Grassland destruction on Canadian Prairies harming bird populations: report
A national bird conservation organization says grassland habitat loss on the Prairies has created a “conservation crisis” for dozens of species of birds.
The crisis is illustrated in a new State of Canada’s Birds report published Tuesday by Birds Canada in partnership with Environment and Climate Change Canada.
The report is the third of its kind. Similar reports were published in 2019 and 2012.
It says that since 1970, when dependable bird count data started being kept, birds living full or part time in Prairie grasslands have declined by 67 per cent.