Why Walk for Wildlife

2010 is the International Year of Biodiversity. Canada boasts a rich and vast wildlife landscape that exemplifies the true meaning of biodiversity.

Your Walk for Wildlife means getting in touch Canada’s biodiversity including with the habitat and species that we are all working hard to conserve.
During the Walk for Wildlife, your walk is your inspiration.

• Walk for the love of nature.
  
  
• Walk to see wildlife.
  
  
• Take photos on your walk and submit them to the CWF photo contest.
  
  
• Feed the birds on local nature trails with a variety of seeds.
  
  
• Share your walk. Send us your walk stories and photos to include on our blog.
  
  
• Organize a community, group or school walk, invite your friends and family to join you, or get out and enjoy a walk on your own.
  
  
• Help preserve nature by cleaning up litter on your walk.
  
  
• Encourage friends and family to join you on your walk and log their kilometres.
  
  
• Promote your walk. Join our Facebook fan page, follow the CWF on Twitter, post your walk your own website or Facebook profile, or download our Walk for Wildlife poster. 
  Have any other creative ideas?  Tell us about them on our blog
  
  
• Donate or raise funds for the Canadian Wildlife Federation.
 

How does this help wildlife?

The United Nations declared 2010 the International Year of Biodiversity. Biological diversity - or biodiversity - means the variety of life on earth. This year, countries across the globe will join together to bring greater understanding and commitment to safeguarding the world’s biodiversity.
  
Canadian wildlife and wildlife habitats are feeling the impact of biodiversity loss. Climate change, habitat loss and degradation, and pollution are just some of the factors affecting our world. The woodland caribou, polar bear and lynx are only a few of our native species who experience the challenges of adapting to or surviving the impacts of environmental change. 

CWF is a national not-for-profit organization that works actively to conserve wildlife and natural spaces that are part of Canada’s biodiversity. 

• Our dedication to protecting species at risk led to the creation of the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada in 1977.  We have since funded species status reports, published summary sheets on imperiled wildlife and made recommendations on endangered species conservation in Canada.
  
  
• Our reports including Beneath the Surface: the State of Water Quality in Canada and The Effects of Forest Management on Wildlife raised public awareness about the health of Canada's freshwater resources and provided industries and governments with practical recommendations to reduce the negative impacts of timber harvesting on wildlife and habitat.
  
  
• We are part of the re-introduction program for the Black Footed Ferret and have funded research and recovery efforts for species at risk, including the whooping crane, ferruginous hawk, burrowing owl, marbled murrelet, beluga whale, swift fox, peregrine falcon, and leatherback sea turtle.
  
  
• We played a key role in the Biodiversity Advisory Group, which worked with federal and provincial governments to develop a Canadian Biodiversity Strategy which should enable Canada to fulfill its commitment under the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity.

By participating in the Walk for Wildlife, you are saying “Wildlife Matters to Me,” and adding your voice to wildlife conservation in Canada.  Your participation helps CWF raise awareness and support for wildlife and wildlife habitat across the country.