November 29, 2010 | Dr. Jeff Wells
Bohemian Waxwings
Credit: Valerie Courtois, Canadian Boreal Initiative
We at the Boreal Songbird Initiative hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving and found something to be appreciative of in...
November 17, 2010 | Dr. Jeff Wells
A new book to be released this fall and announced today highlights a special type of forest found in ten regions around the world. This forest type—termed by the book’s authors as “temperate and...
November 15, 2010 | Dr. Jeff Wells
Some troubling news came from the Northwest Territories a few weeks ago.
Edéhzhíe, an intact 14,250 square kilometer ecological gem in the Northwest Territories, ten years ago was placed under...
November 8, 2010 | Dr. Jeff Wells
We have noticed that as new scientific papers appear in the evolving field of climate change it can be easy to get confused about the difference between carbon uptake and carbon storage.
November 2, 2010 | Dr. Jeff Wells
We are pleased today to feature a guest blog from Maggie MacPherson. Maggie came to us via Dina Roberts, one of our staff scientists who met her some years ago while doing bird research in Costa Rica...
October 29, 2010 | Dr. Jeff Wells
A woodland caribou runs through an opening in the forest.
Credit: Wayne Sawchuk
You may not have known this, but Jeff spent the majority of this week in Winnipeg, Manitoba attending the 2010 North...
October 26, 2010 | Dr. Jeff Wells
Peatlands and wetlands store around one third of the world's terrestrial carbon.
Credit: Garth Lenz
While the subject of peat may not conjure up the most passionate of responses from your average...
October 20, 2010 | Dr. Jeff Wells
As mentioned in our last post about the impacts of the Gulf oil spill on migratory birds, I did an interview on Monday with Radio Canada International’s show The Link about the vast number of birds...
October 17, 2010 | Dr. Jeff Wells
It’s been over six months since the BP oil spill fiasco began. While media interest and coverage has reduced significantly since the leak was capped, there still remain numerous lingering effects on...
October 14, 2010 | Dr. Jeff Wells
I promised to post up some more about the birds and the experience on my visit to Mushuanipi (Indian House Lake) on the George River (see original post) and will post something about the birds I saw...
