Opportunities - National Wildlife Areas
Spotted Owl
Image by US Fish and Wildlife ServiceHow many are left? Recent estimates are that the entire population consists of just 33 pairs with a forecast 10% annual decline rate.
Why are they endangered? Logging has altered forest structure and composition, isolated individual nesting pairs, removed potential nest trees, and rendered many habitats unsuitable.
How does your support help? Nature Canada established two IBAs with the clear intention of re-establishing a viable Spotted Owl population in British Columbia. Our next step is to facilitate on the ground monitoring of these IBAs.
Project: National Wildlife Areas (NWAs)
Objective: Stop impending crises in federally protected wildlife areas
Description: Nature Canada supporters have already made it clear how much they care about NWAs by vehemently opposing plans to expand drilling inside the federally protected Suffield National Wildlife Area. Because NWAs are home to hundreds of migrating birds and at risk species, Nature Ambassadors can help make similar progress on behalf of other NWAs like Last Mountain Lake in Saskatchewan. Last Mountain Lake was established in 1887 as Canada’s first wildlife area.
Today, it is one of the Prairie's most important refuelling stations for waterfowl on their way from the Arctic to their wintering ground in the Americas. Nature Canada is urging the government to announce a funded plan to complete and manage a network of NWAs, including updating its legal and policy framework in 2009. We must encourage the federal government to step up to the plate and ensure that these fragile areas receive the resources and attention they so desperately need.
Fundraising Goal: $125,000
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