Boreal Songbird Initiative News

New national park comes with twist

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 12:00:00 EST

The Globe and Mail - August 13th, 2010
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...

Rethinking Alberta

Mon, 09 Aug 2010 12:00:00 EST

The Globe and Mail - August 9th, 2010
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...

Greenhouse gas issue divides premiers into two camps at summit

Fri, 06 Aug 2010 12:00:00 EST

Calgary Herald - August 6th, 2010
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...

Hydro chooses route for new power line

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:00:00 EST

Winnipeg Free Press - July 30th, 2010
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...

How a Seattle group helped save the north\'s forests

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:00:00 EST

Crosscut - News of the Great Nearby - July 28th, 2010
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...

First Nations and Wood Buffalo issue call to protect caribou

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 12:00:00 EST

Ft. McMurray Today - July 21st, 2010
Wood Buffalo and area First Nations are calling on the federal government to issue an emergency order to protect the woodland caribou...

New conservation model emerges in Canada\'s boreal

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:00:00 EST

ScientificAmerican.com - July 19th, 2010
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...

Far north plan still incomplete

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:00:00 EST

Toronto Star - July 14th, 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...

Alberta\'s boreal forest protected: minister

Tue, 06 Jul 2010 12:00:00 EST

CBC News - July 6th, 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...

Alberta lagging on boreal forest protection: expert

Mon, 05 Jul 2010 12:00:00 EST

CBC News - July 5th, 2010
A leading American conservation expert says Alberta is falling behind the rest of Canada when it comes to protecting the boreal forest. Steve Kallick of the Pew Environment Group told scientists...

Canada becomes unlikely world leader in forest conservation

Sat, 03 Jul 2010 12:00:00 EST

The Globe and Mail - July 3rd, 2010
Somewhat to his surprise, one of the top researchers for a global environmental group will tell an international scientific meeting Monday that Canada has quietly become the world leader...

Canada�s boreal forest primed to be world�s best-protected ecosystem

Sat, 03 Jul 2010 12:00:00 EST

The Vancouver Sun - July 3rd, 2010
EDMONTON � Canada�s boreal forest is on track to become the world�s best-protected ecosystem, says paper slated to be presented this week at an international conference on conversation issues...

Pact protects Canadian forests

Tue, 18 May 2010 12:00:00 EST

Nature - May 18th, 2010
An unlikely coalition of logging companies and environmental groups has reached an agreement to protect more than 300,000 square kilometres of Canadian boreal forest � an area larger than...

Logging �truce� protects millions of acres of Canadian forest

Tue, 18 May 2010 12:00:00 EST

Toronto Star - May 18th, 2010
Most of Canada�s largest forestry companies announced a groundbreaking deal with environmental groups Tuesday that will restrict logging in vast northern forests...

\'World\'s biggest\' forest protection deal for Canada

Tue, 18 May 2010 12:00:00 EST

BBC News - May 18th, 2010
Timber companies and environment groups have unveiled an agreement aimed at protecting two-thirds of Canada\'s vast forests from unsustainable logging...