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Wildlife Conservation Society Canada 🇨🇦 Dedicated conservation scientists in action to bring about a world where wildlife thrives 🌎 #WeStandForWildlife 🔗 wcscanada.org
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WCS Canada @wcscanada.org · Feb 3
👋 Bluesky - we're Wildlife Conservation Society Canada! We work across biodiversity, climate & conservation to better understand and address impacts on Canada’s globally important wild ecosystems🌎

Follow for the latest in Canadian conservation science & policy 🙌

📸 by Peter Soroye
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WCS Canada @wcscanada.org · 1d
✨The countdown is on ⏳

With just 24 hours left to enter the KBA Photo Contest, we’re calling on photographers across Canada to capture the beauty and importance of Key Biodiversity Areas - the places nature needs most!

Enter by Oct 10 🌿
🔗 More: https://f.mtr.cool/xngtrhhbkk
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WCS Canada @wcscanada.org · 1d
✨ Read Taylor’s full field story and reflections in her guest blog on the WCS Canada website: https://f.mtr.cool/axnypwfuda

@albertabats.bsky.social #ConservationStories #BatConservation #IndigenousLeadership
Northern Myotis ecology: A fellowship in flight
First Nations Women Transforming Conservation Fellow Taylor Galvin reflects on her experience joining our Western Bats team in the field.
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WCS Canada @wcscanada.org · 1d
From setting up nets to seeing bats emerge in the sky, the experience was about connection. Taylor highlights “that conservation is not just a science. It’s a practice of showing up, learning from each other, and remembering that how we do the work matters just as much as the work itself.” (2/3)
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WCS Canada @wcscanada.org · 1d
Bat fieldwork rarely goes as planned… and that’s exactly where the lessons begin!

This summer Taylor Galvin, one of the inaugural First Nations Women Transforming Conservation Fellows, joined WCS Canada in the cedar forests of British Columbia to study bats 🦇 (1/3)
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WCS Canada @wcscanada.org · 4d
Time’s running out to enter the KBA Photo Contest✨⏳
 
Show us the wild places and species that inspire you. Every photo helps shine a light on Canada’s Key Biodiversity Areas - the places nature needs most 🦋
 
📸 Submit by October 10
Enter now → https://f.mtr.cool/vkzbadehza
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WCS Canada @wcscanada.org · 4d
Bats are critical for human health, ecosystem sustainability & our economy. These insect-eating mammals keep ecosystems balanced & protect crops naturally🦇 #WorldHabitatDay

Love bats? 🤎 This #BatAppreciationMonth, you can help protect them → https://f.mtr.cool/peyhkvdrgj
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WCS Canada @wcscanada.org · 4d
Old-growth trees are nursery habitat for BC’s bats, but when those trees are logged, roost sites disappear.

To bridge the gap, we’ve built 185+ tree roosts structures. DNA analysis shows at least 9 bat species are already using them, many as maternity sites 🧵 @albertabats.bsky.social
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WCS Canada @wcscanada.org · 9d
Only 10 days left✨⏳

#KeyBiodiversityAreas are sites identified for their importance to biodiversity. Your photos can help tell their story. From wildlife to boreal forests, fungi to fieldwork, show us your best shots 🍄

More → https://f.mtr.cool/hmivcepfgx
🦋 Open until Oct 10
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WCS Canada @wcscanada.org · 9d
🎧 Hear more in this soundbite & explore the full interview on our website → wcscanada.org/newsroom/stories/focus-on-fellows-john-benson
 
📌 John Benson is pictured handling wolf pups for research purposes, including carefully handling wolf pups for DNA sampling to evaluate their ancestry & survival
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WCS Canada @wcscanada.org · 9d
In our latest interview, former Weston Fellow John Benson talk about his research on eastern wolves & his perspective on conservation 🌱

