Member of the George River caribou herd
Credit: Valerie Courtois, Canadian Boreal Initiative
Over the holidays Jeff posted a new guest blog on National Geographic about the plight of the George River caribou herd in northern Quebec and Labrador. This herd, once the largest in the world just decades ago, has plummeted to dangerously low numbers of [...]

Last week we shared some of the good news stories that came out about our recent efforts to protect woodland caribou (not to mention why this protection would be a huge boost for a wide range of birds!). I thought I would follow up and share some of the radio and tv interviews we and [...]

Preserving woodland caribou could have far-reaching beneficial impacts.
Credit: Howard Sandler.
Last week I wrote about the important policy briefing paper I coauthored along with the International Boreal Conservation Science Panel and some of the world’s most notable caribou experts. I thought I would provide a short follow-up and say that the paper received a great response [...]

An American Pipit alongside the George River in Northern Quebec, one of Canada’s numerous large undammed rivers.
Credit: Jeff Wells
I wrote last week about a recent report, A Forest of Blue by the Pew Environment Group, of which I was a lead author. My last entry provided a more thorough review of the findings, but in [...]

Bohemian Waxwings in Canada’s boreal forest.
Credit: Valerie Courtois, Canadian Boreal Initiative
This year, the UN’s International Year of the Forests, provides us with an opportunity to take a step back and look more carefully at our relationship with forests. Hundreds of millions of people live in or directly rely on forests, while the remainder of us [...]

Woodland Caribou
Credit: Valerie Courtois, Canadian Boreal Initiative
I was fortunate to be able to attend the 2010 North American Caribou Workshop in Manitoba back in October. While I’m usually excited to attend any major conference or workshop on an issue near and dear to me such as caribou (birds are of course #1, but I can [...]

As mentioned in our last post about the impacts of the Gulf oil spill on migratory birds, I did an interview on Monday with Radio Canada International’s show The Link about the vast number of birds who have flown to and through the Gulf Coast on their migratory paths, beginning in Canada’s boreal forest. Listen [...]

Our story about the potential problems that Boreal birds may face as they arrive on the Gulf Coast for the winter or on their way to more southerly wintering areas has been picked up by a number of news outlets over the last couple of weeks. Thought readers may be interested to read some of [...]

While this Canada Goose lives and migrates in the wild, certain sub-populations have sprung up in urban areas and have become quite the nuisance.
Credit: Ashley Hockenberry
While most Canada Geese spend the spring and fall migrating back and forth between their winter and summer habitat, some sub-populations of the Canada Goose have sprung up in many [...]

Per Breiehagen positions himself for a shot during our birding expedition in northern Ontario in 2008, which resulted in a great feature article in Audubon Magazine about birds and the paper industry. I also documented the trip in several posts, beginning with this one.
Credit: Eddie Nickens
There’s a wonderful new photo contest being held by the [...]