Regional Caretaker Networks Our goal is to maintain an active and supportive network of Caretakers across Canada, with every IBA assigned a lead volunteer, who is assisted by other citizen scientists and volunteer experts. Caretaker Networks are currently underway in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Québec, and Nova Scotia. While each program has a slightly different administrative structure, most of these programs are run by provincial nature conservation organizations, with varying levels of support and involvement from the Canadian IBA Program co-partners, Bird Studies Canada and Nature Canada. Provincial IBA Programs are recruiting Caretakers, enlisting community and government support for IBA conservation, and overseeing the review of IBA site summary information in each province. All of these provinces are at different stages in implementing the IBA Program, and we hope to gain participation from remaining provinces and territories soon. This is an exciting time, when your contributions will help shape and improve the program’s delivery in unique ways in each region. To volunteer as a Caretaker, support a regional IBA Program, or learn more about how you can help protect birds and biodiversity, please select this link or contact the IBA Caretaker coordinators listed below: British Columbia      BC Nature c/o Parks Heritage Centre 1620 Mount Seymour Rd. North Vancouver, BC V7G 2R9 Tel: 604-985-3057   IBA Program Contacts: Anne Murray, BC Nature Conservation Chair sanderling@uniserve.com   Krista Englund, IBA Coordinator iba@bcnature.ca  Peter Davidson, Bird Studies Canada BC Program Manager pdavidson@birdscanada.org Karen Barry, Bird Studies Canada BC Projects Officer bcprograms@birdscanada.org    Alberta      Federation of Alberta Naturalists 1759 Groat Rd. Edmonton, AB T5M 3K6 Tel: 780-427-8124 info@fanweb.ca   Saskatchewan      Nature Saskatchewan 206 - 1860 Lorne St. Regina, SK S4P 2L7 Tel: 306-780-9273 info@naturesask.ca   Québec      Nature Québec 870, ave De Salaberry, bur 207 Québec, QC G1R 2T9 Tel: 418-648-2104   Anne-Marie Turgeon, Biodiversity Project Officer and Head of IBA Program zico@naturequebec.org    Nova Scotia    Bird Studies Canada 45 Alderney Dr., 16th floor Dartmouth, NS B2Y 2N6 Tel: 902-426-4055 Sue Abbott, IBA Coordinator sabbott@birdscanada.org
	Northern Gannets Photo: © Shutterstock     Photo: © Margaret Cuthbert     Dunlin Photo: © Shutterstock       Least Sandpiper Photo: © Marlene Hornstein   Red-necked Phalarope Photo: © Shutterstock

 

The IBA Program is an international conservation initiative coordinated by BirdLife International. The Canadian co-partners for the IBA Program are Bird Studies Canada and Nature Canada.