58,277 signatures to date and 15 days to go! Thank you!

Update:

We have gathered nearly 60,000 signatures and need 5,000 more!

• We will present your signatures to Canadian leaders on May 12.
• Can you help us reach 65,000 signatures by next week?
• We need more Canadian signatures to match support from the U.S.

Last Chance to Spread the Word – Can You Help?

The governments of both Ontario and Quebec have committed to protecting 50% of the Boreal Forest in their provinces, and now we need to ensure that the Premiers follow through on these commitments and that the rest of Canada follows their lead. We need more Canadian signatures – we've gotten strong support from the U.S. and we want to show our leaders that Canadians also care about our Boreal Forest. Please ask your friends to sign the petition.

Guys they are trying to keep this petition alive. They just sent out the notice again today. Can we reverse this thread so they see a current petition?

Thanks. When it has 1 year, I think people are less likely to respond. Thanks.

A report released last week by the National Audubon Society documented the northward range shift of at least 177 North American bird species in a pattern consistent with hundreds of other studies from around the world that show the increasing impacts of global warming on wildlife.

The study reviewed winter bird distributions across the continent over the last 40 years and found that many bird species have moved hundreds of miles northward. This means that new species from the south could begin showing up at your backyard birdfeeders. But some regular birdfeeder visitors could move out of your area, as the temperature they used to find in your backyard moves farther north.

It turns out that in a warming world, we need to turn our attention to the north as well to our northern or Boreal forests. Are there areas in these northern forests where species could take refuge?

Rest of article:

http://www2.canada.com/windsorstar/news/editorial/story.html?id=f1398964-d5e5-48b7-ab54-7e53a78f36fe

Peter. Greatly appreciated!

just signed,thanks for letting me know.

Received today from ONtario Nature (they need a few more signatures):

The great boreal forest is sometimes described as a “nursery” for songbirds because so many of these migratory species nest and breed there in spring. But a growing number of songbirds are declining in population. One such bird is the olive-sided flycatcher now classified as a species at risk. The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada designated the species as threatened nationally due to a 79% decline in its population since 1968. In Ontario, the olive-sided flycatcher has diminished by nearly 10% every year between 1960 and 2006.

This lively songbird feeds exclusively on flying insects and can be found perching at forest edges in search of prey. Its song is characterized as a whistled “quick, THREE BEERS.” This species has the longest migration of any of North America’s flycatchers with peak winter abundance in the Andean portion of Columbia.

Through your support of Ontario Nature’s Save Our Boreal Birds campaign, along with that of more than 55,000 people from Canada and abroad, we hope to inspire the Canadian government to become world leaders in bird conservation by ensuring that key boreal breeding grounds are protected. By protecting this critical breeding ground, we can help conserve species like the olive-sided flycatcher.

Thanks to the promise Premier Dalton McGuinty made to Ontarians this summer, boreal breeding habitat will be better protected in Ontario for our songbirds. Ontario’s Premier committed to protecting half of the northern boreal region and this promise is expected to be enshrined in legislation by early spring, just as the birds return to their breeding grounds. Ontario Nature believes it is imperative that federal government officials should follow Ontario’s lead.

Help us reach our goal of 75,000 signatories to send a strong message to the Canadian government by encouraging your friends and family to sign on to the petition.

TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ONTARIO NATURE, VISIT OUR WEBSITE (ONTARIONATURE.ORG). BY JOINING OUR ORGANIZATION AS A MEMBER OR DONOR, YOU BECOME PART OF ONTARIO’S GROWING VOICE FOR NATURE.

Since its inception in 1931 as the Federation of Ontario Naturalists, Ontario Nature has been the voice for nature throughout the province, protecting and restoring natural habitats through research, education and conservation action, while connecting thousands of individuals and communities with nature. Today Ontario Nature’s voice is sustained by a Nature Network of over 140 member organizations and over 30,000 members and supporters.

You are receiving this email update because you signed Ontario Nature’s petition in support of the Save Our Boreal Songbirds campaign.

Olive-sided Flycatcher, Jeff Nadler

Still accepting signatures: 53,537 signatures to date.

Right on, Ken.

"Tar Sands Rush Threatens to Devour Canadian Boreal Forest"

http://www.nrdc.org/naturesvoice/campaign1.asp

They will be submitting the petition to the government in the fall, so let's keep on signing and promoting the petition. Thanks.

Chris.

I saw this in my e-mail in box this morning and thought - bet Elena will post this LOL  Thanks for continuing to be a voice for the Boreal!!

As we write this, more than 7,500 people from 62 countries around the world have signed our petition demanding that Canadian provincial and federal governments act immediately to change forestry practices in the Canadian boreal forest.

When we submit our petition to Canadian government officials this fall, we hope to inspire them to become world leaders in bird conservation by ensuring that key boreal breeding grounds are protected.

Photo By Jeff Nadler

The Canada warbler is one of the many migratory birds that depend on an intact boreal forest as a breeding ground. Unfortunately, after four decades of steep decline, this energetic little bird has now been classified as an at-risk species. The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) designated this warbler as threatened, stating that there is no indication that its population trend will be reversed.

To learn more about Ontario Nature's campaign to conserve the boreal forest, please visit http://www.ontarionature.org/enviroandcons/boreal/index.html.

The boreal forest plays a vital role for the birds and other wildlife that depend on it, and as a defence against climate change. Please send this email or a link to our Save Our Boreal Birds petition http://www.saveourborealbirds.ca to a friend and help save this unique forest.

Advocate for Nature

Please consider signing up to be an Advocate for Nature to help protect Ontario's woodlands, wetlands and wildlife. As an Advocate for Nature, you will receive important conservation action alerts via email whenever your help is urgently needed. Each alert will include a summary of the issue of concern and a recommended action.

Some of the most pressing issues we are currently working on include:

5748 signatures to date. 

Other campaign really worth mentioning and taking action:

Help us to tell Sears to get out of Endangered Forests for catalogs!

 Beatrice D. 
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/281/t/3931/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=13412

They took away the Spanish button

But there are 3908 signatures to date.

Just noticed: they also updated the list with the countries, so everyone can sign.

1395 signatures to date.

They also have adeed a spanish version of the petition. If you haven't, please sign - they need our help.

Thank you, Chris. Greatly appreciated!

signed, noted , and cross posting

Thank you, Sue. Greatly appreciated!

Has two options for signatures:

Sign the Petition to Protect the Boreal!
Animals
Canada’s Boreal Forest, a 1.3 billion acre green garland stretching from Yukon to Newfoundland, is one of the world’s most unique and important ecosystems. The billions of birds raised in North America's Bird Nursery leave their nests in the fall and ...