Species at Risk

With the passing of the Species at Risk Act in 2002, Environment Canada’s responsibilities expanded considerably, and the CWE’s projects currently include work on Eastern Whip-Poor-Wills, Marbled Murrelets, Scripps's Murrelets, Cassin's Auklets, Yellow-breasted Chats, Barn and Tree Swallows, Barn Owls, Lewis's Woodpeckers and Tuamotu Sandpipers.

Research Areas

• Species at Risk
• Declining Avian Populations
• Aerial Insectivores
• Coastal Ecology
• Impacts of Human Activity on Birds

SAR researchers

Dov Lank, David Green, Tony Williams, Marie-Hélène Burle, Catherine Villeneuve, Mark Hipfner, Alice Domalik and Mason King

Centre for Wildlife Ecology, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC CANADA V5A 1S6