Kick starting our season with Amphibian calling surveys and Earth Day! As April rolled into spring, things didn’t just bloom — they woke up. Early in the season, our team was already out in the field launching amphibian surveys across the Niagara region. From searching for salamanders under cover to listening for calling frogs at […]
🐾 Join the Wildlife Words Contest! 🌿 Are you ready to put your curiosity to the test and learn something wild along the way? Introducing the 8Trees Wildlife Words Contest! This is a monthly educational game that celebrates nature vocabulary! Here’s how it works:Each month, we’ll post a “Wildlife Word ” on our social media.
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October Highlights: Boo at the Zoo & Having a Sustainable Halloween October was full of energy, creativity, and community spirit for 8Trees Inc.! We were thrilled to take part in Boo at the Zoo at Safari Niagara on October 4th, 5th, 10th, and 11th, where families came out to enjoy a weekend of Halloween fun.
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Wetlands are essential components of our landscape because they are home to diverse wildlife, including many rare species, and they provide a variety of ecosystem services for our communities. Wetlands function to trap sediments, store carbon, purify and they help preventing localized flooding by absorbing water. The Niagara region is full of wetlands, some much
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This spring will be the beginning of our second year of the Citizen Science Coverboard Project – Thank you to everyone who participated in Year 1! Last spring was a bit cold and wildlife observations were minimal, but we were happy to see several photos of snakes sent in by mid summer! The first year
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Spring emergence is almost here! Spring is the time of year to start keeping watch for wildlife crossing the roads, especially amphibians and reptiles. Our 8Trees team encourages everyone to join our Community Road Watch Project by downloading My Field App and taking photos of what you see crossing the road! My Field App is our citizen science data
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8Trees Inc. is launching the Citizen Science Coverboard Project, in alignment with our ongoing data collection initiative across the Niagara-Hamilton, Haldimand and Norfolk regions. What is the purpose? Southern Ontario, being part of the Carolinian ecozone and representing the most southern region in Canada, is one of the most biodiverse areas in the country. The Niagara-Hamilton region
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