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href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Feb 5, 2010 PR Newswire (press release)Prime Minister Harper's leadership has been critical to the protection of Canada's boreal forest—considered by scientists to be a top global conservation ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Feb 2, 2010 CO2 Science MagazinePast, current and future fire frequency in the Canadian boreal forest: Implications for sustainable forest management. Ambio 33: 356-360. ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Feb 7, 2010 NatGeo News Watch (blog)Together these areas will protect over 5000 square miles (13000 square kilometers) of boreal forest. Consultations with aboriginal groups will continue ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Feb 5, 2010 The Environment Report...the Kimberly Clark Corporation, maker of Kleenex tissues, for cutting Canada's Boreal Forest and other forests around the world for its products. ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Feb 7, 2010 Dallas Morning NewsThe Boreal Forest, the great northern woodland that rings the globe across northern Canada, Alaska and Russia, has seen logging and development, ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Feb 4, 2010 Journal WatchIn northeastern North America, many parts of the boreal forest were cut down during the 1900s. But the opposite happened in temperate areas, ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Jan 20, 2010 USA TodayThis non-fiction book shows why the boreal forest, home to a unique ecosystem of plants and animals, is as big and important as tropical rain forests. ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Feb 3, 2010 RedOrbit..."As climate change worsens, we should reduce trapping levels and also disturbance to boreal forest habitats. Reducing the impact of these anthropogenic ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Feb 4, 2010 Editor & Publisher...reduce their papers' carbon footprint and relieve some pressure on carbon rich places such as North America's boreal forest and its endangered species. ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Jan 26, 2010 MyWestTexas.comThe sharp shinned breeds in the northern boreal forest and in the coniferous woodlands in the mountains of the US West. The Cooper's hawk is at home in more ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Feb 8, 2010 Seeking Alpha (blog)Huge shovels and trucks strip off the boreal forest vegetation and surface soil to get to it after which extensive processing and refining are necessary to ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Jan 28, 2010 PR Newswire (press release)...supported provincial governments in Canada to set aside 20 million acres of the Boreal forest, the world's most intact forest ecosystem; and attained ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Feb 1, 2010 SooToday.comBy SooToday.com Staff OTTAWA, February 1 - Traditional knowledge held by Canada's Aboriginal people about the boreal forest offers western scientists a ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Feb 8, 2010 Online PR News (press release)...“Deep in the boreal forest, though, historic Moose Creek Lodge offers travellers an oasis of comfort, as it has for decades. ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Feb 5, 2010 Mother Nature NetworkAs climate change worsens, we should reduce trapping levels and also disturbance to boreal forest habitats. Reducing the impact of these anthropogenic ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Jan 26, 2010 SolveClimate (blog)...crude oil and stretch under about 54000 square miles of Alberta, where producers raze boreal forest and foul water supplies as they work to extract it. ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Jan 25, 2010 Oshkosh NorthwesternThe grasslands of the Great Plains, the rich deciduous forest of southeastern North America, and the coniferous boreal forest of the north all meet in our ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Feb 3, 2010 Mother Nature Network (blog)..."As climate change worsens, we should reduce trapping levels and also disturbance to boreal forest habitats," one researcher tells the BBC. ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Feb 9, 2010 PhysOrg.comM., Sonninen, E., Tuomi, M., Spetz, P. & Liski, J. 2010. Temperature sensitivity of soil carbon fractions in boreal forest soil. Ecology 91(2): 370-376. href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Feb 2, 2010 Common Dreams (press release)Alberta if regulators fail to protect the boreal forest and its surrounding habitat, warn experts from government, industry and academic sectors. ... Greenpeace and Kimberly-Clark Settle Feud - 05 Aug 2009 New York TimesGreenpeace had sought to vilify Kimberly-Clark — particularly for obtaining fiber from rare, ancient first-growth forest in Canada's Boreal Forest. Above-average fire year follows lean years - 05 Aug 2009 Capital City WeeklyThe boreal forest seems as if it was designed to burn, and the ecosystem would not be healthy without forest fires. More frequent extreme years may be Alberta opens door to wilderness conservation in oilsands region - 05 Aug 2009 Metro Canada - CalgaryEnvironmentalists have long considered the area to be crucial boreal forest habitat for animals from caribou to songbirds. Greenpeace activists protest outside Quebec Ministry of Natural ... - Jul 27, 2009 The Canadian PressThey also hung a banner reading: "Boreal Forest: The Destruction Starts Here." Nicolas Mainville, a Greenpeace forest campaigner, said in a statement that Greenpeace targets Xerox and urges the company to stop destroying ... - Jul 30, 2009 Trading Markets (press release)They are holding up banners at the entrance saying XEROX: DON'T BUY BOREAL FOREST DESTRUCTION to protest the fact that XEROX buys and sells paper that 100 Million Acres of Forest in the US and Canada Now Managed to ... - Jul 22, 2009 What They ThinkIn the Canadian Boreal forest alone, FSC certification has resulted in the protection of some 7.5 million acres of forestland previously intended for Life Underground Critical to Earth's Ecosystems - Jul 29, 2009 National Science Foundation (press release) (press release)Wall and colleagues found that nematodes were the dominant soil animals, whether under boreal forest (60.9 percent) or tundra (69.8 percent). Gathering Gifts of the Boreal Forest - Jul 14, 2009 Slave River JournalLess than 200 kms from Fort Smith, over 20 people from across Canada are making $200 to $500 a day picking mushrooms. a necessary evil - Aug 4, 2009 Global...“The fire is a natural component of the boreal forest ecosystem,� says forest fire expert Mike Flannagan, research scientist at the Canadian Forest Service. Pine Beetles spreading in Alberta's boreal - Jul 21, 2009 Slave River JournalA 2007 report on the risk assessment of the threat of mountain pine beetle on Canada's boreal forest stated that in the near future suitable climates for The dark side of Canada's oil boom - Jul 21, 2009 Mother Nature NetworkIt's a process as horrific as US mountaintop removal mining, but it goes about its work of destroying a boreal forest the size of Florida without much Pesky insects seem to have weathered well in area - Jul 15, 2009 Alberta Daily Herald Tribune...“However, the scattered and patchy distribution of the pine in this area reduces the threat of spread east across the boreal forest. Also in this area,, Can't see the forest for the wood chips - Jul 16, 2009 McGill ReporterMade in 1999, L'Erreur boréale is a hard-hitting documentary that explores the destruction of the Boreal forest, and our collective responsibility for this Birding: 'It's this pull that people feel' toward nature - Aug 1, 2009 MaineToday.comQ: Why is the boreal forest important to Maine birding? A: It supplies hundreds of millions of (species) from ducks to warblers to shorebirds, RESPECTing Canada's greatest natural resource Harbourfront's ... - Jul 16, 2009 Tandem...“Many people who reside in cities have no idea what the Boreal Forest is, and that is truly unfortunate. On this project, my job was to bring photos and More than just black flies, bogs, rocks and trees - Jul 16, 2009 Ottawa CitizenCanada's boreal forest is globally significant, even though most Canadians know less about its majesty and plight than about other conservation Americans Wipe Their Butts with Non-Renewable Trees - Jul 15, 2009 Natural News.com...being cut to make pulp for toilet paper, either; a major source of pulp for the US toilet paper market is Canada's endangered, old-growth boreal forest. Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places: Kevin Canty's “Where the ... - Jul 26, 2009 New WestIn “The Boreal Forest,� the narrator is out in the Montana wilderness and he reports, “If the weather ever broke, there would be hundred-mile views into Co-operative gives £53000 to Canadian Cree for tar sands lawsuit - Jul 20, 2009 guardian.co.uk...fighting the extraction of tar sands from their ancestral lands in the boreal forest of Alberta because of the damage it is doing to their environment. Peace pine beetles survive winter well - Jul 23, 2009 Fairview Post...