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Dr. Jeff Wells is the Senior Scientist for the Boreal Songbird Initiative. During his time at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and as the Audubon Society's National Conservation Director, Dr. Wells earned a reputation as one of the nation's leading bird experts and conservation biologists. He is now dedicated to understanding and protecting the land where North America's birds are born and raised, the Boreal Forest of Canada and Alaska. Check back regularly to read Dr. Wells' perspectives on the conservation, migration and interesting habits of Boreal birds. |
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Boreal Forest in Labrador Credit: Larry Innes I'm posting a wonderful letter to the editor in The Labradorian about the need to protect boreal forests in Labrador – this one by our Canadian colleague Larry Innes of the Canadian Boreal Initiative. There are a whole host of migratory birds that breed in Labrador's Boreal Forest in the summer, [...]
Boreal forest in Labrador
Credit: Larry Innes, CBI
One of my colleagues (and member of the International Boreal Conservation Science Panel) just wrote an excellent and timely op-ed in The Telegram arguing that Canada’s real job on climate issues comes after the Copenhagen conference. Dr. Jacobs points out that Newfoundland and Labrador have extensive regions of boreal forest [...]
This year, 2010, has been officially declared to be the International Year for Biodiversity by the United Nations. After thousands of years of agriculture and development (including the resource boom following the industrial revolution), humans have pushed increasing numbers of species to the brink of extinction, and unfortunately, many past the brink. It is estimated [...]
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