DANGER IN THE NURSERY: PANEL DISCUSSION ON THE IMPACT OF CANADA'S TAR SANDS OIL DEVELOPMENT ON MIGRATORY BIRDS
Natural Resources Defense Council invites you to
a briefing about migratory birds and the Canadian tar sands
FRIDAY, APRIL 3
10:00 - 11:30 AM
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Choate Room and Foyer
1779 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, DC
Speakers:
George M. Woodwell, Ph.D.
The Woods Hole Research Center
Jeff Wells, Ph.D.
Boreal Songbird Initiative
Susan Casey-Lefkowitz
Natural Resources Defense Council
Moderator:
Gabriela Chavarria, Ph.D.
Natural Resources Defense Council
Each spring more than half of America's birds flock to the Canadian Boreal forest to nest. There, every square mile (2.5 kilometers) of forests, lakes, river valleys, and wetlands in the Boreal can support as many as 500 breeding pairs of migratory birds. Yet almost all the biggest oil companies are mining and drilling important Boreal forest and wetlands—that could eventually cover an area the size of Florida—to access thick, low-grade petroleum. Canada and the United States must protect migratory birds and bird habitat from this new form of energy development that has severe global warming, water, habitat and wildlife impacts.