“The priority is slowing the spread into boreal forest,� she said, adding the province is not considering changing its plan of attack, with $10 million in animals living on thin ice - Aug 1, 2009 Toronto StarAs Baggio points out, "their health is directly related to the health of the boreal forest." And once those woodlands are gone, they're gone. Canadian Park And Wilderness Society Laments Slower Pace Of New ... - Jul 20, 2009 AHNAnother is the announcement in fall by Quebec that the province would protect half of its Boreal forest located above the 49th parallel. On Gitchee Gumee's shining big-sea water - Jul 31, 2009 River Falls JournalThe islands have regionally rare habitats including old-growth forest, boreal forest, clay bluff communities, sandstone cliff communities, lagoons, bogs, Quebec's Dumoine River offers several personalities - Jul 28, 2009 Vancouver SunThe Dumoine is the last undammed wild river in southern Quebec and flows through the largest tract of southern boreal forest in the province. Caribou in peril, Ontario warned - Jul 30, 2009 Toronto StarThe caribou are considered an indicator species, reflecting the health of the boreal forest. They thrive only in untouched forest, roaming vast distances in Federal court says Ottawa misapplying law on endangered species ... - Jul 13, 2009 The Canadian Press..."The species that is on Canada's quarter is threatened and it has habitat right across the northern boreal forest in Canada," he said. A Postcard From the Pleistocene - Jul 24, 2009 New York TimesThe nutrient-poor boreal forest decays as the permafrost thaws and is replaced by the rich grasslands that were maintained by mammoths during the What's On: Galleries - Jul 30, 2009 Toronto Star..."Respect: A Photo Odyssey Celebrating Canada's Boreal Forest" is on display to Oct. 12. Interaccess Electronic Media Arts Centre (9 Ossington Ave. Sarah Hulett - Jul 20, 2009 The Environment Report...battled black flies in Canada's boreal forest, and gotten perilously close to teenaged girls learning to fire shotguns for the first time. Bald eagles considered a special concern in the province - Aug 2, 2009 Miramichi LeaderIn other areas of the country, bald eagles have thriving, healthy populations, especially in the boreal forest regions and along the coast of British Clinton's Big Decision on Tar Sands - Jul 24, 2009 It's Getting Hot In HereAction Factory members constructed a Boreal forest on the sidewalk in front of the State Department. There, the heartless corporate executives plotted to Alta's beetle battle focused on southwest, eastern infestation - Jul 17, 2009 Ecolog.com (subscription)One of its main concerns is preventing the bug from spreading east in the Boreal Forest. The survey, which sampled more than 1380 trees, identified North of Cross-Canada park report finds good, bad, and ugly patches - Jul 24, 2009 Ecolog.com (subscription)If passed, the Act would conserve more than 225000 sq km of the Boreal Forest region. Land-use planning would involve First Nations groups in the province's Microbial matters - Jul 24, 2009 Imprint...“We were expecting to show very clearly that the boreal forest soil diversity was much higher than the tundra,� he said. “But our study shows that [the Park creation in Canada too slow, nature group warns - Jul 16, 2009 Globe and Mail...when large tracts of the boreal forest, one of the last great wildernesses in the world, were set aside by the Ontario and Quebec governments. A chance to stop the dirtiest oil... - Jul 27, 2009 News from Indian CountryBesides devastating the land, destroying the boreal forest and releasing 11 million liters of contaminated water into the environment every day, Frances Beinecke: America's Other Foreign Oil: Seeing Canada's Tar ... - Jul 30, 2009 AlterNetBut here was my chance to see what those same policies were doing to the boreal forest, a huge swath of green that stretches across Canada from the Pacific Is the elephant irrelevant in the zoo of the future? - Jul 23, 2009 Edmonton Journal...proud when they talked about the Polar Extremes exhibit, which goes to construction tender in the fall, and a boreal forest exhibit that will follow. Mrs. Nixon, please help us stop the tar sands - Jul 28, 2009 It's Getting Hot In HereUnless they're stopped by grassroots pressure, oil companies will transform a boreal forest the size of Florida into an industrial sacrifice zone – complete Photos That Talk - Jul 27, 2009 Minneapolis Star TribuneThe scenery in the background is typical boreal forest with a rock atop rock accented shoreline. The sun will set in this photo in about one hour so it Algoma U, NOSM to discuss Clinical Research Institute - Jul 30, 2009 Sault Star...a natural products chemistry project using the boreal forest and a biotechnology and the development of a science conversion centre. Alaska Science Forum: The flight of the Kanuti whimbrel - Jul 22, 2009 Capital City WeeklyMost of the Delaware-size refuge acres are boreal forest, rich in black spruce and boggy lowlands. Chris Harwood, a Kanuti biologist, spent the spring in a Wounded soldiers begin fishing adventure - Jul 13, 2009 TbNewsWatch.com...soldiers from Canada and the US are getting some much