When: December 10-12, 2018 Where: Valhalla Inn, Thunder Bay Matawa member First Nation Elders, lands and resource staff, environmental monitors & stewards, communication officers, former MMTC members and other interested members will gather for two principle workshops: 1) Indigenous Knowledge and 2)
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There are three deer species in northern Ontario: moose, woodland caribou and white-tailed deer. All three species have brown fur, split hooves, temporary antlers and eat only plants, but their preferred menu and habitats are different. Moose, who prefer to live near
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THUNDER BAY, ON: Four Rivers Environmental Services Group (Four Rivers) today, announced they will be working with the Matawa member First Nations on a national watershed research project as part of a first step in increasing capacity to actively steward over 300,000
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Woodland Caribou are the largest caribou found in Canada. In the winter they eat mainly lichen, which they are able to sniff out using their great sense of smell. In the summer they eat moss, plants, grass, and willow leaves. Woodland caribou
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UPDATE: This event has now concluded. Please see the CBC news article from the event at: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/matawa-environmental-gathering-2018-1.4945562 Original Post: When: December 11-13, 2018 Where: Airlane Hotel & Conference Centre, Thunder Bay Matawa member First Nation Elders, lands and resource staff, environmental monitors &
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As part of our commitment to long term environmental capacity building, through the Matawa Water Futures Project, Matawa First Nations Management will be working with Laurier, Lakehead and Laurentian Universities on advancing academic learning opportunities for Matawa members. It is our hope
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Northern First Nation Community Delegates, including many from the Matawa member First Nations, joined together with science, academic and environmental organizations, and government delegates from across Ontario, to discuss climate change. This conference, called the Up North On Climate Conference, was hosted
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The Bald Eagle is Canada’s largest bird of prey. It is often found near water and feeds mainly on fish and carrion (dead animals). Bald Eagles do not get their characteristic white head and tail feathers until they are at least four
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Bats across North America are facing an epidemic. The Little Brown Myotis, Northern Myotis, and Tri-coloured Bat have been emergency listed as Endangered on Schedule 1 of the federal Species at Risk Act (SARA) in 2014 because of sudden and dramatic declines
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You may have heard their distinct call in the summer and fall. A repeated trill that sounds like ‘Whip-poor-will” over and over again. But did you know that Eastern Whip-poor-wills are on Ontario’s Species At Risk list? These ground-living birds are currently
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