Boreal Songbird Initiative : Reports & Other Publications

New national park comes with twist

published news
August 13, 2010 | Oliver Moore
In the old-growth forests and boggy expanses of the Mealy Mountains, the federal government is conducting an experiment in parks creation. The future park – to be developed on 11,700 square kilometres of...
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Rethinking Alberta

published news
August 9, 2010 | Jane Taber
A provocative ad “Rethink Alberta” documenting the environmental impact of the oil sands on the province is hurting the province’s image as a pristine vacation venue where cowboys roam around on...
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Greenhouse gas issue divides premiers into two camps at summit

published news
August 6, 2010 | Jason Fekete
After finding some common ground this week on health care and the economy, Canada’s 13 provincial and territorial premiers are likely to butt heads today on how best to curb climate change...
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Hydro chooses route for new power line

published news
July 30, 2010 | Mary Agnes Welch
Hydro chose a route Thursday for its massive new power line, but already some First Nations -- and even a few rural politicians -- are balking at the $2.2-billion project...
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Crosscut - News of the Great Nearby

How a Seattle group helped save the north's forests

published news
July 28, 2010 | Daniel Jack Chasan
The other morning, my wife saw a yellow Wilson's warbler perched in the old, cracked apple tree in front of our house. When she told me she had seen the bird, I thought north to the Canadian boreal...
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Ft. McMurray Today

First Nations and Wood Buffalo issue call to protect caribou

published news
July 21, 2010 | Carol Christian
Wood Buffalo and area First Nations are calling on the federal government to issue an emergency order to protect the woodland caribou...
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New conservation model emerges in Canada's boreal

published news
July 19, 2010 | Christopher Pala
YELLOWKNIFE, Northwest Territories - The scale of the conservation effort is staggering: 470,000 square miles - half the size of the Louisiana Purchase, five times the size of the U.S. national park...
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Far north plan still incomplete

published news
July 14, 2010
Two years ago today, Premier Dalton McGuinty made Canada’s largest conservation commitment, a vow to give permanent protection to half of Ontario’s far north region. The other half – 225,000 square...
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Santa Monica Daily Press

Boreal forest our cannery in the coal mine

op-ed
July 6, 2010 | Dr. Reese Halter
Most of the land mass that encircles the North Pole is covered with an evergreen crown. It is home to the giant northern or boreal forest of Earth. Its remarkable fauna and flora are well adapted to the...
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CBC News

Alberta's boreal forest protected: minister

published news
July 6, 2010
Alberta's minister of sustainable resource development says the government is doing what is necessary to protect the boreal forest. Mel Knight was responding to criticism by a leading conservation...
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