needed rest and relaxation this week at a fly-in fishing destination deep in the boreal forest. New Isotope Cluster Could Lead To Better Understanding Of ... - Jul 18, 2009 Science Daily (press release)As an example, Affek pointed out that if the boreal forest absorbs more carbon dioxide than the rainforest, it could tell us something about where we should Green crusaders recycle protest tactics of old - Jul 13, 2009 Globe and Mail...way against current contentious projects, such as the oil sands in Alberta and logging ventures in Canada's relatively undisturbed boreal forest. Environmentalists and Tribal Councils Ask Clinton to Say No to MN ... - Jul 10, 2009 Public News ServiceProducing oil in this way, she says, diminishes one of the best carbon-reduction tools on earth - Canada's Boreal Forest; it's a safety concern involving Proposed Committee Hearings Snub First Nations - Jul 30, 2009 Canada NewsWire (press release)...the only way we'll successfully protect the Boreal Forest is by First Nations, the government, environmental groups and industry working together," said Canada, Wisconsin closer than you think - Jul 17, 2009 Superior TelegramOil sands mining has disturbed about one hundredth of one percent of the Canadian boreal forest and reclamation is well underway. Oil sands production uses Enviro-films have their place at DIFF - Jul 24, 2009 ArtslinkNewsCanadian filmmaker Shannon Walsh presents her debut feature length film H2Oil, a film that exposes the desecration of the pristine Alberta's boreal forest Cheap oil, but at what cost? - 25 Mar 2009 fox4kc.comTo access these lucrative oil sand deposits from strip mines requires churning up huge tracts of ancient boreal forest and polluting so much clean water Iowa Outdoors - 25 Mar 2009 and weatherIt is the beginning of a journey that will terminate on the remote, boreal forest breeding grounds of northern Canada. But although the river's waterfowl Ducks Unlimited Canada/Wetland Birds Highlighted as Conservation ... - 25 Mar 2009 Market Wire (press release)..."For most North American ducks, Canada's prairie pothole region and western boreal forest are the continent's number one waterfowl breeding areas. Canada’s carbon sink has sprung a leak - Mar 10, 2009 Christian Science MonitorBillions of tiny mountain pine beetles are treating Canada’s boreal forest like a 3000-mile-long salad bar, transforming a key absorber of carbon dioxide Fast flyers, many monarchs - Mar 24, 2009 Peterborough ExaminerThe massive arrival of pine siskins was actually predicted last fall when biologists noted the scarcity of cones on the spruce trees of the boreal forest Global Warming Could Be Killing Off Our Bird Populations - Mar 21, 2009 Opposing ViewsOne place where birds need protection right now is in Canada's ancient boreal forest, where billions of birds -- more than half of North American species Cancel catalogs; save forests - Mar 9, 2009 Examiner.comThe Boreal forest of Canada covers approximately 1.2 billion acres, 12 times bigger than California and contains 25% of the earths remaining intact forest. Conservation Partnership in Manitoba Takes SFI Award - Mar 3, 2009 Trading Markets (press release)...including DUC's first boreal forest inventory project in Manitoba, involving extensive waterbird surveys and satellite mapping for approximately 3.6 The brief life and times of snowshoe hares - Mar 10, 2009 SitNewsHe wants to answer a simple but elusive question: how long does a boreal forest hare live in Alaska, and how does a population of hares fluctuate? Alberta nabs eco award - Mar 24, 2009 Edmonton SunOne photo showed a before-and-after scene of a pristine boreal forest looking like a hellish wasteland after mining began on it. FACTBOX-Five facts about Canada's oil sands - Mar 23, 2009 Reuters UKAs well, the mining projects strip away large tracts of northern Alberta's boreal forest, reducing habitat for wildlife. Tailings ponds at oil sands Forest Facts - Mar 13, 2009 Superior TelegramThe forest has 17 to 20 miles of shoreline along the St. Louis River and Pokegama Bay • The forest is the best example of a boreal forest in northern Earth Talk - Mar 11, 2009 News-TimesMuch of the virgin pulp used by these large manufacturers comes from Canada's boreal forest. Some 500000 acres of boreal forest in Ontario and Alberta Lynx Protected Habitat Expands by 37000 Square Miles - Mar 4, 2009 Environment News ServiceLynx are highly specialized predators of snowshoe hares and inhabit northern boreal forest habitat. Areas now designated as lynx critical habitat are Honk if you love hankies - Mar 6, 2009 The Oregonian - OregonLive.comSpecifically, old-growth trees in the Canadian boreal forest, one of the Earth's last intact forest ecosystems. A spokesman for Kimberly-Clark -- the In SA, we’re no loo roll softies - Mar 