News & Updates

BAM 2021-2022 Annual Report 

We are pleased to provide you with the 2021-22 Annual Report, summarizing the Boreal Avian Modelling (BAM) Project’s activities and collaborations during our previous year. ...

Planet’s Data Fuels Canadian Boreal Forest Research

Numerous integrated research programs focused on boreal forests of Canada have joined forces to use advanced satellite data available from Planet to document how past,...

GeoPortal: BAM’s data product distribution platform

BAM GeoPortal 1024x456 1 BAM has developed an online platform to host our many data products and facilitate the accessibility, discovery, and download of these...

The Boreal Avian Modelling (BAM) Project is pleased to announce the appointment of two new members to our Steering Committee, Diana Stralberg and Jeff Ball....

BAM 2020-2021 Annual Report 

We are pleased to provide you with the 2020-21 BAM Annual Report, outlining BAM’s activities and collaborations during our previous year.  Among these accomplishments, you can read about: Applications of...

New Publication: Assessing Pathways of Climate Change Effects in SpaDES: An Application to...

The distributions of birds in Canada's northern forests are expected to be impacted by climate change, but it remains unclear which pathways are responsible for...

PhD opportunity: species distribution and abundance models of Canadian owls

PhD opportunity: species distribution and abundance models of Canadian owls (Le français suit) Applications received by March 15th will receive full consideration. A PhD position, with three...

SFI Conservation Value Assessment Tool

BAM’s representation analysis and associated web-application, created in partnership with the Boreal Ecosystems Analysis for Conservation Networks Project (BEACONs), are contributing to the Sustainable Forestry...

NA-POPS: Point Count Offsets for Population Sizes of North America Landbirds

BAM is a primary partner on a new project to generate open-source detectability offsets for all North American landbirds. These offsets will allow for the...

New Canada-wide land bird density estimates (version 4.0)

Population sizes, habitat associations, and distributions for 143 landbird species to support status assessment, regional planning, conservation prioritization, and recovery of species at risk. Project...

2019-2020 BAM Annual Report

We are pleased to provide you with the 2019-20 BAM Annual Report, outlining BAM’s activities and collaborations during our previous year. We apologize for the...

Response of birds to the effects of caribou conservation, harvest, fire, and...

Quantifying Long-Term Bird Population Responses to Simulated Harvest Plans and Cumulative Effects of Disturbance in Alberta Project Summary As interest in caribou conservation continues to...