Birds at Risk: The Importance of Canada’s Boreal Wetlands and Waterways

Author(s): 
Cheskey, Edward
Wells, Jeffrey Ph.D.,
Casey-Lefkowitz, Susan
Nature Canada
Boreal Songbird Initiative
Natural Resources Defense Council
Publication Date: 
2011

This report looks at three natural areas in the boreal forest that are critical for birds,
but that are coming under pressure from industry, hydropower, and climate change.
We discuss some strong policy steps governments must take in order to protect the
watery forest and the great biodiversity of birds it supports.