Dewey Soper Migratory Bird Sanctuary
Dewey Soper Migratory Bird Sanctuary, or Dewey Soper, is a migratory bird sanctuary in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is located in western Baffin Island, from Bowman Bay to the Koukdjuak River, and is named in honour of zoologist J. Dewey Soper. It is an area that was classified a wetland of international importance via the Ramsar Convention on May 24, 1982. The bird sanctuary supports nearly 30% of the breeding geese in Canada, making it the largest goose colony in the world. Up to two million birds of various species use the area for summer nesting, and it is also "habitat for one of Canada's major barren-ground caribou herds". The sanctuary was established in 1957, and is subject to the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement, which defines and governs ownership, land use and hunting rights in the area . It is an intertidal zone on a broad coastal plain with raised, slightly sloping beaches, spotted with circular shallow lakes and a marsh A marsh is a wetland t ...
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Environment Canada
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC; french: Environnement et Changement climatique Canada),Environment and Climate Change Canada is the applied title under the Federal Identity Program; the legal title is Department of the Environment (). is the department of the Government of Canada responsible for coordinating environmental policies and programs, as well as preserving and enhancing the natural environment and renewable resources. It is also colloquially known by its former name, Environment Canada (EC; french: Environnement Canada, links=no). The minister of environment and climate change has been Steven Guilbeault since October 26, 2021; Environment and Climate Change Canada supports the minister's mandate to: "preserve and enhance the quality of the natural environment, including water, air, soil, flora and fauna; conserve Canada's renewable resources; conserve and protect Canada's water resources; forecast daily weather conditions and warnings, and provide detaile ...
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Ramsar Sites In Qikiqtaaluk Region
Ramsar may refer to: * Places so named: ** Ramsar, Mazandaran, city in Iran ** Ramsar, Rajasthan, village in India * Eponyms of the Iranian city: ** Ramsar Convention concerning wetlands, signed in Ramsar, Iran ** Ramsar site, wetland listed in accord wth the Ramsar Convention * Others ** Ramsar Palace The Ramsar Palace or Marmar Palace is one of the historic buildings and royal residences in Iran. The palace is in Ramsar, a city on the coast of the Caspian Sea. History The Ramsar Palace was established on a land of 60,000 square meters in 193 ..., a palace in Ramsar, Mazandaran See also * :Ramsar sites {{Disambig, geo ...
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List Of Protected Areas Of Nunavut
This is a list of protected areas of Nunavut. National parks Territorial parks Kitikmeot Region Kivalliq Region Qikiqtaaluk Region Other References External links * Government of Nunavut Nunavut ParksMPA Global: A database of the world's marine protected areas {{Canada topic, List of protected areas of, Protected areas of Canada * Protected Nunavut Nunavut ( , ; iu, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ , ; ) is the largest and northernmost Provinces and territories of Canada#Territories, territory of Canada. It was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the ''Nunavut Act'' ...

List Of Migratory Bird Sanctuaries Of Canada
Migratory Bird Sanctuaries are created in Canada under the Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994. They are administered by the Canadian Wildlife Service. The first sanctuary in North America, Last Mountain Lake Bird Sanctuary, was created by federal order-in-council in 1887. Provinces Alberta There are four Migratory Bird Sanctuaries in Alberta. British Columbia There are seven Migratory Bird Sanctuaries in British Columbia. Manitoba Currently there are no Migratory Bird Sanctuaries in the province of Manitoba. New Brunswick There are three Migratory Bird Sanctuaries in New Brunswick. Newfoundland and Labrador There are three Migratory Bird Sanctuaries in Newfoundland and Labrador. Nova Scotia There are seven Migratory Bird Sanctuaries in Nova Scotia. Ontario There are nine Migratory Bird Sanctuaries in Ontario. Quebec There are twenty-eight Migratory Bird Sanctuaries in Quebec. Prince Edward Island There is one Migratory Bird Sanctuaries on Prince Edwar ...
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List Of Birds Of Nunavut
:''This article contains non-English characters and may require the use of special fonts''. This is a list of bird species confirmed in the Canadian territory of Nunavut. Unless otherwise noted, the list is that of ''Bird Checklists of the World'' as of March 2021. Of the 298 species on the list, 136 are accidental and two were introduced to North America. One species is extinct; three are extirpated and one of them is possibly extinct. This list is presented in the taxonomic sequence of the ''Check-list of North and Middle American Birds'', 7th edition through the 62nd Supplement, published by the American Ornithological Society (AOS). Common and scientific names are also those of the ''Check-list'', except that Canadian English spellings are used and the common names of families are from the Clements taxonomy because the AOS list does not include them.. Native names are from the Asuilaak ''Inuktitut Living Dictionary''. There are several dialects of Inuktitut and Inuinnaqtu ...
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