2009 Success Report - Endangered Species, Boreal Forest Habitat Protection, Important Bird Areas Volunteer Caretakers, Families Closer to Nature

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2009 Success Report

Your support really does make a difference, whether it's through your letters, gifts, or even sharing our message with your friends and family. We wanted to take a moment to share some of our recent successes with you. Here are a few concrete examples of how your support can change the world. Read on, and thank you for all that you do!

Sincerely,
Ian Davidson
Executive Director

Endangered Prairie Species Gain Crucial Reprieve

Burrowing Owl
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Your letters and support allowed Nature Canada and its coalition partners to force public hearings into plans to expand gas well drilling inside Alberta's Suffield National Wildlife Area, a unique prairie refuge for endangered species like the Burrowing Owl. Then, with your help, we mounted a strong case against such development before a government-appointed panel, which recommended against granting a permit to drill, and imposed strict conditions on future plans. Nature Canada is now hard at work to ensure that the government accepts this ruling, and that drilling is permanently prohibited inside Suffield and all protected areas.

Read more about the Save Suffield campaign

Boreal Forest is Protected From Logging, Mining

Boreal Forest
© Innu Nation
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With your help, Nature Canada and its campaign partners sent a message loud and clear to government leaders: North America's bird nursery, the Boreal Forest, needs greater protection. Sixty thousand petitioners from 117 countries joined the Save Our Boreal Birds Campaign, which calls for protecting at least 50% of the Boreal Forest and supporting sustainable development practices in the remaining areas. This year, the governments of Ontario, Quebec and Manitoba have each passed legislation or established funds to protect millions of hectares of wilderness from logging, mining and other development.

Read more about protecting the Boreal Forest

Endangered Sage Grouse Wins Legal Victory

Canada is one step closer to protecting an endangered prairie bird, after a scientific review by Nature Canada helped convince a judge that an inadequate government recovery strategy for the Greater Sage-Grouse had to be rewritten. Based on our review, which helped set off a lawsuit against the federal government, a court ruled that the government's plans to save the bird failed to identify, and thus protect, the bird's critical breeding grounds. The ruling forces the federal government to identify the species' critical habitat, greatly improving the Sage-Grouse's chances of survival.

Read more about the Greater Sage-Grouse

Volunteer Caretakers Watch Over Nation's Birds

Nature Canada and its partners in conservation have launched the Canadian Important Bird Area Caretakers Network, a nationwide initiative to establish a volunteer network of caretakers who will watch over and protect Important Bird Areas (IBAs) in their community. The idea is simple: enhance protection for birds by mobilizing a network of volunteers to be the eyes, ears and hands on the ground at Important Bird Areas across Canada. Volunteer Caretakers are ensuring local conservation ideas are being put into action.

Read more about Important Bird Area Caretakers

Thousands of Families are Closer to Nature

Closer to Nature
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More than 22,000 children had a positive experience in nature through our Parks and People program this year - that's over 60,000 families touched since the program began. With programs like this one, Nature Canada is connecting more Canadians to nature, and motivating each of us to embrace a culture of conservation in our everyday lives.

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