Seabird Conference
August 26th, 2010 by Alison Wheatley in Conservation
More than 800 participants including world experts on penguins, puffins and albatrosses will be meeting in Victoria, BC, from September 7 to 11th as part of the 1st World Seabird Conference, Bird Studies Canada told me yesterday. Assembling to review the state of our world’s seabirds, they will address such issues as the ...
Tags: bird, conference, Conservation, ecosystem, environment, invasive, marine, Migration, oil spill, seabird
July 24th, 2010 by Alison Wheatley in Conservation
Among the videos on National Geographic’s website is a Gulf Turtle Eggs Relocated video about volunteers moving loggerhead turtle eggs to a new,...
Tags: Conservation, eggs, endangered, Gulf of Mexico, Institute for Marine Mammal Studies, Kemp's Ridley, loggerhead, National Geographic, oil spill, turtle, US Fish and Wildlife, video
July 20th, 2010 by Susie Hill in Wildlife
The BP oil spill is about to hit closer to home as millions of migratory birds from Canada will soon stop over in the Gulf Coast on their way South fo...
Tags: birds, BP, endangered, migrations, migratory, oil spill
May 5th, 2010 by Alison Wheatley in Endangered Species
It seems that conservation plans for endangered species should always have a Plan B. It’s not safe to rely on the ecosystem area remaining intact. ...
Tags: Conservation, Gulf of Mexico, Kemp's Ridley, Mississippi, oil spill, Rancho Nuevo, turtles, World Wildlife Fund, WWF
April 30th, 2010 by Alison Wheatley in Conservation
As you probably know, what is likely the worst environmental catastrophe in the history of the US is occurring in Louisiana. Many news outlets have up to...
Tags: chytrid fungus, dirty industries, Drill Baby Drill, ecological disaster, Louisiana, oil spill, Sarah Palin
