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Editor: Dr. Dwayne Lepitzki
Subscription Rates
In Canadian dollars; rates include postage.
| Subscriber category | Online only | Print only | Online + Print |
|---|---|---|---|
| OFNC members | Included with membership | $50 | n/a |
| Individual – Canada | $50 | $70 | $80 |
| Individual – outside Canada | $50 | $90 | $100 |
| Student | Included with membership | $50 | n/a |
| Institutions & Libraries – Canada | $140 | $150 | $220 |
| Institutions & Libraries – outside Canada | $140 | $170 | $240 |
Online Access
From the CFN website: Volume 117, Number 2 (2003) onwards. (Last four issues are only available to OFNC members and subscribers.)
From the Biodiversity Heritage Library:
- CFN Volume 33 (1919) to Volume 133 (2019).
- The Ottawa Naturalist, Volume 1 (1887) to Volume 32 (1919)
- Transactions of The Ottawa Field-Naturalists’ Club, Volume 1 (1879) to Volume 7 (1886)
Hard Copies Available for Purchase (while quantities last)
Hard copies of Volumes 109 (1995) to 123 (2009) are available for FREE*.
Hard copies of Volume 124 (2010) onwards are $20/issue*.
Special issues
CFN 132(1) (Studies on Canadian Amphibians and Reptiles in Honour of Dr. Francis Cook, Part 1): $20/issue
CFN 132(2) (Studies on Canadian Amphibians and Reptiles in Honour of Dr. Francis Cook, Part 2): $20/issue
CFN 137(1-2) (Double issue dedicated to Dr. Don McAlpine): $35/issue*.
Older special issues – free*
CFN 109(3): “The history of the exploration of the vascular flora of Canada, Saint-Pierre et Miquelon, and Greenland” by James S. Pringle
CFN 110(1): “A life with birds: Percy A. Taverner, Canadian ornithologist, 1875–1947” by John L. Cranmer-Byng
Please email your request to tandl [at] ofnc.ca.
*Plus shipping fee if mailed
James Fletcher Award
The James Fletcher Award is awarded to the author or authors of the best paper published in a volume of The Canadian Field-Naturalist, as selected by the CFN editorial team.
Winner for Volume 137:
- “An overview of known species killed during Alberta’s Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) strychnine program, 2005–2020” by Sadie Parr, published in CFN 137(3).
“It is gratifying that there is still a publication venue for primary research that is not premised on testing an existing hypothesis but rather, as in the case of my study, for describing basic processes in an intact ecosystem and formulating a hypothesis. I wish to thank the Ottawa Field-Naturalists’ Club and the editorial board of The Canadian Field-Naturalist for selecting my paper on nutrient cycling for the James Fletcher Award in 2017.”
– Thomas E. Reimchen, winner of the 2017 James Fletcher Award for “Diverse Ecological Pathways of Salmon Nutrients Through an Intact Marine-terrestrial Interface“, published in CFN 131(4).