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Birds I View: A monthly article that I write for the Northeastern Avalon Times
December 2017 - Murres Tough it out Through the Newfoundland Winter
November 2017 - Open Letter to Seabird Biologists in the Falkland Islands
October 2017 - The Environment, Development and Municipal Elections
September 2017 - Fishing with Gillnets Creates Problems for Fishers and Seabirds
August 2017 - The Disappearance of Millions of Newfoundland Seabirds
July 2017 - Cats, Birds and Cat Dreams
June 2017 - Bird-watching at the Health Sciences Centre
May 2017 - Blaming Scientists While Demanding Unsustainable Quotas
April 2017 - The Ice is in the Bay and Everywhere Else
March 2017 - Budget Cuts to Environment and Conservation are Lethal
February 2017 - Every Day is Valentine’s Day in Newfoundland
January 2017 - Seabirds with Eyes Larger Than Their Gullets
December 2016 - To Feed or not to Feed?
November 2016 - Spirit in the Night – Releasing a Stranded Storm-Petrel
October 2016 - Birds in the Eye and mind of the Beholder
September 2016 - Extinct Auk and Beothuk Kindred Spirits
August 2016 - Fishing to Commercial Extinction
July 2016 - Muskrat Falls and the Concorde Fallacy
June 2016 - Searching for Accountability in a Sea of Systemic Dishonesty
May 2016 - Economy and the Environment are Birds of a Feather
April 2016 - The Plight of a Juvenile Snowy Owl
March 2016 - The Slaughter of Murres Must Stop
February 2016 - Creating Land Trusts Require Compromise
January 2016 - Cutting the Trees and Mercury at Muskrat Falls
December 2015 - The Curse of Open-Pen Salmon Farming
November 2015 - Retirement is a Bankers’ Fallacy
October 2015 - Surviving in the Natural World - Working for Comfort
September 2015 - This is the Future - Act Accordingly
August 2015 - Privatizing the Natural World Around Us
July 2015 - The Problem With Swans and Other Introduced Species
June 2015 - Ocean Protection will Benefit Newfoundland and Labrador
May 2015 - Avian Sex Differences are in the Eye of the Beholder
April 2015 - In Praise of Coyotes
March 2015 - North Carolina Birding Adventure
February 2015 - Destroying a Rural Town
January 2015 - Cross-Country Checkup, Climate Change and the Classics
December 2014 - Wind and Seabirds
October 2014 - Basque and Portuguese Influence in Newfoundland and Labrador
September 2014 - Funk Island - It Could Be Heaven
July 2014 - Back to the Future: Returning to Middle Lawn Island
June 2014 - Town Councils Must Honor Societal Contracts
May 2014 - North Atlantic Winds Bring Birds and Bergs
April 2014 - Witless Bay Council Rejects Development at Ragged Beach
March 2014 - Slick Information About Offshore Oil Pollution
February 2014 - The Northern Flicker is Newfoundland’s Colorful Woodpecker
January 2014 - Come-From-Away Birds
December 2013 -
The Birds and the Bees and the
Pesticides
November 2013 - Fishes are Something Much More Than Raw Material
September 2013 - Opportunities for Community Environmental Stewardship
August 2013 - The Very Extraordinary Common Murres of Funk Island
July 2013 - The Rescue of an Entangled Loon
June 2013 - The Shags Are Back
May 2013 - Early Aboriginal Interactions with Birds
April 2013 - Provincial Budget Devastates Environmental Safety Net
March 2013 - The Legal Challenge to Save Sandy Pond
February 2013 - Blizzards Challenge Birds As Well As Humans
January 2013 - Rescind Votes on Muskrat Falls and St. John's Harbour Fence
December 2012 - A Muskrat Falls Decision
November 2012 - Culling Seals is Wrong
October 2012 - Bird Migrants Linger During the Fall
September 2012 - Gannets Signal Influences of Very Warm Ocean Waters
July 2012 - Attacks on Humans and an Attempted Murder by Crows
June 2012 - The Federal Assault on the Environment
May 2012 - The Comings and Goings of Spring
April 2012 - Little Red Riding Hood and Other Tales of Despair
March 2012 - Habitat Destruction by Tar Sands Leads to Wolf Cull
February 2012 - Save the Seal Hunt - Let It Be
January 2012 - Was the Christmas Puffin a Quebecer?
