January 7, 2010 | Dr. Jeff Wells
This year, 2010, has been officially declared to be the International Year for Biodiversity by the United Nations. After thousands of years of agriculture and development (including the resource...
December 21, 2009 | Dr. Jeff Wells
Group of birdwatchers looking for birds
Credit: Garth Lenz
I just wanted to remind you birders out there that Audubon's annual Christmas Bird Count (CBC) is currently underway and ends January 5,...
December 18, 2009 | Dr. Jeff Wells
This past September I had the opportunity and pleasure to spend time with some of my Boreal colleagues (and I mean humans not birds) in Victoria, British Columbia.
December 15, 2009 | Dr. Jeff Wells
The following letter signed by prominent international scientists, including several members of the Nobel Prize-winning IPCC, was sent to the leaders of all eight boreal forest nations calling on...
December 14, 2009 | Dr. Jeff Wells
One of our colleagues, Chris Henschel of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS), has been running around the madness in the Copenhagen climate talks trying to increase the pressure on...
December 10, 2009 | Dr. Jeff Wells
We spent Thanksgiving in Florida visiting family and, as I am every time I visit there in fall or winter, I was astonished by the abundance of a Boreal dependent bird, the Palm Warbler. Not only...
December 8, 2009 | Dr. Jeff Wells
We are delighted to post this guest blog by our Canadian colleague Suzy Fraser of the Canadian Boreal Initiative about their annual Boreal Awards ceremony in Ottawa. There were some great nominees...
December 7, 2009 | Dr. Jeff Wells
North Shore of Lake Ontario
Credit: Garth Lenz
While still largely undervalued as an important part of slowing climate change, forests are starting to get some of the international attention they've...
December 7, 2009 | Dr. Jeff Wells
Our colleague Suzy Fraser just sent this note and photos from Ottawa...
This morning in Ottawa we woke up to grey skies and Greenpeace members rappelling down the West Block of Parliament Hill. Here...
December 4, 2009 | Dr. Jeff Wells
Leaders, scientists, and other experts will be travelling to Copenhagen next week to work on building an international climate agreement to lessen the escalation of climate change. While commonly-...
