Dan Kraus @CdnNatureSci

Conservation Scientist | Biodiversity Investment Collaborator | UWaterloo School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability | Lucky Dad linkedin.com/in/dan-kraus-7… Ontario Joined September 2014

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Dan Kraus @CdnNatureSci

4 weeks ago

Check out the latest Cdn biodiversity updates in my newsletter: Conservation bright spots, recovery of Great Lakes Piping Plover, is our native Sweet Crabapple at risk? linkedin.com/pulse/conserva… via @LinkedIn

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Dan Kraus @CdnNatureSci

4 weeks ago

Check out the latest addition of my newsletter on Canadian biodiversity conservation updates: Conservation bright spots, recovery of Great Lakes Piping Plover, is our native Sweet Crabapple at risk? linkedin.com/pulse/conserva… via @LinkedIn

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Dan Kraus @CdnNatureSci

4 months ago

Check out the latest article in my newsletter: April showers bring reduced Endangered Species Act powers, can we harness biodiversity offsets to reverse the loss of nature? linkedin.com/pulse/april-sh… via @LinkedIn

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Dan Kraus @CdnNatureSci

9 months ago

Just putting the final touches on our syllabus. The grad student experience will focus on applying socio-ecological knowledge in the real world + building career skills. Oh, and also students will just help to solve challenges facing our planet's largest freshwater ecosystem.

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Dan Kraus @CdnNatureSci

12 months ago

Tall Sunflower is late summer’s queen of the prairie in our native plant garden. Growing up to 3 m tall it buzzes with pollinators and will soon be covered with goldfinches that feed on the tiny sunflower seeds.

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Dan Kraus @CdnNatureSci

a year ago

This week’s #CanadasMissingWildlifeProject shows that with unsustainable harvest & rapid habitat loss we can make even once abundant animals disappear. Here’s an obituary to this week’s species I wrote a few years ago with more details on its sad story: natureconservancy.ca/en/blog/archiv…

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Dan Kraus @CdnNatureSci

a year ago

Carbon accounting in the absence of biodiversity accounting will continue to lead us down a path towards a diminished natural world and puts the benefits that nature provides to people at risk. theguardian.com/technology/art…

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Environment Canada @environmentca

a year ago

Interested in #freshwater #data? The #CanadaWaterAgency is seeking comments on the National Freshwater Data Strategy until September 15, 2024. Share your thoughts 👉 ow.ly/upiV50SYACY

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Dan Kraus @CdnNatureSci

a year ago

The theme for this week’s #CanadasMissingWildlifeProject is the unnoticed disappearance of so many tiny wild things. This small clam is one of approximately 10 aquatic species lost from Canada due to dams and other alterations to our freshwater ecosystems.

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Dan Kraus @CdnNatureSci

a year ago

August brings the full glory of our Ontario prairie garden. Having native plants close to home helps me to learn about nature. And to think about the world that was, and the world that could be. All this from a tiny handful of seeds I collected from a ditch over a decade ago.

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Dan Kraus @CdnNatureSci

a year ago

Great Auk is one of our first Cdn extinctions. It's a fascinating case study of extinction denialism, Victorian-era Darwinism that justifies human-caused extinction as survival of the fittest, and the genesis of our Western conservation awakening. #CanadasMissingWildlifeProject

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Liber Ero Fellows @LiberEroFellows

a year ago

We are now accepting applications for the Liber Ero Fellowship Program! The program supports post-doctoral fellows who address pressing conservation challenges of relevance to Canada. Application deadline is November 1, 2024. See liberero.ca/for more details.

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Dan Kraus @CdnNatureSci

a year ago

This week’s #CanadasMissingWildlifeProject is an intriguing story. Great Laurel is planted as a horticultural species, but not has not returned as a wildlife recovery project. It would be a great candidate to bring back as a component to restoring Nova’s Scotia’s Acadian Forests.

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Dan Kraus @CdnNatureSci

a year ago

This week’s feature for #CanadasMissingWildlifeProject is the stunning Chestnut Long-horned Beetle. Not seen in Canada for almost 150 years. An edge of range species in Canada, it could still be rediscovered via community science. @inaturalist

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Dan Kraus @CdnNatureSci

a year ago

Marshes and swamps across the @greenbeltca are still hard at work! By holding and slowing releasing waters from yet another major rainfall event they reduce the risks & impacts of flooding. Wetlands in the greater urban ecosystem are an essential asset for our cities. @conont

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Dan Kraus @CdnNatureSci

a year ago

In recognition of World Snake Day this past week, here is one of two species of snakes now gone from Canada. To bring it back to Canada, additional research is required and we need to protect and restore more of BC’s Garry Oak ecosystem. #CanadasMissingWildlifeProject

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Dan Kraus @CdnNatureSci

a year ago

For one of my summer passion projects, I'm sharing these stories about Canada's 'missing' wildlife that will be part of an upcoming paper. Hope they inspire awareness, exploration, and restoration! This week: an Ontario plant (and a botanist) both worthy of more recognition.

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Dan Kraus @CdnNatureSci

a year ago

There's a lot to unpack in Canada's new 2030 Nature Strategy. Be sure to check out Annex 3 (p 134) to see what your province or territory is proposing to contribute. What's there (and not there) says a lot about current & future conservation directions. publications.gc.ca/collections/co…

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Dan Kraus @CdnNatureSci

a year ago

Cool to see some of the great work @TRCA_HQ while en route to Ottawa to talk about Canada’s commitments to restore degraded ecosystems. Restoration expands our conversation narrative from just protecting a world that was, to also creating a world that can be.

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Dan Kraus @CdnNatureSci

a year ago

Hard to believe these little guys have grown-up & graduated in the last year with degrees in Env Engineering & Env Science! Being a dad & rediscovering nature through the eyes of my children has been my greatest joy. Long days and short years. Hold your babies tightly.