December 2011 - The Incorporation of the University
November 2011 - Richard's Journey - The Long and Winding Road
October 2011 - Killing Two Birds With One Stone - Fuming Autos and Drivers
September 2011 - Every Time They Get in the Boat
August 2011 - The Paradox of Gannet Nesting Behaviour
July 2011 - Separate Realities - It's Just the Way It Is
June 2011 - Community Efforts to Protect Ragged Beach
April 2011 - Keep Snowmobiles and ATVs Out of Our Parks
March 2011 - Writing Symphonies for the Devil
February 2011 - Developer's Paradise
January 2011 - The Gift of Maternal Love and World Peace
November 2010 - The Good Journalists and the Bad Ones
October 2010 - Igor's Environmental Mandates
September 2010 - The Long and Lasting Reach of Jon Lien
August 2010 - Out-foxed on Funk Island
July 2010 - Rocky Mountain Environmental Highs
June 2010 - The Fallacy of Culling Seals to Enhance Fish Stocks
May 2010 - Gulf of Mexico Disaster is an Error Not an Accident
April 2010 - Vital Signs of Changing Climate
March 2010 - Ted Cross - Late Blooming Birder
February 2010 - The Tragic Plight of Atlantic Salmon
January 2010 - Public Concern for a Suffering Duck
December 2009 - Gerard Leonard - Newfoundlander Tried and True
November 2009 - The Necessity of Compromising Development
October 2009 - Where Have All the Capelin Gone?
September 2009 - Old Trails and New Studies on Baccalieu Island
August 2009 - Arctic Fox Vexes Funk Island Seabirds and Researchers
July 2009 - Bergs and Birds in the Little Fogo Islands
June 2009 - Searching for a Gannet Colony on the Port au Port Peninsula
May 2009 - Can Economic Analyses Help Protect the Environment?
April 2009 - Arctic Murre Die-off Associated with Inshore Sea Ice
March 2009 - The Return of Harlequin Ducks
February 2009 - Local Bird and Place Names Tell Tales
January 2009 - The Street Dogs of Chile
December 2008 - Visions of Great Auks are All That remain
November 2008 - The Reckless and Risky Lives of Young Gannets
October 2008 - Being in Bird Cove
September 2008 - Premier Williams' Broken Promise
August 2008 - One Seabird Adventure After the Next
July 2008 - The Capelin are Coming
June 2008 - Environmental Initiatives on the Northeast Coast
May 2008 - Engineer Reports Illegal Pollution by Container Vessel
April 2008 - Gannets Return to Cape St. Mary's
March 2008 - Night Lighting Has Gloomy Environmental Effects
April 2006 - Sealing, Anti-sealing and Reality
March 2006 - Political Fishing Quotas Create Social Chaos
February 2006 - Hunting? - Never on Sundays
January 2006 - High Arctic Eiders and Other Winter Birds
December 2005 - The Dance of the Roosting Starlings
June 2005 - The Legal Seafoods Boycott of Canadian Fish
Watch Vessel Traffic on the East Coast of Newfoundland
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November 22, 2017
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November, 2017
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October, 2017
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October 18, 2017
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October 17, 2017
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October 5, 2017
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September 28, 2017
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August 28, 2017
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August 27, 2017
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August, 2017
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July 17, 2017
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CBC News: "Offshore petroleum board not fit for environmental regulation, scientist says."
January 30, 2017
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The New York Times - "Hunting 'Turr' in Newfoundland's Frigid Waters"
December 4, 2016
Read the article here
CBC Radio: The Broadcast - "Are You Ready If a Ship Starts Leaking Oil on Your Coastline?"
