Freshwater Habitats Trust’s Post

🦉 Did you know parts of Oldham, Rochdale and Tameside are important bird habitats for Merlins, Golden Plovers and short-eared Owls? We want to ensure that new homes and businesses in these areas have safeguards in place to avoid harm to these species 🗣️ The Joint Supplementary Planning Document is a key part of this, and we want your input to help shape it. https://lnkd.in/e8nvqde9

🦉 Did you know parts of Oldham, Rochdale and Tameside are important bird habitats for Merlins, Golden Plovers and short-eared Owls? We want to ensure that new homes and businesses in these areas have safeguards in place to avoid harm to these species 🗣️ The Joint Supplementary Planning Document is a key part of this, and we want your input to help shape it. https://lnkd.in/eeivr_XS

We’re seeing an unprecedented amount of wild turkey research in recent years. Check out these efforts in the Mid-Atlantic region. https://hubs.li/Q02ZVZFf0 #NWTF #OutdoorRecreation #OutdoorLife #Conservation #WaterConservation #NatureConservation #GreatOutdoors #Nature #ForTheLoveOfAllBrandkind

Old Agoura resident Carolyn Trocino dives into Common Questions in Cougar Coexistence: An Educational Resource for the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing Project, co-authored by conservationists Korinna Domingo, Kelly Hood, Jeff Sikich, Seth Riley, Mark Lotz, Tiffany Yap, D.Env, Miguel Ordeñana IV, Johanna Turner, and Beth Pratt. This resource is a culmination of in-depth research and years of experience from researchers and coexistence practitioners, designed to help communities better understand and live alongside cougars. #CoexistWithCougars 🛒 Purchase a physical copy: SaveLACougars.org 📖 Download the FREE ebook: https://lnkd.in/gavVkyQa Special thanks to the National Wildlife Federation's #SaveLACougars campaign for funding this project.✨

Did you know Manitoba is home to 144 species of butterfly? 🦋 Learn how to identify the five families of butterflies in Manitoba based on their body structures, including wing shape, size, colours, and behaviour. https://loom.ly/fw8Z-Ng

Cattle, prairie conservation, and the wisdom of farmers. 🌾🐄 Watch Part 2 of our interview with CURE Board Chair, botanist, and educator Margaret Kuchenreuther! 🌱

Steady KAZA progress since comprehensive elephant survey in 2022: By Freeman Ya Ngulu. Approaching two years since a comprehensive aerial survey of the elephant populations in the Kavango Zambezi (KAZA) Transfrontier Conservation Area, it is confirmed that this area carries roughly half of all the savanna elephants on the continent. The survey conducted in August 2022 was the first to cover KAZA as a […]

Watching different kinds of close interactions with wildlife in petting zoos and pet expo got me confused. And I started to think what kind of human-wildlife relationship would work best for our ecosystem. I came to realise I know so little about wildlife conservation: what, why and how are we conserving wildlife? Read what the different stakeholders say about petting zoos and whether they can help wildlife conservation: https://lnkd.in/gxGeHxNn

Did you know that at the turn of the 20th century, the population of American wild turkeys was lower than the population of elephants or orangutans today? What happened next is one of the great chapters of conservation history. Through regulation, reintroduction, and reforestation, the wild turkey made a spectacular recovery. Today, they are thriving, sometimes even too well, extending beyond their native range and occasionally becoming a nuisance in suburban areas. 🦃 Learn more from the Cool Green Science Blog: https://nature.ly/3OkmFFR

Check out this article from our local news paper. They cover a Fish Habitat Project that I finished just the other week. Great things are coming for the Tioga Watershed! Link: https://lnkd.in/emtJiaHj