August 15, 2009 | Dr. Jeff Wells
Clearwater River, in northeastern Alberta
Credit: Garth Lenz
August 12, 2009 | Dr. Jeff Wells
Image borrowed from greenpeace.org
Sometimes it seems like positive stories about the environment are few and far between, but today a bit of good news: Kimberly-Clark, maker of Kleenex, Scott,...
August 6, 2009 | Dr. Jeff Wells
Matt Medler, a former BSI-staffer, was a guest blogger for this blog during his trip to Northern Ontario earlier this summer. Since so many of you enjoyed his trip reports, I thought I'd share his...
August 4, 2009 | Dr. Jeff Wells
Woodland Caribou
Credit: Wayne Sawchuk, Northern Images
As I'm sure you've figured out by now, solving the climate change crisis isn't exactly a simple equation. While emissions reduction mandates...
July 30, 2009 | Dr. Jeff Wells
Musk Ox
Obtained from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology web site
A great piece came out in the Globe and Mail yesterday (7/28/09) that does an excellent job of laying out how the Canadian Boreal is...
July 30, 2009 | Dr. Jeff Wells
This just out in Toronto paper. Links to entire story below.
Caribou in peril, Ontario warned
Facing 'emergency,' province urged to halt logging, road building in threatened habitatsCatherine...
July 28, 2009 | Dr. Jeff Wells
I recently came across this report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) that discusses the importance of conserving natural ecosystems that store, and often capture, carbon.
July 24, 2009 | Dr. Jeff Wells
Nancy and her husband, Bob
Taken from: http://sononis.blogspot.com/
While the field of Ethnobotany might not be deeply understood by many everyday citizens, its importance is certainly recognized by...
July 22, 2009 | Dr. Jeff Wells
Here's another excellent guest post by our friend Matt Medler. As mentioned previously, he used to work for BSI and currently works for the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. This is the second of two posts...
July 21, 2009 | Dr. Jeff Wells
This is a guest post from our friend Matt Medler, who used to work for BSI and now currently works with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, a wonderful research and outreach team whom I used to work for...