December 1, 2016
Listen to the broadcast here
MUN Gazette - "Faculty serving in
voluntary capacity to establish N.L. nature reserves
August 17, 2016
Read the article here
CBC Radio - The Broadcast Interview -"Rethinking the Capelin Fishery and Best Practices"
August 2, 2016
Listen to the audio here
Partners in Research Science Ambassador Award 2016 - Acceptance Speech
May 3, 2016
Read the speech here
CBC News - "Scientist scolds 'wasteful' hunters after seabirds dumped in C.B.S"
March 21, 2016
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The Telegram - "Salmonier River Controversy Can be Resolved"
February 15, 2016
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Fogo Island Inn 2016 Valentine's Weekend Bird and Mammal List
February 14, 2016
Read it here
NTV News - "Eagle Snared by Animal Trap in Clarenville"
February 3, 2016
Read the article here
Brochure - "The Funk Island Great Aux Exhibition"
Read the brochure here
Letters of Concern and Article- "Ragged Beach Development"
- Ecological Concerns about Proposed Ragged Beach Development (June 2011). Read here
- Witless Bay Municipal Plan and Development Regulations – Submission and Statement of Objection (October 2015). Read here
- Osprey article: Environmental Stewardship of the Witless Bay Seabird Reserve. Read here
VOCM News: Biologist Calls for Reinstatement of Manager at Bird Sanctuary
August 28, 2015
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CTV News: Researchers to track northern gannets after Nfld. chicks left to starve
August 27, 2015
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Radio Canada International: Climate change and abnormal behaviour of gannets
September 18, 2014
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O Canada.com: Chicks starving in Newfoundland as warmer sea water imperils food supply for birds
September 12, 2014
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VOCM News: Puffins Doing Great, Gannets, Not So Much
September 1, 2014
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Nature NL (press release): Gannets abandoning chicks at Cape St. Mary's seabird colony
August 27, 2014
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The Pilot: Little Fogo Island a seabird hot spot
June 25, 2014
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The Telegram - A Road Not Taken
March 12, 2014
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Metro News - Feds must stop shipwreck oil leak: minister
January 13, 2014
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The Blog Aquatic - Interview: Dr. Bill Montevecchi on Oil and Dispersant Effects on Birds Wintering in the Gulf of Mexico
January 9, 2014
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The Telegram - Sandy pond Alliance Not Backing Down
November 26, 2013
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CBC St. John's Morning Show - "Why did the duck WALK across the road?"
October 17, 2013
Listen to the show here
CBC Shift NB - "Massive Bird Kill Predictable, Says Scientist"
September 19, 2013
Listen to the Mp3 here
CBC News - "Seabirds Get Comfy at Abandoned St. John's Supermarket"
July 10, 2013
Read the story here
CBC News - "How a Paradise teen became a wetlands conservationist"
July 8, 2013
Read the story here
CBC Radio Fisheries Broadcast - "Cod Moratorium, Gill Net Use and Seabird Populations"
June 26, 2013
Listen to the Mp3 here
CBC Radio Quirks and Quarks - "Gill-net Drownings Depress Seabird Populations"
June 8, 2013
Listen to the Mp3 here
CBC Radio Fisheries Broadcast - "The Cod Moratorium and its Still-Reverberating Effects on Seabirds"
June 4, 2013
Listen to the interview here (CBC Website)
Nature - "Terrible Toll of Fishing Nets on Seabirds Revealed"
May 29, 2013
Read the article here
Nature Research Highlights - "Divers Soar After Net Ban"
May 2013
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CBC Radio Noon - "The Coast Guard is Trying to Plug an Oil Spill..."
