Nature Canada certifies 14 cities as ‘hen pleasant’

The nonprofit group Nature Canada lately introduced that 14 new cities and municipalities throughout Canada have earned certification as a “Chook Pleasant Metropolis.” The certification was developed by Nature Canada to encourage municipalities to change into safer locations for birds. This system was made doable by a $655,000 funding from Atmosphere and Local weather Change Canada.

Within the spring of 2021, Vancouver, Toronto, London, and Calgary had been the primary cities to be licensed. Seven of the newly licensed cities are in Ontario, Canada’s most populous province, and three are the capital cities of their provinces. The 14 newly licensed cities are:

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec (a suburb of Montreal)

Barrie, Ontario

Burlington, Ontario

Guelph, Ontario

Windsor, Ontario

Halton Hills, Ontario

Hamilton, Ontario

Peterborough, Ontario

Regina, Saskatchewan

Edmonton, Alberta

Strathcona County, Alberta (situated simply east of Edmonton)

Lions Bay, British Columbia (a small group north of Vancouver)

Saanich, British Columbia (a suburb of Victoria)

When a metropolis, county, or city seeks certification as a Chook Pleasant Metropolis, groups are established, and residents are actively concerned in defending and monitoring their native hen populations.

The Chook Pleasant Metropolis program encourages communities to behave to:

• scale back the variety of human-caused threats to birds, resembling outside cats, pesticide use, and collisions with home windows;
• create protected environments for birds by selling stewardship and guaranteeing that pure habitats are protected and restored; and
• interact and educate residents on the advantages of Chook Pleasant Cities and the celebration of birds of their communities.

“Birds play an important function in sustaining wholesome ecosystems in our communities,” mentioned Graham Saul, govt director of Nature Canada. “And so they maintain a particular place within the hearts of nature-lovers everywhere in the world. However there are three billion fewer birds in North America right now than 50 years in the past. We admire the work and management represented within the cities and cities being celebrated right now. Chook Pleasant Metropolis certification is greater than only a piece of paper. It’s a dedication to constructing a nature-positive world collectively, and we’re honored to work with the municipalities to attain that imaginative and prescient.”

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