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.
Listen to Hannah McCurdy-Adams’ recent interview with CBC on Afternoon Drive with Matt Allen! 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.
Watch as Cole Blair, Ontario Program Coordinator for the Native Pollinator Initiative here at WPC, walks you through the step by step process of uploading a bumble bee sighting to Bumble Bee Watch.
WPC’s Eastern Loggerhead Shrike Recovery Biologist, Helmi Hess, presents an update from the 2024 shrike field season at the joint meeting of the four area naturalists’ clubs near the Carden Alvar.