May 24, 2013
Listen to the interview here (CBC website)
The Telegram - "Judge Considering Sandy Pond Case"
February 28, 2013
Read the article here
CBC News Here and Now - "Sandy Pond Alliance Court Challenge"
February 27, 2013
View the video here (Note: The segment of interest starts at 35:10)
CBC News Here and Now - "Duck Problems"
February 1, 2013
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CBC Radio: Fisheries Broadcast - "To Cull or Not to Cull"
December 11, 2012
Listen to the MP3 here (NOTE: Dr. Montevecchi comes on at 2:15)
Juris Benjamin - "Lucky Landing: The Story of a Gannet in Need of Rescue"
Read the article here
Global National - "Warmer Waters and Birds' Changing Behaviour"
August 29, 2012
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CBC News: Here and Now, NL - "Disappearing Gannets"
August 17, 2012
View the video here (Note that this is the full news broadcast and Dr. Montevechi comes on at 103.35 mins)
CBC Radio One: On the Go - "Ted Speaks With Bill Montevecchi About Dive Bombing Crows"
July 4, 2012
Listen to Podcast (CBC website)
The Canadian Press - "Biologists Call for Action to Stop Multiple Oil and Mud Spills off Newfoundland"
July 4, 2012
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Radio Canada International: The Link! - "Scientist Demands Greater Monitoring of Canadian Seabirds Affected by BP Oil Spill"
March 28, 2012
Presentation by Dr. Montevecchi - Hebron Environmental Assessment: Review of Comprehensive Study Report
December 6, 2011
View the presentation here
CBC Radio: Labrador Morning Show - "Arctic Seabird Presentation"
December 1, 2011
BBC World Service - Science in Action
October 20, 2011
Listen to MP3 (Dr. Montevecchi comes on at 13:00)
The Vancouver Sun - "BP spill posed bigger risk to seabirds than believed: researchers"
October 20, 2011
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CBC Radio: St. John's Morning Show - "Oiled Gannets Research Paper"
October 19, 2011
NDP Press Release - NDP Leader Questions Offshore Environmental Safety
October 17, 2011
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The Telegram - Second Spill in Matter of Weeks Raises Questions: MUN Prof
October 15, 2011
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Environmental Policy Questionnaire - NL Provincial Election
August 29, 2011
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Environmental Policy Recommendations - NL Provincial Election
August 29, 2011
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YouTube - "Funk Island: A Marvellous Terrible Place"
August 17, 2011
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Music and Songs to Right the Wrongs Concert
July 16, 2011
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CPAWS News Release - "Scientists Call on Canada to Strictly Protect at Least 30% of its Oceans"
May 16, 2011
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View website here
MPA Guidelines
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MPA Invitation
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The Telegram - "Time for Change at the Offshore Petroleum Board"
March 30, 2011
View article here
CBC Radio: St. John's Morning Show - "Environmental Audit"
December 8, 2010
News Video: "Gannets Migrating Into Danger"
November 21, 2010
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CBC Radio: St. John's Morning Show
November 4, 2010
CBC News: "BP Spill Threatens a Third of Canadian Gannets"
October 21, 2010
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CBC Radio: As It Happens - "Birds-oil View"
October 21, 2010
Listen to MP3 (NOTE: This is the entire broadcast)
CBC Radio: Fisheries Broadcast - "Sea Birds Affected by Oil Spill in Gulf"
July 28, 2010
Listen to MP3 (Dr. Montevecchi comes on at 17:43)
CBC Radio: The Current - "Sea Birds Affected by Oil Spill in Gulf"
July 28, 2010
Listen to MP3 (Dr. Montevecchi comes on at 11:57)
The Telegram - "Gulf Disaster Worries Bird Scientist"
July 15, 2010
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Polar Exchange - Interview From the International Polar Year Oslo Science Conference
June 10, 2010
Watch the interview here (Dr. Montevecchi comes on at 34:30)
CBC News - "Keep Mine Waste Out of Ponds: Activists"
June 4, 2010
