor’s checkerspot butterfly chrysalis Michelle Polley recently relocated to BC to work as an endangered species technician with WPC Lead Biologist Andrea Gielens and the Taylor’s Checkerspot Recovery Program at the Greater Vancouver Zoo. Her job...
by Andrea Gielens | Apr 8, 2020 | Pollinators, Taylor's Checkerspot
It was a historic day in March in the conservation efforts to ensure a future for Taylor’s checkerspot butterflies in Canada. 786 Taylor’s checkerspot butterfly larvae were released! Wildlife Preservation Canada was able to play a part in rearing and...
by Michelle MacKenzie | Mar 1, 2020 | Conservation Success, Fraser Valley Wetlands Wildlife, Oregon Spotted Frog, Reptiles & Amphibians, Taylor's Checkerspot, Uncategorized, Western Painted Turtle
March is the calm before the breeding-season storm here at the Greater Vancouver Zoo. Steping back from our report writing and data entry, we eagerly await what spring has in store. At our facility we house a breeding population of Oregon spotted frogs, a juvenile...
by Maja Hampson | Dec 5, 2019 | Conservation Success, Fraser Valley Wetlands Wildlife, Oregon Spotted Frog, Taylor's Checkerspot, Western Painted Turtle
I started working for Wildlife Preservation Canada in March 2018. It was my first time back at work since I had a child in 2016. Juggling work and family life is like trying to walk on a log, while river rafting, but I found myself with a new perspective on...
