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Many communities are engaged in ecological observation and reporting activities throughout the seasons. Known as ecological monitoring programs, they are a fun, interesting and valuable way for community groups, schools and others to learn about the environment, to care for nature and to work together for a sustainable future.

There are many ecological monitoring programs in Canada and elsewhere.
Choose from among the following:

You can Adopt an Animal through the Toronto Zoo:
http://www.torontozoo.com

Adopt–A–Pond gives you a chance to protect and sustain existing wetlands in your community:
http://www.torontozoo.com/adoptapond

Bird Studies Canada conducts surveys on loons and other birds all over the country:
http://www.bsc–eoc.org/bscmain.html

Have a look at what the Canadian Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Network is doing:
http://www.carcnet.ca/english/carcnethome.html

The Canadian Peregrine Foundation monitors Peregrine Falcons and their chicks:
http://www.peregrine–foundation.ca

You can even do ecological monitoring in your own backyard! Click here for more activities with the Canadian Wildlife Federation:
http://www.cwf–fcf.org/pages/home/default_e.asp?language=e

Find out what the Citizens Environment Watch is doing:
http://www.citizensenvironmentwatch.org/cew/index.htm

Environment Canada and the Canadian Nature Federation bring you a suite of four programs to monitor ecosystem health in your own backyard or community.
http://www.naturewatch.ca

Learn all about Frog watching! Register as a Frogwatch observer:
http://www.frogwatch.ca

Monarch Watch is dedicated to helping monarch butterflies by following their migration:
http://www.monarchwatch.org

Spring into action by collecting the blooming time of plants across Canada
http://www.plantwatch.ca

Do you want something interesting to do during Canada's long winters? Project FeederWatch participants count the birds at their feeders and submit their data:
http://www.bsc–eoc.org/national/pfw.html

Have your local schools participate in Rescue Mission Planet Earth: Indicators for Action project, where the school community assesses the sustainability of an area based on 16 sets of indicators:
http://www.schoolnet.ca/learning/sustainableplanet

Become a Skywatcher like "Cloudy":
http://www.weatheroffice.pyr.ec.gc.ca/skywatchers/index_e.html

Check out EnviroZine, Environment Canada's online newsmagazine for articles about important lifestyle choices you can make in order to maintain a healthy environment.

These sites will provide you with valuable information for planning your ecological monitoring activity:

Resources for greening your backyard:

birdfeeders/birdhouses/birdbaths/pools:

http://www.ianr.unl.edu/pubs/Wildlife/g672.HTM#pool

http://birding.miningco.com/msub12–feeders.htm

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