6, 2009 The WitnessThis means that 98% of toilet rolls sold in the United States are made from virgin wood, some of which is sourced from Canada’s ancient Boreal forest. Outdoors notes - Mar 16, 2009 Duluth News TribuneTheme: The Boreal Forest – Many Things it Offers. All art entries will be on display at the Rainy Lake Visitor Center in International Falls with an awards Hyer Launches C-311 on Climate Change - Mar 5, 2009 Net NewsledgerToday the boreal forest is under extreme stress: from insects and disease, not only the mountain pine beetle; from more forest blowdowns because of more The hidden hot springs in BC's north - Mar 11, 2009 Vancouver SunThough it lies at a latitude that doesn't bring the words "lush" or "tropical" to mind, it is surrounded by a boreal forest and marsh with species that Soft toilet paper hard on planet: Greenpeace - Mar 2, 2009 Calgary HeraldKimberly-Clark, urging it to use more recycled material in its products instead of relying on old-growth habitats such as the boreal forest. Duck, Geese and Swan Count Is In - Mar 9, 2009 WBAL RadioClimate change may also be negatively influencing food resources on boreal forest and coastal habitats. The Midwinter Waterfowl Survey has been conducted Group keen to keep tabs on day owls - Mar 18, 2009 Edmonton Journal...who manages the Manning Forestry Research Fund, said the owl surveys provide information on some of the lesser-known species in the boreal forest. Stories in the Snow – Riding Mountain National Park, Manitoba - Mar 8, 2009 Snowshoe MagazineThe Park preserves the most southerly tract of boreal forest in Manitoba, along with the wildlife that depend on it for survival. Climate Change Hurting Hares: White Snowshoe Hares Can't Hide On ... - Mar 6, 2009 Science Daily (press release)Mills’ work has proven that those cycles are dampened in the southern range because hares don’t have the same vast, dense boreal forest, thus hares never Guest Blog: Dirty Candadian Gas vs America's Green Economy - Mar 16, 2009 Huffington PostWhen fully developed, the tar sands project will industrialize a segment of the boreal forest as large as Florida. Pollution is the most obvious problem. IBAs guide Mongolia's sustainable development - Mar 19, 2009 BirdLife InternationalThe country retains vast areas of relatively unspoiled natural habitats, including boreal forest, steppe grassland, desert and semi-desert, Quick forest facts - Mar 10, 2009 Victoria StarCanada has 402.1 million hectares of forest and other wooded land, representing 10% of the world's forest cover and 30% of the world's boreal forest. Stelmach fires back against oil sands critics - Mar 5, 2009 Globe and MailMr. Stelmach said the oil sands has disturbed 0.01 per cent of Canada's boreal forest in four decades of production, emits "about half the greenhouse gases Environmentalists target soft toilet paper - Mar 12, 2009 Pulp & Paper Canada...wants to sensitize people to the importance of choosing products made with recycled fibres, rather than old-growth forests, such as the boreal forest. Caturday Big Cat Blog - Mar 21, 2009 Backpacker MagazineIn fact, these long-legged relatives of the bobcat are more likely to be found in northern or high-elevation boreal forest, chasing down snowshoe hares and Peter Foster: Pew’s long trip from oil scion to climate shill - Mar 4, 2009 National Post...scientists, corporations and environmental groups working to protect one of the Earth’s most valuable natural systems: Canada’s Boreal Forest. The loneliest volcano in Alaska - Mar 18, 2009 Alaska DispatchOne that the boreal forest has not yet overtaken, and other geological forces have not yet bulldozed. Helen Foster of the USGS was part of a team that Bishop spurns oilsands development - Mar 18, 2009 Vancouver SunSurface mining of oilsands destroys the boreal forest ecosystem, pollutes water, releases greenhouse gases, and creates toxic tailings ponds that will exist Spring bird migration rains car wash windfall - Mar 15, 2009 Columbus Ledger-EnquirerAmong those filling their tanks here now are yellow-rumped warblers, she said: “They’ll be heading north to Canada and the boreal forest. Spring Still a Great Time for Snow-Based Activities in Saskatchewan - Mar 3, 2009 TravelVideo.tv (press release)This is especially true in central and northern Saskatchewan in the boreal forest, where often the snow sticks around much longer than it does on the Tar is sticky subject - Mar 5, 2009 Minneapolis Star Tribune...or mining and processing the tarry sand, requires large amounts of energy and water, and the deforestation of vast tracts of boreal forest. VNP Kids Art Contest kicks off to Kids in Parks program - Mar 13, 2009 International Falls Daily Journal...grade are welcome to enter the contest by creating a new painting or drawing that illustrates the