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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.

Archive for July, 2010

A James Bay Survey, the Northern Way

Wednesday, July 21st, 2010

Correction: We originally posted that the following report was written by Jean Iron. It was written by Ron Pittaway based on communications with Jean via satellite phone. The original post was featured on the Ontario Birds listserve.
As you may or may not know, the James Bay coastline (a southeastern extension of the Hudson Bay in [...]

Lovely Labrador

Monday, July 19th, 2010

Our friend and member of the International Boreal Conservation Science Panel Dr. John Jacobs, Professor of Geography at the Memorial University of Newfoundland, recently took a trip to some remote parts of Labrador. He was able to take some great photos of unique boreal ecosystems, which I’m sharing below:

Grand Lake at North West River – [...]

The World’s (Quietest) Leader on Conservation

Wednesday, July 14th, 2010

Take a quick guess – what is the most protected large forest landscape in the world?

Credit: Garth Lenz
Hint: It’s not the mighty Amazon, and it’s not the humid tropical forests painted across much of Southeast Asia.
If you guessed Canada’s Boreal Forest give yourself a pat on the back.
Last week at the 24th International Congress for [...]


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