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July 2007
Plant Your Own Butterfly Garden! The monarch butterfly is a sure sign of summer. Make your backyard or balcony a haven for these beautiful creatures, and follow our tips on planting your own butterfly garden.
Protect Canada’s “Pocket Desert”! The desert grasslands of the South Okanagan are home to over one-third of British Columbia’s threatened and endangered species, including the bighorn sheep. As the human population in the South Okanagan rapidly increases, the bighorn sheep's home is under growing threat by suburban sprawl and agricultural expansion. The time to act is now. Help Us Establish a South Okanagan - Similkameen National Park Reserve!
Free! Bring Nature to Your Computer Screen Check out these beautiful screen backgrounds, and bring a touch of nature to your desktop it’s like bringing the outdoors inside! Browse backgrounds.
Wildlife Encounters What Do You Do? Summer can often bring us in contact with wildlife do you know what to do if you come across a sick, injured or orphaned wild animal? Find out.
They’re Watching From Above How can a small group of wildlife officers track the health and safety of endangered species in Canada’s vast hinterland? With help from an eye in the sky. Read More.
Your Letters A reader asks, should milkweed, the primary source of food for monarch larvae, be renamed? Your Letters.
Photo of the Month For a few weeks this spring, the warblers were numerous and obliging for Christopher Clunas and his camera, and the results are this issue’s Photo of the Month.
Around the Bend Want to get involved with nature-related events in your area? Check out our calendar to see what's coming up, or submit details for your event. See our calendar.
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