DRCC News

Detroit River Canadian Cleanup recognizes World Wildlife Day

March 2nd, 2017

World Wildlife Day , March 3 2017 World Wildlife Day is celebrated on March 3 each year to celebrate all of the different plants and wild animals on Earth and raise awareness on the importance of conservation, highlight threatened or endangered species and connect individuals to action to do their part to protect wildlife. On […]

2017 Waterbird Counts

February 22nd, 2017

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas Program The Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA) Program is a program that works to identify, monitor, and conserve the world’s most important sites for birds and biodiversity.  Sites are designated using a science-based approach which sets criteria and thresholds for trigger species.  In Canada IBAs are triggered mainly by […]

The Round Greenbrier – “Threatened” under Species at Risk Act

February 22nd, 2017

The Round-leaved Greenbrier is a plant species listed as ‘Threatened’ under the Species at Risk Act. This wood-climbing vine has oval- to heart-shaped leaves and woody stems that are armed with prickles. In Ontario, this species can be found in Essex County, Norfolk County and the Niagara Region in moist deciduous forests typically dominated by […]

Hinterland Who’s Who videos available in Indigenous languages

February 15th, 2017

The Canadian Wildlife Federation has published several videos in six Indigenous languages as a part of the Hinterland Who’s Who series. These videos celebrate and honour Canada’s 150th anniversary and provide education to the public on Canadian wildlife. The Canadian Wildlife Federation started making videos in English and French in the 1960s but this is […]

The Detroit River Canadian Cleanup Recognizes World Wetlands Day

February 1st, 2017

World Wetlands Day, February 2, 2023 Each year, World Wetlands Day is recognized on February 2nd, which marks the anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance in Ramsar, Iran on February 2nd 1971. This internationally celebrated day began in 1997 with the goal to raise awareness of the importance of […]

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