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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 · 2d

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

WCS Canada @wcscanada.org · 2d

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 · 2d

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 · 7d

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

WCS Canada @wcscanada.org · 7d

🎧 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

WCS Canada @wcscanada.org · 7d

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 · 8d

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

WCS Canada @wcscanada.org · 8d

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)

WCS Canada @wcscanada.org · 9d

“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 · 9d

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 · 10d

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

WCS Canada @wcscanada.org · 10d

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 · 13d

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

@birdscanada.bsky.social

WCS Canada @wcscanada.org · 13d

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 💚 💚🧵