National Wildlife Week in Canada
April 8 to 14, 2007 Celebrates Plants and Animals in Canada’s North
In keeping with International Polar Year, Canada’s National Wildlife Week focuses on the abundant species that live in the northern environment.
April 10 is the birthday of Jack Miner, a noted founder of the conservation movement in Canada. National Wildlife Week is the week surrounding his birthday each year—this year it is April 8 to 14. The theme of National Wildlife Week in 2007 is “Canada’s North,” and we are all invited to learn more about this important environment that few of us ever visit.
The north is home to many unique species of plants and animals, and is the breeding and molting ground for millions of migratory birds. The North also faces some of the most extreme effects of environmental pollution and climate change. Industry and development are encroaching on northern ecosystems as well. Over the next few decades, research and environmental protection will be vitally important in the Earth’s Polar Regions.
You can read more about National Wildlife Week at the Canadian Wildlife Federation website.
Articles about birds in the North:
