What the Tundra Tells: Water Bird Population Trends in the High Arctic

Daniel Karp
Apr 14, 2020 · 4 min read

By Konshau Duman

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Canning River Delta in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska — Photo: US Fish and Wildlife Service accessed: www.commons.wikimedia.org

A glimmer of hope for North America’s declining bird populations may come from the barren tundra of the arctic.

With the high-profile study from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology heralding the loss of three billion birds in North America in the past 48 years, bird populations have surged to the forefront…

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