Environmental partnerships foster a sustainable future

Monarchs and other pollinators are responsible for the production of one of every three bites or sips we take, and for the reproduction of 90 per cent of all flowering plants.

In an effort to help restore dwindling monarch butterfly populations, Save Our Monarchs Foundation and TransCanada have partnered to help monarchs and other pollinators through a large-scale 11,000-acre habitat restoration project along TransCanada’s properties and right-of-way (RoW) corridors.

This initiative is the largest monarch habitat restoration project of its kind on privately-owned lands in the U.S.

Wildlife Haven has started the construction of their new Rehabilitation Centre, which will help them care for the over 1,700 injured and/or orphaned wildlife who come into their care from Manitoba, Saskatchewan and northwestern Ontario. To date, they have cared for over 35,000 animals.

In July 2016, Trout Unlimited Canada announced its first national conservation campaign - the Reconnecting Canada Campaign.  This campaign aims to reconnect one million miles of disconnected waterways across the country.

Trout Unlimited Canada volunteers, chapters and partners will use tools developed by TUC’s professional staff to assess each site and identify culverts which harm rivers and streams or have degraded to the point of disrepair. A team of experts will lead volunteers and partners to implement Canada-wide change by linking fish to their habitat, repairing river beds, improving water quality and connecting Canadians to their water.

The Wetland Centres of Excellence form a national network of schools and community partners, recognized by Ducks Unlimited Canada, for their efforts to engage young people in wetland conservation. They are large and small, rural and urban, and each is unique.

Together, the Wetland Centres have accomplished amazing things for conservation:

• Planted more than 196,837 trees
• Banded and provided records for more than 70,000 birds
• Planned and provided mentored wetland field trips and public tours to more than100,000 individuals
• Constructed, installed and monitored waterfowl and songbird nest boxes long-term

Earth Rangers is the Kids’ Conservation Organization.

It provides Canadian children with the opportunity to protect animals, to improve the environment and to make a difference through their Bring Back the Wild program and conservation missions.

Last year, 51,098 Earth Rangers Members across the country participated in fundraising activities and raised $639,400 to help protect the little brown bat, wolverine, peregrine falcon, and cold water coral.