theme: “The Boreal Forest — Many Things It Offers. Exxon vs. Obama - Mar 18, 2009 Conde Nast PortfolioAnd by far its single-biggest undeveloped deposit is the Canadian tar sands, the hydrocarbon muck found beneath northern Alberta’s vast boreal forest. Tarsands are an addiction - Mar 15, 2009 TheChronicleHerald.caOut of sight in the northern wilderness, the tarsands projects are tearing up a chunk of Alberta’s boreal forest roughly the size of Florida — but, Destroying the Environment to Get Our Oil Fix - Mar 11, 2009 Wesleyan ArgusThe indigenous people who have lived in the Boreal Forest for thousands of years are seeing their land destroyed and their lives threatened by a project New Sites & Updates - Mar 16, 2009 Winnipeg Free PressLargely undeveloped, its terrain is rough and wild (at least to this urbanite), full of pristine glacial lakes and boreal forest. There are several elevated ‘Tar sands are killing us’ - Mar 10, 2009 Indian Country Today...but its efficient application is an impossibility for the tar sands, with multiple emissions points, both in the boreal forest and thousands of miles Manitoba pulp mill pleads poverty on running pollution control device - Mar 11, 2009 Canada.com...argument to say good health is only predicated when the economy is in good shape," said Don Sullivan, executive director of the Boreal Forest Network. Spring's environmental informant: the songbird - Mar 14, 2009 Toronto StarThey don't go much farther north than here, but they're part of the massive migration that takes some species far up into the boreal forest – flying by the Wetland reclamation after oilsands development sparks debate - Mar 6, 2009 Ottawa CitizenIt’s not known how much has been lost in the unsettled area, more generally defined by the boreal forest. Ducks Unlimited argues it might take more than a Provincial NDP members prepare to debate in Brandon - Mar 6, 2009 CBC.ca...to continue with its nearly decade-long tuition freeze; calling for additional support for efforts to have the boreal forest on the east side of the Don't be fooled, recycling helps tremendously. - Mar 4, 2009 Kansas State CollegianHadachek's right that recycled paper doesn't save the equatorial rainforests, but it does for the ancient Canadian Boreal Forest, where most of our virgin A far-out, high-energy, gorgeous gamble - Mar 6, 2009 Globe and MailA symphonic son of Shostakovich and Stravinsky, his musical sweep here is as wide as the steppes and as dense as a boreal forest — and to go with this rich CREDIT CRUNCH - Mar 2, 2009 Canada.comAbbott makes a living hauling logs out of northwestern Ontario's vast boreal forest to the region's sawmills where they might be ground up into the pulp How do I love thee? Mostly with 10s and 20s - Mar 8, 2009 Edmonton JournalA similar sized asteroid that exploded over Siberia in 1908 levelled more than 800 square miles of boreal forest. The State of Iowa has renamed the Guest Columnist: President's trip to Canada defines critical ... - Feb 17, 2009 Seattle Post IntelligencerBut the process also diminishes one of the best carbon reduction tools on the planet -- Canada's Boreal Forest. This forest plays a key role in the global Time to save our boreal forests - Feb 18, 2009 Windsor Star,North America's vast boreal forest wraps around our northern latitudes encompassing fully one-quarter of the world's remaining untouched forests. Paper Trailing On Recycling - Feb 14, 2009 Hartford Courant,Much of the virgin pulp used by the large paper manufacturers, such as Kimberly-Clark and Procter & Gamble, comes from Canada's boreal forest. Obama should not give a pass to tar sands oil - Feb 18, 2009 San Francisco Chronicle,In Alberta, tar sands drilling, pipelines, roads and surface mining have obliterated a large swath of what was once strikingly beautiful boreal forest. A canary of Northwoods change - Feb 12, 2009 Wisconsin Natural Resources Magazine,It’s possible that these grouse are subject to more predation at the boreal forest fringe by owls, goshawks, marten, fisher and foxes. What's In Your Paper? - Feb 19, 2009 Green Muze,...wild Canadian Boreal Forest, the amazingly diverse forests of the Southern United States, tropical rainforests in Indonesia, and elsewhere. Paper pushing - Feb 10, 2009 PSU Daily Vanguard,Under the heading of what KC products are made from, the only listed source is “Ancient forests like the Canadian Boreal Forest.