Community
Action Fund Backgrounder
Celebrating
Special Places
Monitoring
and Stewardship at the Lesser Slave Lake Bird Observatory,
Lesser Slave Lake, Alberta
The volunteers at the Lesser Slave Lake Bird Observatory
are actively pursuing a community based IBA stewardship
program to safe guard critical bird habitats that
are under threat from shoreline development. The
Lesser Slave Lake Important Bird Area supports 1
to 2% of the North American population of Tundra
Swans and one of the largest populations of Western
Grebes. Contact: Frank Fraser, Lesser Slave Lake
Bird Observatory (780) 849-7117
Breaking
New Ground and “Talking it Up” for Yellow-breasted
Chats on Pelee Island, Pelee Island, Ontario
The Wilds of Pelee Island are working on a three-year
restoration plan for 8 farms on Pelee Island to
ensure the survival of the endangered Yellow-breasted
Chat. They are also hosting the second annual Pelee
Island Winery Endangered Species Festival to further
introduce the Important Bird Areas concept in the
Lake Erie Archipelago. Contact: Ben Porchuk, The
Wilds of Pelee Island (519) 724-9918
Protection
for the St. Mary’s Islands Important Bird Area,
St. Mary’s Islands, Quebec
The St. Mary’s Islands Important Bird Area
supports 14 marine breeding species, making it one
of the richest bird colonies in the Gulf of St.
Lawrence. The Quebec-Labrador Foundation will be
hiring a local biologist to coordinate a number
of educational and outreach projects aimed at the
sustainable management of seabird populations.
Contact: Patricia Nash (418) 461-2085
Plover
Protection and Public Awareness in the Canavoy Area
Important Bird Area, Canavoy, Prince Edward Island
Volunteers of the Island Nature Trust will be monitoring
and protecting assigned plover nesting areas in
the Canavoy area. A full time plover monitor will
be working with the local community on Piping Plover
conservation and will assist the Canadian Wildlife
Service with its plover-banding program. Contact:
Jackie Waddell, Island Nature Trust (902) 628-6331
The
Eagle Watch Volunteer Interpreter Program, Squamish
River, British Columbia
Eagle Watch volunteers will be educating visitors
and residents about wintering Bald Eagles at the
Eagle Run Shelter, an on site wildlife interpretive
center. The Squamish River Important Bird Area supports
globally significant numbers of Bald Eagles, which
feed on the spawning Coho and Chum Salmon. Contact:
Nicola Kozakiewicz, Squamish River Estuary Conservation
Society (604) 898-4860
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