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Rotary Club Address - "Privilege and the Protection of the Great Grand Bank Ocean"
May 20, 2010
Read the address here
CBC News - "Drilling Plan Off Newfoundland Called Unsound"
May 6, 2010
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CBC Radio Morning Show - "Oil Spills Impact"
May 6, 2010
CBC News - "Low Risk for Newfoundland Oil Disaster: Williams"
May 3, 2010
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CLKB Radio: Ends of the Earth - "Five Reasons to Care About Arctic Seabirds"
January 25, 2010
CBC News - "Efforts to Save Distressed Duck in St. John's Fail"
January 8, 2010
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Johnson GEO CENTRE public lecture - "Seabird Capitals: The Ecological Seabird Reserves of Newfoundland and Labrador"
October 27, 2009
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CBC Radio: NL Morning Show - "Lawn Islands Archipelago"
July 21, 2009
NTV News - "National Conservancy Gifts Province"
June 26, 2009
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CBC Radio: Fisheries Broadcast - "The Funks: Bones, Seabirds and Ocean Conservation"
June 23, 2009
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The Western Star - No Evidence of Gannet Nesting; Cape St. George Kittiwake Colonies Significant: Professor
May 27, 2009
Read the article here or download
CBC Radio: NL West Coast Morning Show - "Northern Gannets on the Port Aux Port Peninsula"
May 6, 2009
The Western Star - Boat Tours Could Settle Gannet Breeding Colonies Debate
May 1, 2009
Read the article here or download
CBC Radio: Fisheries Broadcast - "Lack of public information on oil spills at offshore platforms"
March 10, 2009
CBC News - "Researchers feel cold shoulder as polar year project comes to a close"
January 27, 2009
BBC News - "Warning as Seabird Breeding Fails"
October 30, 2008
Read the article here.
The Telegram Forum- Premier Williams' Broken Promise: The Sandy Pond Give-away
October 12, 2008, Dr. Bill Montevecchi
Read the article here.
Related: Sudbury Human Health Risk Assessment
Related: Sudbury Community Soil Committee Media Release
Article: Offshore Hydrocarbon and Synthetic Hydrocarbon Spills in Eastern Canada: The Issue of Follow-up and Experience
By Gail Fraser & Joanne Ellis, in Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management
Read the journal article here.
Listen to the audio broadcast of an interview with Dr. Fraser.
Read the C-NLOPB's response to the article here.
Press Release: "Predicted Number of Atallantic Offshore Oil Spills Exceeded"
September 15, 2008, The Alder Institute
Read the press release here.
CBC Radio Noon - "What areas of the province should be protected from development?"
September 11, 2008, Dr. Bill Montevecchi
Listen to the audio broadcast of the interview.
CBC News - "Production affected by White Rose oil spill"
September 10, 2008
Parody: "The Front Fell Off"
Watch the video here (Windows Media).
CBC Radio Noon - "Economic Boom and Environmental Investment"
July 7, 2008, Dr. Bill Montevecchi
Listen to the audio broadcast of the interview and a call from a listener.
CBC News - "Ship dumped tonnes of oily bilge off Newfoundland, crew says"
May 2, 2008, Dr. Bill Montevecchi
Watch the video (Apple Quicktime)
CBC 'Interview: Wrecked Thick-billed Murres'
2007, Dr. Bill Montevecchi
Listen to the CBC radio interview
CBC 'Commentary on Bill C-15'
May 17, 2005, Dr. Bill Montevecchi
CBC 'Crosstalk'
April 18, 2005, Dr. Bill Montevecchi and Ian Jones
Further information for people who wish to Help Protect Seabirds
CBC, 'Quirks and Quarks - Great Auk Extinction'
Jan 01, 2004, Dr. Bill Montevecchi
CBC News - Record spill at Terra Nova under scrutiny
November 22, 2004, Dr. Bill Montevecchi
CBC News - Feds failing to protect the ocean: biologist
August 7, 2003, Dr. Bill Montevecchi
For decades of extraordinary and selfless efforts for appreciation
and protection of the natural environment and all its creatures and plants, Dr.
Allan Stein was awarded the 2010 Tuck - Walters Award at the Annual Meeting of
the Newfoundland and Labrador Natural History Society in March.
Lieutenant Governor John Crosby awarding Dr. Jon Lien with the Order of Canada, 10 July 2008. For more photos of the ceremony, please click here.