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Danger in the Nursery: Impact on Birds of Tar Sands Oil Development in Canada’s Boreal Forest

By: Boreal Song Bird Initiative, Natural Resources Defense Council

Published: October 2008

The extraction and refining of bitumen from Canada’s oil sands is taking a significant toll on migratory birds throughout North America. This report by the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Pembina Institute and the Boreal Songbird Initiative outlines the current and projected affects of the oil sands industry on migratory bird populations in Alberta’s boreal forest and along the Western Hemisphere’s flyways.

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