� The way Greenpeace talks Superior National Forest Celebrating Centennial Year - Feb 9, 2009 Lake Superior News,The Superior boasts a unique and rich legacy that has been largely influenced by its boreal forest ecosystem and glacially-carved landscape with myriad Global Warming Pushes North American Birds Northward - Feb 10, 2009 Environment News ServicePurple finches, pine siskins, and boreal chickadees have retreated north into the Canadian boreal forest, the Audubon data shows - their ranges moving an Oilsands killing birds, habitat, report says - Feb 3, 2009 Canada.com,..."Each year, between 22 and 170 million birds breed in the 35 million acres of boreal forest that could eventually be developed for tarsands oil," says the Winter chill assists battle against pine beetle - Feb 18, 2009 Canada.com,They're now sitting on the edge of a swath of boreal forest that, if the beetles take it over, could be the gateway to the pest swarming trees all the way Around Georgetown - Feb 20, 2009 Georgetown Record,He says, “Our New England landscape has gone from tundra to boreal forest to temperate woodland since our most recent glacier.� Learn about the invasion of Climate change making US forests quieter? - Feb 11, 2009 ReutersForest and feeders birds, like finches and chickadees, moved deep into the Canadian Boreal Forest. Besides the loss of chittering and chirps, Canada's vast boreal forests must be protected - Feb 1, 2009 Times Colonist,And that scientific accounting points decisively toward the most effective option within our control -- increased boreal forest conservation. Oilsands make one gruesome cover story - Feb 19, 2009 Edmonton Sun,It comes complete with a before and after fold-out of the boreal forest north of Fort McMurray, which quickly flips from pristine wilderness to the UW-Green Bay science students win scholarships for research projects - Feb 19, 2009 UWGB,Snippen’s paper, “Characteristics and microbial respiration analysis of a southern boreal forest in Door County, Wisconsin,� was completed in the course Ancient Greenland was actually green! - Feb 18, 2009 Gather.com,The DNA is proof that sometime between 450000 and 800000 years ago, much of Greenland was especially green and covered in a boreal forest that was home to Climate change expert to speak Feb. 10 - Feb 3, 2009 Sault This Week,His illustrated talk, The Future of Our Boreal Forests, will show that, historically, the boreal forest has survived and even thrived in a changing climate, Collateral damage - Feb 16, 2009 Globe and Mail,...massive air emissions and hundreds of square kilometres of ripped boreal forest and you've got what is accurately described as the most destructive Birds in the News 157 - Jan 26, 2009 ScienceBlogsStrip-mining for tar sands, a source of low-grade oil, is damaging forest and wetland habitats in Canada's boreal forest. In a report, Danger in the Nursery Local author to read Saturday from birder-murder mystery - Jan 30, 2009 Shakopee Valley News,...who travels to the Minnesota North Shore hoping to spot the rare Boreal Owl. While traversing a boreal forest north of Two Harbors, White stumbles upon Diamond Mining Impact on People, Wildlife in NWT of Canada - Feb 13, 2009 Diamonds.net,Plus, these mines are often located in the center of world’s ribbon of northern boreal forest. The caribou herds, in great number, are incredible feats of Southern, Massey Energy and Chevron Among Nine 'Climate Watch ... - Feb 18, 2009 PR Newswire (press release),..."Faith-based investors are mindful of the high externalized costs of oil sands to indigenous communities, to the boreal forest, to watersheds and to our First Lady Gives Back: - Feb 13, 2009 Portland Observer,Tuesday said climate change is pushing American birds northward, with some finches and chickadees moving hundreds of miles into Canada's Boreal Forest. Unlucky 13 for Kleenex and Kimberly-Clark - Feb 13, 2009 Common Dreams (press release),...disposable tissues out of wood fiber from clearcut forests-including the North American Boreal forest--one of the largest remaining ancient forests. Peace-Athabasca Delta named a BioGem - Feb 3, 2009 Edmonton Journal,EDMONTON — Among the crown jewels of Canada’s boreal forest tracts, the Peace-Athabasca Delta in northern Alberta stands out as a BioGem, according to the Issues: Oil (sands) and birds don’t mix - Feb 18, 2009 VUE Weekly,But the oil sands have the potential to impact avian life far beyond the songbirds and waterfowl migrating through and nesting in Alberta’s boreal forest. Visual artist Barkhouse as Canadian as they come - Feb 12, 2009 Medicine Hat News,Boreal Baroque invites viewers into a sculptural exhibitions and places wildlife of the Canadian Boreal forest in the cultured environment of a 17th century Slow down for Alaska highway's striking scenery - Feb 9, 2009 Canada.com,...to a small parking area (not suitable for large RVs), then hiked along a 11/2-kilometre marked trail through a boreal forest dominated by black spruce. It’s easy to get involved with books - Feb 6, 2009 Central Plains Herald Leader,The purpose of this project is to explore and celebrate the boreal forest of Manitoba through a multidisciplinary approach that will result in a variety