Why do we do what we do?
It no longer seems like news to be told that many, many species are extinct or nearly so around the world. Some have called this the "Sixth Extinction" and lay the [...]
With A Prayer For Wisdom
I've always been a bit of a contrarian, so please forgive me. These questions may seem deliberately provocative, but they are not meant that way. Rather, they are issues that [...]
Citizen Scientists hit the beach
A Rocha volunteers and staff have joined in the shorekeeping efforts on Semiahmoo Bay in Surrey, BC since 2004. For nine years we have monitored the same 50-metre section of [...]
Gone to the Birds
As is evident from the A Rocha logo, birds have always been a big part of conservation efforts at A Rocha field study centres in Canada and around the world. A new report [...]
Mission Accomplished–for Now!
Thanks to the generous help of a number of volunteers this spring, we were able to greatly reduce the spread and potentially destructive impact of garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) growing [...]