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Roots of tomorrow: Canada's forests need our support

Boreal Wildlands, ON (Photo by NCC/Andrew Warren)

Boreal Wildlands, ON (Photo by NCC/Andrew Warren)

On this Earth Day, the significance of forests for conservation, community benefits and human health has never been more urgent to acknowledge. Forests play many critical roles for nature and people: they provide habitat for hundreds of species,...

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Fleeting forest beauty: The spring ephemerals

Pacific trillium (Sean Feagan/NCC)

Pacific trillium (Sean Feagan/NCC)

Fleeting forest beauty: The spring ephemerals As winter lingers on, it’s reassuring to know our forests will soon be carpeted with beautiful wildflowers known as the spring ephemerals. These plants, including trout lilies, trilliums,...

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Conserving hope

Weston Fellows at Long Point, ON (Photo Joel Rodriguez)

Weston Fellows at Long Point, ON (Photo Joel Rodriguez)

“How do you remain hopeful?” I posed this question during the second annual retreat for the Weston Family Conservation Science Fellowship Program in September 2024. The other Fellows and I were sitting around our cabin’s...

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By seed and saw

Spruce seedling at Golden Ranches, AB (Photo by Sean Feagan/NCC staff)

Spruce seedling at Golden Ranches, AB (Photo by Sean Feagan/NCC staff)

Ensuring the future of resilient forests with the best conservation tools suited for each region Delaney Schlemko stands as a giant in a forest, peering down across the thousands of treetops she’s helping to steward. She’s careful not...

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A forest for all

American black bear mom (Photo by Gen Pintel/NCC staff)

American black bear mom (Photo by Gen Pintel/NCC staff)

"Bear!” My partner warned me, as I walked quietly with my head down after a long, hot day of hiking through a provincial park in southern Ontario. I didn’t see the American black bear that ambled out of the bushes a few metres ahead....

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A partnership building hope for communities and a thriving natural world

The Keyhole, NB (Photo by Brainworks)

The Keyhole, NB (Photo by Brainworks)

World Wetlands Day on February 2 is an opportunity to highlight the importance of wetlands and the value they provide. Canada is home to over a quarter of the world’s wetlands, and it is estimated that 70 per cent of wetlands in southern...

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