of This is the weekend to do your bird counting - Feb 13, 2009 NewHampshire.com,These delightful denizens of the Canadian boreal forest invaded in numbers not seen since 1998. This incursion, or ‘irruption’ as it is technically known, Alberta Bishop calls for halt on oilsands growth - Jan 27, 2009 Calgary Herald,...and industry to adequately safeguard the air, water and boreal forest ecosystems of the Athabasca oilsands region present a very strong moral argument, Treeline Advances in Canada’s Arctic - Jan 26, 2009 innovations report,...researchers to contribute to the international project by focusing on the Arctic treeline, specifically how the boreal forest transitions into tundra. A mid-February dance, then romance - Feb 17, 2009 Bennington Banner,In spring, they leave us to breed across Canada's boreal forest and in a few spots in some of our northern states. But before they leave, the foreplay Damien Gillis’s “Powerplay: The Theft of BC’s Rivers� is part of ... - Feb 19, 2009 Georgia Straight,...challenging canoe expedition from Winnipeg to Parry Sound that reveals what impact industrial interests may have on the ancient Canadian boreal forest. Climate change nudges American birds northward - Feb 10, 2009 ReutersThe Purple Finch, Pine Siskin and Boreal Chickadee moved deep into the Canadian Boreal Forest, shifting their ranges 313, 246 and 211 miles, respectively. Don’t dismiss need for oil sands development - Jan 30, 2009 Prince George Citizen,Oil sands mining projects are big, but when considered in the larger context only a small area of boreal forest is affected. Oil sands projects impact 0.1 It’s time to rethink harmful tar sands projects - Feb 17, 2009 Peace Arch News,There’s no certainty about reclaiming the thousands of hectares of boreal forest and wetlands ripped up to yield bitumen and, to date, little reclamation Scraping For Oil - Feb 17, 2009 Canadian Architect,Since 1997, Alberta has leased over 26000 square kilometres of boreal forest for oil sands development, an area measuring over five times that of Prince Pintails Need Canada's Wetlands - Jan 29, 2009 MSNBCIn the fall, pintails are among the first to travel back from the breeding grounds of the prairies and boreal forest. This time, their rest stops may Climate change brings airborne migrants to BC - Feb 12, 2009 Vancouver Sun,...pine and Douglas fir forests, its northward migration is hitting a roadblock in the Cariboo-Chilcotin region, beyond which lies the boreal forest. Stephen Ingersoll Zetterberg - Feb 13, 2009 Claremont Courier,Beginning in 1988, they donated approximately 80 acres of virgin sand dunes, Lake Michigan coastal beach and boreal forest to the Nature Conservancy for the Oil sands – Shell’s sustainability gamble - Feb 1, 2009 ClimateChangeCorp.com,Albertan oil sands deposits lie under 140000 square km of boreal forest. Oil Sands Developers Group president Don Thompson says Canada accounts for just 2% Groups Urge Obama to Stand Strong on Clean Energy in First ... - Feb 9, 2009 Canada NewsWire (press release),...times the global warming pollution as conventional oil, requires excessive amounts of energy and fresh water, and destroys huge swaths of boreal forest. Alaskans should look at where their natural gas may go - Feb 13, 2009 Anchorage Daily News,An area of boreal forest the size of Florida is scheduled to be either strip mined or carved up. Four hundred million gallons a day of toxic tailings are No plan to stop the flow of bitumen - Feb 13, 2009 Edmonton Sun,...the Alberta Tories' oilsands game plan - code-named MOSS - proposed turning a massive tract of northeastern boreal forest into an industrial no-go zone, Wisconsin State Herbarium tries to 'counteract bio-illiteracy' - Jan 30, 2009 Wisconsin State Journal,...said Andrew Hipp, a UW-Madison graduate and curator of The Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Ill. "Wisconsin has boreal forest, woodlands, prairies, Hide your crown jewels, Canada, Obama is coming! - Feb 17, 2009 Canada Free Press,...impact per barrel in the production process as regular oil while leaving a long term legacy of toxic tailings lakes and Boreal forest destruction. Alberta serious about oil sands clean up: minister - Feb 6, 2009 Calgary Herald,...damage oil sands development in the northern part of the province is causing to the northern boreal forest and the water quality of the Athabasca River. Romaine Hydro Project Threatens Tourism to Renowned Magpie River ... - Feb 2, 2009 Canada NewsWire (press release),...mercury in the water, the loss of habitat for wildlife, and greenhouse gas emissions from the flooding of Boreal forest to create the giant reservoirs. [an error occurred while processing this directive] archives | news | XML / RSS feed | featured
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