"The scale of what needs to be done can be overwhelming… but if we all do little things in local areas, those can turn into big things across broader areas" 🧵
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WCS Canada @wcscanada.org · 10d
One meaningful step is to amplify Indigenous voices who advocate and spread awareness of the day’s importance. Take time to follow, learn, reflect & carry that commitment forward beyond today. (2/2)

#TruthAndReconciliation #OrangeShirtDay #EveryChildMatters
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WCS Canada @wcscanada.org · 10d
Today, on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation & Orange Shirt Day, we honour Survivors of residential schools, their families & the children who never came home. Honouring Survivors means listening, learning & supporting Indigenous voices year-round. (1/2)
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WCS Canada @wcscanada.org · 11d
“They are a rare, threatened species of wolf that exists in Algonquin Park and areas adjacent, but not really anywhere else beyond that”

🎧 Listen to more in the soundbite & read the full interview here →
Focus on Fellows: John Benson
We spoke with former Weston Fellow John Benson, now a Professor of Wildlife Ecology at the University of Nebraska, about his career journey, his research on eastern wolves, and how the fellowship helped shape his path.
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WCS Canada @wcscanada.org · 11d
The eastern wolf is a threatened species found in Algonquin Park & a few adjacent areas. To better understand their survival challenges, former Weston Fellow John Benson studied wolf populations closely - including carefully handling wolf pups for DNA sampling to evaluate their ancestry & survival 🧵
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WCS Canada @wcscanada.org · 12d
Through the Learning from Lake Sturgeon program, Moose Cree youth are building hands-on skills in water quality monitoring, exploring how northern rivers can shift in salinity, pH, and other measures as they meet the ocean.

@oceanweek.ca #worldriversday #waterislife
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WCS Canada @wcscanada.org · 12d
Rivers are lifelines. They provide food, water, and connections between communities, cultures, and ecosystems. Protecting river health is essential and water monitoring is one way we can do that.
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WCS Canada @wcscanada.org · 15d
To celebrate this milestone, we’re inviting photographers nationwide to capture the beauty & significance of these places in the 2025 KBA Photo Contest.

🦋 Enter & help shine a spotlight on Canada’s incredible biodiversity! kbacanada.org/2025/08/13/KBAphotocontest2025

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WCS Canada @wcscanada.org · 15d
Canada has now identified 300 Key Biodiversity Areas - including 100 sites vital for birds 🐦

These places are critical for biodiversity, from plants and wildlife to entire ecosystems, spanning wetlands, grasslands, forests, and coastlines across the country 💚 💚🧵
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WCS Canada @wcscanada.org · 16d
Canada’s boreal forest is the largest intact forest ecosystem left on Earth, with vast areas that remain largely free from roads, logging, and other industrial disturbance.
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WCS Canada @wcscanada.org · 16d
Boreal forests are essential habitat for many endangered and at-risk species including Boreal Caribou, Grizzly bears, Whooping cranes, rare lichens, and over 300 species of bird.
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WCS Canada @wcscanada.org · 16d
Canada holds about one-quarter of the world’s peatlands, the vast majority in its boreal forest. These peatlands store more carbon than all the world’s tropical forests.
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WCS Canada @wcscanada.org · 16d
Ontario’s boreal forest spans an area the size of Spain, and its Far North region is home to five of the last 12 large, undammed rivers left in North America.
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WCS Canada @wcscanada.org · 16d
Canada contains 28% of the planet’s entire boreal forest zone - some 552 million hectares - covering just over half of Canada’s land area.
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WCS Canada @wcscanada.org · 16d
It's #NationalForestWeek and we're sharing some amazing facts about Canada's boreal forest 🌎🌲

➡️ Swipe through to see why it matters for our planet!
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WCS Canada @wcscanada.org · 17d
📸 Enter the People & Conservation category of the #2025KBAPhotoContest and showcase the stories of connection, care, and stewardship across Canada’s Key Biodiversity Areas. 

Find out more and enter: https://f.mtr.cool/jlziylnxia 💚 2/2