{"id":18001,"date":"2021-09-29T09:49:16","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T14:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/blog\/?p=15056"},"modified":"2023-05-18T12:46:56","modified_gmt":"2023-05-18T17:46:56","slug":"forging-ahead-by-leading-the-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/blog\/forging-ahead-by-leading-the-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Forging ahead by leading the way"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-1j97qu8-d954dbdec10ff5de904045a47b708e65 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-first  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-18001'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'><\/div><\/div><\/main><!-- close content main element --><\/div><\/div><div id='after_section_1'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-18001'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'><div  class='flex_column av-6ula05t-07da39f9fcbe41ae581fdc5db6b80489 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-la2zajwc-ee03232185bfde5f783df419b9aded77'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h4><em>A reflection on conservation successes in a time of uncertainty. From the 2020 Annual Report.<\/em><\/h4>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: 14px;\">by Lance Woolaver Jr., WPC Executive Director<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><div  class='flex_column av-61xdihd-7edabc84a86919db6db5255798bceb86 av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_two_fifth  flex_column_div'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-la2zajwc-35-278deca3f4467cc36b36f4e4079f17e8'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>2020 was quite the year, not just for Wildlife Preservation Canada but for the entire planet.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>In addition to the challenge of restructuring our field work so that WPC could continue saving species safely, we all found ourselves more aware of the importance of nature and wildlife in our daily lives. Working from home, my own backyard became a haven and I have been amazed at how many species shared this space with me that I had previously not been aware of. This affirmation of the importance of nature to our wellbeing has strengthened WPC\u2019s resolve to be Canada\u2019s last defence for endangered species.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Despite challenges, 2020 was a significant year for WPC. Steadfast support from our core, loyal donors provided us with the flexibility to invest in our core programs and expand our impact with new species.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><div  class='flex_column av-5re03td-39d18537967c92e3f11444ab69ed5f20 av_two_fifth  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_three_fifth  el_before_av_section  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div'     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-la2z9z97-ed6b79f39550d043eef926d67cd4c954\">\n.avia-image-container.av-la2z9z97-ed6b79f39550d043eef926d67cd4c954 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-la2z9z97-ed6b79f39550d043eef926d67cd4c954 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-la2z9z97-ed6b79f39550d043eef926d67cd4c954 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-6  avia-builder-el-no-sibling'   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-34122 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-34122 avia_image' src='https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Lance-Profile-Pic-Sept-2021-200x300.jpg' alt='' title='Lance Profile Pic Sept 2021'  height=\"300\" width=\"200\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='av_section_2'  class='avia-section av-1j97qu8-36-112395b449b87892182553fb0c435fba main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_two_fifth  el_before_av_section  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-18001'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='av_section_3'  class='avia-section av-1j97qu8-32-c9d137806f5c3fbcc771399dff565eb6 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-8  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_one_full  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-18001'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='after_section_3'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-18001'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'><div  class='flex_column av-54l3mxd-3c4624209d43ff170a36db9965647b3e av_one_full  avia-builder-el-9  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_section  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  first flex_column_div'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-la2zajwc-34-7b9a24dca0f77c3ce2d71e451c965f35'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>2020 was a banner year for all three programs in BC. We released Oregon spotted frogs and western painted turtles in record numbers to the Fraser River valley. Field monitoring recorded an increased number of frog egg masses and turtle nests, <b>confirming that wild populations are re-establishing as a direct result of our conservation effort.<\/b> We released Taylor\u2019s checkerspot caterpillars to a completely new site on Hornby Island. Upon returning later in the season we observed adult checkerspot butterflies at those release sites, for the <b>first time in over 20 years.