Teacher Resource Centre

Biodiversity and Native Species

• Biodiversity
• Indicator Species
• Native Species

Biodiversity

• Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park
  • Learning Activity: Water, an Environment to Protect (Belugas)
  • http://www.parkscanada.gc.ca/education-beluga
    
    
• Celebrating Life in All Its Forms - Time for Nature, June 10, 2003
  • Biodiversity, what is it?
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/canada/pn-tfn/itm2-/2003/ju/index_e.asp
    
    
• Supporting Science
  • Bruce Peninsula National Park
  • Fathom Five National Marine Conservation Area
  • http://www.castlebluff.com/bffscience/index.html
    
    
• Jasper conserves its biodiversity and improves fire safety
  • Jasper National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/docs/v-g/ie-ei/at-ag/sec8/page2.aspx
    
    
• Maintaining Landscape Connectivity
  • Gros Morne National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/nl/grosmorne/plan/plan4p_e.asp
    
    
• Forest Biodiversity Plots
  • Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/ns/kejimkujik/natcul/natcul5_e.asp
    
    
• The Plant Chasers - Time for Nature, January 7, 2008
  • Kluane National Park and Reserve of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/canada/pn-tfn/itm2-/2008/2008-01-07_e.asp
    
    
• Plants without Borders - Time for Nature, June 14, 2004
  • Waterton Lakes National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/canada/pn-tfn/itm2-/2004/2004-06-14_e.asp
    
    
• Battling invasive species in Garry oak ecosystems
  • Fort Rodd National Historic Site of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng//docs/v-g/ie-ei/at-ag/sec6/page5.aspx
    
    
• Endangered Species and Spaces
  • Grasslands National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/sk/grasslands/natcul/natcul3_e.asp
    
    

• The Mixed Grass Prairie Ecosystem: Biodiversity of the grasslands ecosystem
  • Grasslands National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/sk/grasslands/natcul/natcul2a_e.asp
    
    
• Coming Full Circle - Bison Release
  • Grasslands National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/sk/grasslands/ne/ne2_e.asp
    
    
• Born of Open Landscapes
  • Grasslands National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/sk/grasslands/ne/ne3_e.asp
    
    
• Deer Meadow Wolf - Interdependence and Interactions
  • Riding Mountain National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/apprendre-learn/prof/itm2-crp-trc/crp-trc5_e.asp?ID=1386

• Home S-s-sweet Home: A Lesson Plan on the Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake
  • Bruce Peninsula National Park
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/apprendre-learn/prof/itm2-crp-trc/crp-trc5_e.asp?ID=279
    
    
• Interdependence and Interactions, Ecological Integrity, and Grassland Biodiversity
  • Riding Mountain National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/apprendre-learn/prof/itm2-crp-trc/crp-trc5_e.asp?ID=69
    
    
• State of the Park Reports
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/docs/bib-lib/docs5hi.aspx
    
    

Indicator Species

• Wetlands - Dragonfly Detectives
  • Prince Edward Island National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/pe/pei-ipe/plan/page06_e.asp
    
    
• Giving lake trout a fair chance at a comeback, Time for Nature, January 24, 2005
  • Prince Albert National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/canada/pn-tfn/itm2-/2005/2005-01-24_e.asp
    
    

• Lessons from brook trout- Time for Nature, January 3, 2005
  • Kejimkujik National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/canada/pn-tfn/itm2-/2005/2005-01-03_e.asp
    
    
• Teaming Up for Salmon
  • Terra Nova National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/nl/terranova/natcul/natcul2_e.asp
    
    

• The Fundy Flyers - Northern Flying Squirrel, Time for Nature, August 4, 2008
  • Fundy National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/canada/pn-tfn/itm2-/2008/2008-08-04_e.asp
    
    
• Common Loon Research
  • Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/pn-np/ns/kejimkujik/natcul/natcul5/f.aspx
    
    
• Wolf Research - Interdependence and Interactions
  • Riding Mountain National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/apprendre-learn/prof/itm2-crp-trc/crp-trc5_e.asp?ID=1412
    
    
• Annual Research and Monitoring Report for National Parks in the Western Arctic: Raptor Survey
  • Aulavik, Ivvavik and Tuktut Nogait National Parks of Canada
  • 2001 - http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/docs/v-g/rs-rm2001/sec4/page3.aspx
    
    
  • 2002 - http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/docs/v-g/rs-rm2002/sec4/page3.aspx
    
    
  • 2003 - http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/docs/v-g/rs-rm2003/sec4/page3.aspx
    
    

Native Species

• Monarch Butterflies: Incredible Journey over Lake Erie - Time for Nature, September 18, 2002
  • Point Pelee National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/canada/pn-tfn/itm2-/2002/sept/index_e.asp
    
    
• The Return of the Cougar
  • Fundy National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/docs/v-g/ie-ei/at-ag/sec5/page1.aspx
    
    

• Monitoring Juvenile Salmonid Surveys
  • Gros Morne National Park
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/nl/grosmorne/plan/plan4b_e.asp
    
    
• Atlantic Salmon Stock Assessment for Trout River (2001 and 2002),
  • Gros Morne National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/nl/grosmorne/plan/plan4h_e.asp
    
    

• Helping Native Fish Come Back in Banff National Park - Time for Nature, August 16, 2004
  • Banff National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/canada/pn-tfn/itm2-/2004/2004-08-16_e.asp
    
    
• Restoring Laurentian aquatic ecosystems: Restoring brook trout and arctic char populations
  • La Mauricie National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/docs/v-g/ie-ei/at-ag/sec6/page4.aspx
    
    

• Case Study 8: The Fishy Disappearance of Kokanee Salmon
  • Kluane National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/apprendre-learn/prof/itm3-guides/vraie-true/etu-stuplan3case8_e.asp
    
    
• Freshwater - Life on the Edge
  • Prince Edward Island National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/pe/pei-ipe/plan/page04_e.asp
    
    
• Restoring the Speckled Trout - Time for Nature, January 12, 2009
  • La Mauricie National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/canada/pn-tfn/itm2-/2009/2009-01-12_e.asp
    
    
• Tales of the Trees - Time for Nature, May 26, 2008
  • La Mauricie National Park of Canada: Ecological Ambitions
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/canada/pn-tfn/itm2-/2008/2008-05-26_e.asp
    
    
• Monitoring the Mingan Thistle
  • Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/qc/mingan/natcul/natcul1-6b2_e.asp
    
    
• Banding Passerine Birds
  • Gros Morne National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/nl/grosmorne/plan/plan4c_e.asp
    
    
• Effect of increased habitat fragmentation on nest-predation of forest nesting birds
  • Gros Morne National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/nl/grosmorne/plan/plan4l_e.asp
    
    
• Monitoring rock ptarmigan numbers
  • Gros Morne National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/nl/grosmorne/plan/plan4e_e.asp
    
    
• Estimating the size of the Arctic hare population
  • Gros Morne National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/nl/grosmorne/plan/plan4d_e.asp
    
    
• Caribou Population Survey
  • Gros Morne National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/nl/grosmorne/plan/plan4f_e.asp
    
    
• Small Mammal Survey
  • Gros Morne National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/nl/grosmorne/plan/plan4g_e.asp
    
    
• Amazing Adaptations: A Lesson Plan on the Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake
  • Bruce Peninsula National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/apprendre-learn/prof/itm2-crp-trc/crp-trc5_e.asp?ID=278
    
    
• Bears: The Story of Duke - Interdependence and Interactions
  • Riding Mountain National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/apprendre-learn/prof/itm2-crp-trc/crp-trc5_e.asp?ID=1373