Aerial view of rivers converging in NW British Columbia.
Credit: Michael Fay
We here at the Boreal Songbird Initiative (BSI) are proud to host internationally renowned conservationist J. Michael Fay on a speaking tour about a new ‘gold rush’ of mining development in the otherwise-remote northwestern corner of B.C. and the impacts it could have on [...]

George River caribou herd
Credit: Valerie Courtois, Canadian Boreal Initiative
As a follow up to our last post about the ever-dwindling George River caribou herd of northern Quebec and Labrador, we thought you might be interested in hearing another opinion on the matter. As you may or may not have heard, Labrador has recently issued a [...]

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 [...]

Today the public comment period for the Canadian federal government’s woodland caribou recovery strategy ended. Woodland caribou populations have been spiraling downward for decades, prompting concern among environmentalists, Aboriginal communities, and many everyday citizens concerned with the future of our planet.

A lone caribou crosses a river in Labrador.
Credit: Valerie Courtois, Canadian Boreal Initiative
The government actually [...]

Today one of our Canadian partner organizations, the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS), delivered more than 32,000 signatures to Canadian parliament asking them to better protect the increasingly-threatened woodland caribou. These signatures were delivered just a week before the end of the public comment period on the federal government’s national caribou recovery strategy, which [...]

The holiday season has come and passed. Some of us find ourselves with a few extra presents, many of us find ourselves with a few extra pounds. Whatever it is we’ve gained this winter, it seems as though Santa is facing the opposite problem.
Santa’s reindeer—or caribou as they’re more commonly known in North America—are in [...]

We are pleased to this year again post up a guest blog entry from Jean Iron (as relayed by Ron Pittaway) from a remote part of the James Bay region of northern Ontario. Jean is part of a team doing bird surveys and research on the birds that are heading (or have already headed) our [...]

Dangerous crossing for a woodland caribou
Credit: Valerie Courtois, Canadian Boreal Initiative

It seems as though woodland caribou continue to lie at the center of environmental issues in Canada. The elusive, antlered marvels that mostly stake out grounds in old growth boreal forest continue to struggle against the one-two punch of human encroachment and the [...]

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 [...]