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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 March, 2011

Protecting the “blue” forest

Friday, March 25th, 2011

The Mackenzie River in the Northwest Territories.
Credit: Irene Owsley
I have had the good fortune to see firsthand some incredible places in Canada’s Boreal Forest. The feeling you get looking out from the shore of a Lake Superior, Great Bear Lake, or Great Slave Lake—all among the world’s largest lakes—is one of awe. The same can [...]


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