Chrystal Mantyka-Pringle

Up the creek without a paddle: protecting Canada's freshwater The diverse, growing nature of the cumulative threats facing fresh water requires an equally diversified approach to tackling the problem.

Canada has many freshwater risks and opportunities for conservation, which my colleague and I share in the National Observer today @wcs.org

www.nationalobserver.com/2025/06/17/o...

Fellow conservation science friends, keep shouting from the treetops!

17.06.2025 21:47 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Anyone for Conservation Cup Pong? 🌱🥤

Ella, Meadow and Emily, three awesome high school students from Warmen High School in Saskatchewan, interviewed our very own @cmantykap.bsky.social for their Outdoor Education course and were kind enough to share their project with us!

04.06.2025 20:04 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

An alternative approach to bridge Indigenous knowledge and Western science for conservation (commentary) Conservation is our collective responsibility as humans, requiring broad participation from all members of society, rooted in a diverse range of knowledge systems and experiences. Yet modern approache...

I am happy to be able to share our work on "Walking in two worlds: insights from implementing a Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in approach to bridging knowledge systems in conservation and land use planning" and continue to assist Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in with their land planning journey.
news.mongabay.com/2025/05/an-a...

20.05.2025 20:55 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1

First Nations Women Transforming Conservation Fellowship First Nations women are at the forefront of conservation and stewardship. This fellowship aims to support leaders by expanding their professional experiences within the conservation movement.

@wcscanada.bsky.social announces a new fellowship opportunity for First Nations women working in conservation and stewardship that is co-created with the Indigenous Leadership Initiative. Applications are due April 11th wcscanada.org/about/opport...

Honoring our dear colleague, Cheryl Chetkiewicz

27.03.2025 22:16 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

To mark our 20th anniversary, the whole @thewcs.bsky.social Canada team met in person for the first time in Banff, Alberta, at the beginning of this month. We celebrate 2 decades of conservation success, build connections across programs, and chart a fresh strategic course for the decades to come!

28.11.2024 16:37 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Press Release: Government of Yukon Attempts to Suppress First Nation Treaty Rights, Relitigate Peel Watershed Decision in Court - Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in Government November 25, 2024 For Immediate Release   Government of Yukon Attempts to Suppress First Nation Treaty Rights, Relitigate Peel Watershed Decision in Court A

The Peel Plan is the result of a 14-year struggle to fulfill the core treaty promise that Yukon First Nations co-manage our traditional territories with the Government of Yukon.

Read Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in's press release in response to YGs lawsuit: www.trondek.ca/2024/11/pres...

26.11.2024 16:37 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Hiya, I'm a Conservation Planning Biologist and Co-Director of the Northern Boreal Mountains Program with @wcscanada.bsky.social
Adjunct Prof at University of Saskatchewan.

I'll share new research on cumulative effects, ecosystem health, and climate change in the north.

23.11.2024 05:44 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

I'm a Conservation Planning Biologist and Co-Director of the Northern Boreal Mountains Program with @wcscanada.bsky.social Adjunct Prof at Usask.
I'll share new research on cumulative effects, ecosystem health, and climate change in the north.

23.11.2024 05:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I miss seeing all the new science papers without all the crap. Thanks #Bluesky!

23.11.2024 05:35 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Mentoring the next generation of conservation scientists on their first interview is pretty rewarding.

Listen here for some cool bird songs and an explanation as to how birds recover after a land disturbance becomes revegetated: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

@thewcs.bsky.social

22.11.2024 23:12 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0