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Bird Conservation Region 9 (Canada's Great Basin) is the current conservation priority for PIF BC/Yukon.

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Grasshopper Sparrow

"Booster Shot" to Mother Nature Helps Create Wildlife Trees.Fungal Inoculation gets to the Heart of the Matter.

Mother Nature is impressive in many ways, but sometimes she works at a less than a speedy pace. So it is with the creation of wildlife trees which are standing trees (alive or dead) in a decaying state that provide valuable habitat for many species. In time, trees with hollow cavities can be especially valuable but the process for this to happen can often take well over 100 years.

Now the Fish & Wildlife Compensation Program (FWCP) is experimenting with a relatively new method in Canada to create wildlife trees in 10% of the time that Mother Nature might take. It consists of introducing a heart rot fungus into selected live trees.

Drilling holes before inserting wooden dowels.  This tree has been topped with the cut roughened up to promote faster decay.

Photo: ©Fish & Wildlife Compensation Program.

 

  • Nests in dense native bunchrasses in areas with little or no tree or shrub cover.

  • Efforts to increase the population by 50% will benefit many other grassland species.

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