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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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Peatlands in Canada’s boreal forest.
Credit: Garth Lenz
Peatlands, those luxuriantly moss-capped, squishy, vast open spaces in the boreal underlain with yards-thick layers of undecomposed plant material, may not be the first habitats that people think of when talking about climate change. But they should be.
Though spanning only 3% of the Earth’s land area, peatlands store approximately [...]
American Pipit
Credit: Jeff Wells
This is a long overdue blog installment about the birds that I observed on my trip to the George River of northern Quebec from August 8-13, 2010.
After seven hours of flying in a small and very loud floatplane, one of the first sensations that hit me upon arrival at Mushuanipi (Indian House [...]
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 [...]
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