Week 19: Mother’s Day Tip
This Mother’s Day as you pay homage to your mom, take a moment to think about the Mothers of wildlife bearing their young out in the wild, trying to find suitable habitat and remind yourself and your friends of the many hardships they must face the things you can do to help. Why not send a CWF Mother’s Day e-card?
Week 18: Restore a Ribbon of Life The strip of moisture loving trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants along the edge of a lake, river, wetland, or other watery habitat is called the buffer zone. This ribbon of life enhances the beauty of the shoreline; shades and prevents the heating of water, which can kill aquatic creatures; protects water quality by filtering the run-off of pollutants like fertilizers and pesticides from land; controls soil erosion, which muddies streams and ruins fish spawning habitat; and provides food, cover, and nesting sites for a rich variety of life forms on land and in water.
Logging, construction, agriculture, or other activities can damage one of these areas in your community. Visit the Hinterland Who’s Who to learn how to protect and revitalize a shoreline in your community.
This Mother’s Day as you pay homage to your mom, take a moment to think about the Mothers of wildlife bearing their young out in the wild, trying to find suitable habitat and remind yourself and your friends of the many hardships they must face the things you can do to help. Why not send a CWF Mother’s Day e-card?
Week 18: Restore a Ribbon of Life The strip of moisture loving trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants along the edge of a lake, river, wetland, or other watery habitat is called the buffer zone. This ribbon of life enhances the beauty of the shoreline; shades and prevents the heating of water, which can kill aquatic creatures; protects water quality by filtering the run-off of pollutants like fertilizers and pesticides from land; controls soil erosion, which muddies streams and ruins fish spawning habitat; and provides food, cover, and nesting sites for a rich variety of life forms on land and in water.
Logging, construction, agriculture, or other activities can damage one of these areas in your community. Visit the Hinterland Who’s Who to learn how to protect and revitalize a shoreline in your community.
Week 17: Bring Fido out for an extra walk. Not only will you make Fido’s day, you might also improve your own health and well-being too! Studies show people that own dogs have lower blood pressure and cholesterol. We bet those walks are a big reason for that! So get out for an extra walk with your furball this week and don’t forget to log your kilometres on www.NationalWildlifeWeek.com.
Week 16: missing
week 13 - see separate post
Week 11: When you travel, do not contribute to the profits of people who capture or kill endangered species
Learn about the regulations of the Convention on Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and follow them when you travel. CITES makes it illegal to import goods made from endangered species, such as skins of leopards and ivory from elephants.
Week 15: It’s National Wildlife Week!
And it’s starting to feel like spring outside! So put your gym pass on hold and get those legs moving outdoors. A 160-pound person walking at a quick pace can easily burn 277 calories an hour. But if you want to step it up a notch, hit the trails; hiking will burn 438 calories per hour. After your workout, log your kilometres on NationalWildlifeWeek.com.
Week 14 Kick your kids outside to play!
Research has shown that kids who are not exposed to wildlife and the natural world have lower test scores, and higher rates of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), obesity and depression. So do your kids a favour and send them out for a game of tag in the backyard.
Research has shown that kids who are not exposed to wildlife and the natural world have lower test scores, and higher rates of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), obesity and depression. So do your kids a favour and send them out for a game of tag in the backyard.
week 13 - see separate post
Week 12: Buy local
Support the local economy and enjoy fresh local food when possible. When the average person in North American sits down to eat, each ingredient has typically traveled at least 2,400 km. That’s like traveling from Moncton to Florida to get your strawberries! The transportation of this food emits tons of carbon dioxide, not to mention increases the cost to the consumer.Week 11: When you travel, do not contribute to the profits of people who capture or kill endangered species
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http://donate.cwf-fcf.org/goto/tiggeric
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http://www.cwf-fcf.org/en/about-cwf/50th-anniversary/the-anniversary-challenge.html
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