conservation

  1. Your opinion? Seen One Summer and then Never Again

    The most rare carnivorous plant and delicate was this Lavender Bladderwort (Utricularia resupinata) Quebec, Canada. Conservation Status: vulnerable (S3) in Québec, CA (NatureServe). From the Archive: Taken on July 20, 2012. Panasonic DMC-ZS20 • ƒ/3.3 4.3 mm 1/60 400 Flash (off, did not fire)
  2. National Park Bruce Peninsula National Park of Canada

    Dwarf Lake Iris (Iris lacustris) Bruce Peninsula National Park of Canada • Lake Huron, Ontario, Canada. Conservation Status: vulnerable (N3) in Canada (NatureServe). Sony DSC-RX100M2 • Sony 28-100mm F1.8-4.9 • ƒ/2.8 10.4 mm 1/100 160 Flash (off, did not fire)
  3. Today is Endangered Species Day

    Ghost Tiger Beetle (Ellipsoptera lepida) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Conservation Status: imperiled (N2N3) in Canada (NatureServe). Canon PowerShot G7 X • 8.8-36.8mm • ƒ/6.3 8.8 mm 1/1250 125 Flash (off, did not fire)
  4. Others Bogs and Fens: Special Wetland Environments

    Showy Lady's Slippers Orchid (Cypripedium reginae) Purdon Conservation Area, Lanark, Ontario, Canada. Majority of the conservation area is a large Fen where the orchids bloom. Canon EOS M100 • EF-M28mm f/3.5 MACRO IS STM • ƒ/4.5 28.0 mm 1/80 100 Flash (off, did not fire)
  5. Others Britannia Conservation Area

    One of the places I frequent the most because it is in the city is Britannia Conservation Area, Ottawa River, Mud Lake, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The Flora & Fauna abound in this Protected Area just along the river. Northern Green Frog (Lithobates clamitans melanota). Canon EOS M100 • EF-M28mm...
  6. Others Endangered Species: Have you met any?...Making it a Special Place.

    I have been blessed to meet some of the most Endangered Species on my travels throughout North America. Have you met any of your own? Please post your experiences here, I would love to see what you have come across in that big world of ours. The Ghost Tiger Beetle (Ellipsoptera lepida) Ottawa...
  7. Others Conservation in North America & the World

    Conservation's goals include protecting species from extinction, maintaining and restoring habitats, enhancing ecosystem services and protecting biological diversity. A range of values underlie conservation, which can be guided by biocentrism, anthropocentrism, ecocentrism and sentientism. There...
  8. Others Oak Hammock Marsh Wildlife Management Area

    Not only a beautiful WMA it is also home to Ducks Unlimited Canada a Wetland Conservation Organisation. Cherry-faced Meadowhawk (Sympetrum internum) Oak Hammock Marsh Wildlife Management Area, Manitoba, Canada. Ramsar site no. 366. Canadian Toad (Anaxyrus hemiophrys) Oak Hammock Marsh Wildlife...
  9. Others Conservation Areas are always bubbling with Flora & Fauna to Discover

    I am very fortunate to have this conservation area in my city of Ottawa...it is an oasis of nature in the bustle of the urban city. Midland Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta marginata) Britannia Conservation Area, Mud Lake, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Eastern Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis...
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