July 19, 2011 | Dr. Jeff Wells
Preserving woodland caribou could have far-reaching beneficial impacts.
Credit: Howard Sandler.
Last week I wrote about the important policy briefing paper I coauthored along with the International...
July 14, 2011 | Dr. Jeff Wells
Members of the George River herd in Labrador.
Credit: Valerie Courtois, Canadian Boreal Initiative.
Woodland caribou, the nomadic and symbolic creature of Canada’s boreal forest, were once plentiful...
June 23, 2011 | Dr. Jeff Wells
A few weeks ago I had the honor of being part of a tour of the proposed Pimachiowin Aki World Heritage Site. There is no doubt that the region and the people there are incredible and I will write...
May 23, 2011 | Dr. Jeff Wells
Amazon Rainforest
Credit: Asociación de Capitanes Indígenas Yaigojé Apaporis
What we like to call the Boreal Forest’s ‘sister’, the Amazon, is an amazingly large and ecologically diverse region,...
April 25, 2011 | Dr. Jeff Wells
Bohemian Waxwing a.k.a. "Grizzly Bear Bird".
Credit: Jeff Wells
Birders in many parts of southern Canada and the northern U.S. were fortunate this past winter to have been blessed with large numbers...
April 13, 2011 | Dr. Jeff Wells
It's that time of year again. That time when the songbirds are flying through our backyards, waterfowl and shorebirds are touching down in and around the lakes, ponds, and rivers around us, and the...
April 1, 2011 | Dr. Jeff Wells
An American Pipit alongside the George River in Northern Quebec, one of Canada's numerous large undammed rivers.
Credit: Jeff Wells
March 25, 2011 | Dr. Jeff Wells
The Mackenzie River in the Northwest Territories. Credit: Irene Owsley
February 24, 2011 | Dr. Jeff Wells
Quebec Premier Jean Charest and the boreal forest.
Credits: Charest: © Hans Westerling (via Flickr); Boreal: © Garth Lenz
The Premier of Quebec, Jean Charest, gave his long-anticipated Inaugural...
