Cleaning seeds with CWF

 Written on: December 12th, 2019

by Sandy Garland Collecting seeds for the Canadian Wildlife Federation’s habitat restoration project on October 20 was fun (see Collecting seeds with CWF), but ...

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Seed collecting with CWF

 Written on: December 12th, 2019

by Sandy Garland, photos by Li-Shien Lee WPP has been interested in and supportive of a large project that the Canadian Wildlife Federation is conducting: restoring ...

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An introduction to our native bees

 Written on: June 13th, 2019

by Sandy Garland, presentation slides and identifications from Jessica Forrest, photos by Barry Cottam What is a bee? How do you distinguish them from look-alike ...

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Pollinator superheroes

 Written on: May 6th, 2019

text by Sandy Garland, photos by Edgar R. Hernandez The City of Ottawa’s first Wildlife Speaker event of the season was a big success. WPP brought a display ...

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Our first colloquium

 Written on: April 5th, 2019

by Sandy Garland The WPP is just over 2 years old and growing rapidly. This winter we asked members to fill in a short survey so that we could get a better idea of ...

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Campus walks for pollinators

 Written on: June 21st, 2018

By Megan McAulay What types of bees live in urban environments? What can we do to better support them? These were the questions that motivated our campus pollinator ...

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