October 21, 2009 | Dr. Jeff Wells
Along with comments left on my blog (read them here), I received some excellent e-mail and listserv feedback on the Yellowknife Yellow Warbler's story I wrote about last week (click here to read the...
October 20, 2009 | Dr. Jeff Wells
You might recall a previous post where I put up some great photos from Labrador of the Boreal Forest in the fall--courtesy of Larry Innes from the Canadian Boreal Initiative. I recently recieved some...
October 16, 2009 | Dr. Jeff Wells
I thought I would do a quick follow-up on my previous post about the great progress being made in Manitoba toward the creation of a UNESCO World Heritage Site on the east side of Lake Winnipeg. The...
October 14, 2009 | Dr. Jeff Wells
A river within the potential new UNESCO site
Credit: Garth Lenz
Yesterday the outgoing Premier of Manitoba (equivalent of governor), Gary Doer, announced he will be putting $10 million into a trust...
October 9, 2009 | Dr. Jeff Wells
I was walking down the sidewalk in downtown Yellowknife in June when I heard this song (Audio)--a sweet "Please-please-please-ta-meetcha". To a birder skilled in identifying eastern North American...
October 7, 2009 | Dr. Jeff Wells
For readers in Maine:
On Thursday, October 8th, Jeff Wells, author of "Birder's Conservation Handbook: 100 North American Birds at Risk", will be speaking at the Arboretum. The program is free and...
October 6, 2009 | Dr. Jeff Wells
Map of WWF projects in the Congo Basin
Credit: WWF (full interactive map)
October 5, 2009 | Dr. Jeff Wells
I recently recieved some beautiful shots from my colleague Larry Innes, director of the Canadian Boreal Initiative. He took these during a flight over Labrador, which is some of the most eastern...
September 30, 2009 | Dr. Jeff Wells
Last week CBC news reported that surveys of the Bathurst migratory barren-ground caribou herd had dropped from 128,000 in 2006 to 31,900 this year. The herd now has to cross an ice road on its...
September 18, 2009 | Dr. Jeff Wells
This October, BirdLife International will release its highly-anticipated Important Bird Areas Americas, part of their Important Bird Areas Programme. Similar publications have been made for regions...
