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Your thoughts on the state of Environment Canada’s protected areas?

Hello Readers!

Have you ever visited one of Canada’s National Wildlife Areas or Migratory Bird Sanctuaries?

These sites make up Environment Canada’s network of protected areas and complement our national parks system and provincial/territorial protected areas networks from coast to coast, to coast. Eventually, Marine Wildlife Areas will also make up Environment Canada’s network, with the Scott Islands off of northern Vancouver Island slated as the first addition in 2012.

Regardless of how you answer the above question, Nature Canada would like to know your views on National Wildlife Areas and Migratory Bird Sanctuaries. In fact, we’re in the process of conducting of survey of naturalists and nature enthusiasts across Canada (and beyond) to better understand their views on the condition/state of these areas.

Simply follow this link if you’d like to participate in the survey. Time to complete the survey shouldn’t exceed 25 minutes and will vary depending on your level of familiarity with Environment Canada’s protected areas.

Nature Canada will use the results of this survey to inform a formal report on the state of Canada’s National Wildlife Areas and Migratory Bird Sanctuaries (to be completed this fall). The report will build on previous work we’ve done on this theme, including Conserving Wildlife on a Shoestring Budget (2002) and Wildlife In Crisis (2004).

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions about the survey and/or Nature Canada’s protected areas program.

Photo 1 – A. Teucher, CFB Suffield National Wildlife Area

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