U.S. Coast Guard plans to construct new communication towers in Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge
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Tailings ponds in northern Alberta are killing migratory birds.
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The endangered Blanding’s turtles live in a small wetland on the western edge of Ottawa. Human encroachment in the name of a highway will fill in this wetland area and extirpate these endangered turtles.
Many locals have argued that this road extension is not needed and is simply a political move to use federal stimulus money. [...]
The American Bird Conservancy has started a partnership with other organizations that allows birders to support lodges that contribute to the preservation of bird habitats in Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and Brazil.
To check out the list of bird reserves in South America, visit www.conservationbirding.org. You can also subscribe to BirdWire which is their email newsletter that [...]
The world’s largest Douglas fir, situated on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, near Port Renfrew, is under threat from nearby logging. At 74 metres high and 4 metres wide, this tree towers above a stand of ancient rainforest. This tree is not protected despite its status as the world’s largest Douglas fir tree and nearby logging [...]
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CPAWS (Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society) of Northern Alberta is asking for public support to create a park in the Athabasca region of Alberta. This is the last remaining region of untouched boreal forest in the vicinity of the tar sands region which is vitally important to the woodland caribou. The Alberta government has said [...]
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Almost a year ago I wrote a post regarding the fate of Canada’s Navigable Water Protection Act (NWPA). It turns out that the federal government got its wish and later this year they came up with the Minor Works and Waters (NWPA) Order. This means that if the body of water is considered minor, then [...]
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Nicknamed the “Avatar Grove,” after the movie, a tract of old growth Douglas firs and western red cedars on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, have been slated for clear-cutting.
The Ancient Forest Alliance had this to say:
Avatar Grove is in Tree Farm License (TFL) 46. TLF 46 is being logged by Surrey (British Columbia) -based Teal Jones [...]
Open cage fish farms are a common sight on the west coast of British Columbia, Canada. On Vancouver Island, 29 of them are owned by a single company from Norway, where fish farms were first invented. As I mentioned in my post last August, there are a couple of major concerns with open cage fish [...]
I came across a rather disturbing article on ehow.com titled “How to Make Lead Fishing Sinkers.” Please be aware that lead fishing sinkers are one of the main causes of bird mortality.
Have you ever wondered what happens to those snags and broken lines from fishing?
Lead takes many, many years to break down and as it [...]