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='av_section_4'  class='avia-section av-1j97qu8-31-521f630904435a1f1f26baacebdb398a main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-11  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_section  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-18001'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='av_section_5'  class='avia-section av-1j97qu8-29-3b660611064cb7563980bbac9b8df483 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-12 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itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Eastern loggerhead shrikes released by WPC in previous years were once again significant contributors to the breeding population. A shrike born in captivity at the Nashville Zoo was transported here and released by WPC in Ontario in 2019. This amazing individual then migrated south for the winter and returned to nest in Ontario in 2020, representing a <b>global first for migratory songbird conservation.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>WPC\u2019s native pollinator team strengthened our model citizen science program in Pinery Provincial Park, enabling volunteers to contribute to bumble bee conservation at one of the most important sites for Canada\u2019s most vulnerable species. WPC\u2019s pollinator team also developed partnerships throughout the year for the reintroduction of conservation bred mottled duskywings in 2021.<\/p>\n<p><b>This will be Ontario\u2019s very first butterfly reintroduction project.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><div  class='flex_column av-3di3t1t-b73de3ea80b044c48901cd43c917f8ab av_one_full  avia-builder-el-21  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_full  flex_column_div'     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-la2z9z97-26-ebcf9349cb579fdb4f4b51b1e836a5ba\">\n.avia-image-container.av-la2z9z97-26-ebcf9349cb579fdb4f4b51b1e836a5ba img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-la2z9z97-26-ebcf9349cb579fdb4f4b51b1e836a5ba .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-la2z9z97-26-ebcf9349cb579fdb4f4b51b1e836a5ba av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-22  el_before_av_image  avia-builder-el-first'   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-34018 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-34018 avia_image' src='https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/210903_PWEP_2-300x200.jpg' alt='' title='210903_PWEP_2'  height=\"200\" width=\"300\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-la2z9z97-22-8f9795d71bed7f53716310d809046f0b\">\n.avia-image-container.av-la2z9z97-22-8f9795d71bed7f53716310d809046f0b img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-la2z9z97-22-8f9795d71bed7f53716310d809046f0b .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-la2z9z97-22-8f9795d71bed7f53716310d809046f0b av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-23  el_after_av_image  avia-builder-el-last'   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-33789 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-33789 avia_image' src='https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/teamwork-300x225.jpg' alt='' title='teamwork'  height=\"225\" width=\"300\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p><\/div><div  class='flex_column av-2z3j95d-b0e4b5012dfa20dda05aa16332fde1ad av_one_full  avia-builder-el-24  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_full  flex_column_div'     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-la2z9z97-21-b440fade8e797fde1802b2022db5d514\">\n.avia-image-container.av-la2z9z97-21-b440fade8e797fde1802b2022db5d514 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-la2z9z97-21-b440fade8e797fde1802b2022db5d514 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-la2z9z97-21-b440fade8e797fde1802b2022db5d514 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-25  avia-builder-el-no-sibling'   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-20497 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-20497 avia_image' src='https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/butlers-224x300.jpg' alt='' title='butlers'  height=\"300\" width=\"224\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div  class='flex_column av-2pt1xht-ebb4b53999ef353f783059c9e3f9e20b av_one_full  avia-builder-el-26  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_section  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-la2zajwc-23-f6497cae7800ce7a7906a4cc3751cfa4'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>In 2020 WPC led a collaboration to protect Canada\u2019s last remaining population of the blue racer, one of the fastest and most beautiful snakes in North America. We also carried out a population census for Butler\u2019s gartersnake in southern Ontario to identify population declines.<\/p>\n<p>The development of innovative methods for reintroducing temperate snakes at the Ojibway Prairie brought us that much closer to <strong>restoring the region\u2019s unique population of eastern massasauga rattlesnake.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I would like to take this opportunity to thank WPC\u2019s supporters, staff, board of directors, and volunteers for their dedication and contributions &#8211; above and beyond &#8211; during the past year. Our ability to expand conservation efforts during a year of unprecedented challenge is something we should all be proud of. I am honoured to be part of the organization that is at the leading edge of endangered species conservation in Canada.<\/p>\n<p><em>Lance Woolaver Jr.<\/em><br \/><em>WPC Executive Director<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='av_section_8'  class='avia-section av-1j97qu8-24-c1ab8d7fda96f9c78b21a81f9c2f3d09 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-28  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_section  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-18001'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='av_section_9'  class='avia-section av-1j97qu8-19-786f976fc5f3adae2eb661cc1a736b9d main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-29  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