Boreal Songbird Initiative : Reports & Other Publications

Restored wetlands no match for real thing

published news
February 2, 2012 | Bettina Boxall
How easy is it to recreate nature? When it comes to wetlands, the answer seems to be “not very.” A new paper examining data from more than 600 restored or man-made wetlands found that...
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Yale Environment 360

A Vast Canadian Wilderness Poised for a Uranium Boom

published news
January 30, 2012 | Ed Struzik
Until her semi-nomadic family moved into the tiny Inuit community of Baker Lake in the 1950s, Joan Scottie never knew there was a wider world beyond her own on the tundra of the Nunavut Territory...
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The Province

Premier Christy Clark promises to cut red tape for mining firms

published news
January 26, 2012 | Cassidy Olivier
B.C.'s mineral developers can count on the government to cut red tape and clear the way for mining expansion, Premier Christy Clark told the Association of Mineral Exploration (B.C.) on Wednesday...
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CBC News

Kent again declines emergency caribou protection order

published news
January 25, 2012
Environment Minister Peter Kent has again declined to issue an emergency order to protect woodland caribou — but this time he's explaining why...
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Tireless conservationist a true renaissance man

published news
January 22, 2012 | Ed Struzik
Brydon Ward was the superintendent of forestry for the Athabasca/ Lac La Biche region in 1988 when the province gave the green light for Alberta Pacific Forestry Industries to proceed with a proposed...
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CBC News

Manitoba-Ontario UNESCO bid heads to Paris

published news
January 18, 2012
The bid to have a vast wilderness area deemed a UNESCO world heritage site is heading to Paris. The Pimachiowin Aki Corporation — a partnership between five First Nations and the governments of..
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Hydro carbon emissions drastically underestimated: report

published news
January 18, 2012 | Bob Weber
A study by an environmental group suggests the federal government may be underestimating greenhouse gas emissions from hydro developments by a factor of 20...
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Bloodvein partners with province on UNESCO heritage bid

published news
January 11, 2012 | Aldo Santin
The Bloodvein First Nation is joining the province’s UNESCO Word Heritage bid for the east side of Lake Winnipeg. Conservation Minister Dave Chomiak and Aboriginal and Northern Affairs Minister...
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CBC News

Peat mine would devastate boreal bog, says biologist

published news
January 10, 2012 | Mychaylo Prystupa
Conservation biologist Heather Hinam took CBC News deep into a Manitoba boreal bog on Tuesday to explain why this unique ecosystem should not be bulldozed for a proposed peat mine...
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CBC News

Boreal ducks threatened by climate change

published news
January 8, 2012 | Mychaylo Prystupa
Scientists long puzzled by the rapid decline in millions of Canadian boreal ducks since the 1970s think they may finally have the cause: global warming...
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