Featured research
Featured research stories are from Land Lines, the Nature Conservancy of Canada blog.
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The birds of southwest Manitoba
In July 2019, I visited southwest Manitoba for a research scouting trip from the University of Oklahoma, where I am a PhD student in the...Read more »
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Hummingbirds: The forgotten pollinator when it comes to pesticides
From early April through May, rufous hummingbirds arrive in the Fraser Valley, BC, where they briefly court, nest and raise their young before...Read more »
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Monarch migration
Fall is fast approaching. As the days grow shorter and temperatures drop, it’s time for monarchs to migrate south for the winter.Read more »
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Point counts at Wideview: 10,000 steps by 7 a.m.
Point counts are a research method used for the long-term monitoring of species makeup and abundance of bird communities (in this case,...Read more »
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Buzzing down the house: An update
This is an update to a post I wrote last year. The data has now been analyzed, and the results are ready for sharing.Read more »
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Native grassland is important habitat for grassland birds
Saying that native grassland is important habitat for grassland birds seems quite obvious. So what are native grasslands, and what makes them...Read more »
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Wetland contamination and turtle health
Learn how wetland contamination negatively impacts the health of Ontario’s turtles.Read more »
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Restoration is super cool... literally!
Ph.D. candidate Jonas Hamberg writes about how he uses satellite and thermal imagery to monitor ecosystem restoration on NCC properties in...Read more »
