The Spring 2016 Newsletter (1.4 MB) of the Ottawa-Carleton Wildlife Centre has extensive information about London, Ontario’s Beaver protocol, one of its Best Wildlife Management Practices.  This is in sharp contrast to the City of Ottawa which remains firmly wedded to trap-and-kill.  The Centre sent a copy to all members of Council, along with a…


From Amy MacPherson, 12 Jan 2015: Hello everyone, Attached is the DRAFT Protocol for Wildlife Protection During Construction for your review and comment before February 8, 2015. The draft protocol addresses sensitive timing windows for clearing, pre-stressing, site clearing, construction site management, wildlife encounters, and wildlife-proofing.  It also provides guidance to developers on how they can…


The Ontario Road Ecology Group’s symposium on “A National Agenda for Canada” gathered close to 120 people from across Canada and from a range of backgrounds at the Canadian Museum of Nature.  Convener Dave Ireland (managing director of the Centre for Biodiversity at the ROM) noted how what eventually led to OREG started ten years…