Public Outreach
Seabird Biologist Applauds "Heroic" Rescue Efforts in Wake of Hurricane Larry
Northern Gannets at Cape St. Mary's Ecological Reserve (video)
Banding Northern Gannets at Cape St. Mary's: A Dizzying Challenge
A Study of Northern Gannets in NL
Quirks and Quarks - Minimizing bird-borne devices effects on birds
Talking birds, capelin, seals, and turr hunt
Turr Hunt - A Newfoundland and Labrador Tradition
Dozens of turrs found with breasts removed and discarded
About 100 dead turrs, with breasts ripped out, thrown into ocean near Flatrock
Wildlife service considers tags for murre hunt
The fishery that almost everyone dislikes
Jamie Smith Memorial Mentoring Award in Ornithology
CPAWS Leach's Storm-Petrel - Have You Seen Me?
Broadcast podcast on seabird bycatch in gillnets
CPAWS Annual General Meeting - June 18th, 2020 - Featuring Dr. Bill Montevecchi As Guest Speaker
CPAWS Annual General Meeting 2020 Invitation - Featuring Dr. Bill Montevecchi
Entangled Eagles Rescued After Eagle-Eye Passerby Spots Pair in Ditch Near TCH
Enhancing handline catch efficiency for Atlantic Cod - Fishtek Marine
The sins of the fishery fall on the seals
Bill Montevecchi quits provincial ecological advisory committee to protest inaction - February 2020
Environmental advisors resign from WERAC - February 2020
Environmentalist at Odds with Minister Over Progress on Protection of Natural Areas - February 2020
Environmental advisers resign claiming N.L. government won't listen to advice - February 2020
Severely Injured Gull Recovered from Burton’s Pond Familiar to Researchers - January 2020
Quinlan Brothers Working to Help Storm Petrels in Bay de Verde - Oct 2019
Freeing the Flow of Information From the Offshore - Aug 2019
Oil Industry & Regulator Under Fire Again After Latest Offshore Spill
Hibernia: Des Biologistes Réclament La Présence Constante d’Observateurs Indépendants
Fuel Valve To Blame For Power Outage On Hibernia Platform, Causing Spill
Smaller Turrs, Caplin Signal ‘Radical Changes’ in Ocean
Seabird Researcher Concerned About Transparency After Latest Oil Spill
MUN Prof Skeptical of Oil Company Info In Wake of Spill
CBC Radio Main Street [Halifax] Seabirds Signal Ocean Climate Change
The Great Auk Epitaph by William Beebe
The Great Auk Poem by Gordon Slade
Tragic Tale of the Greak Auk by Jan Thornhill
Coyotes at Cape St. Mary's - May 2019
MUN Gazette - Honouring Excellence - February 2019
Downhome Magazine - Funk Island Youtube Website - January 2019
CBC Radio The Broadcast - Coyotes Killing Seabirds - January 2019
CBC Radio The Broadcast - Do Not Cull Seals - January 2019
CBC Radio The Broadcast - Seal Hunt and Seal Cull - January 2019
A Marvelous Terrible Place, Funk Island - 2018
Review of Newfoundland Orphan Basin Exploration Drilling Project - 29 November 2018
John Lewis Paton Distinguished University Professorship
MUN - Role models - 14 Dec 2018
iPolitics - Calls for better oversight of offshore oil follow NFLD spill - 29 Nov 2018
MUN Gazette - A marvelous, terrible place - 21 Nov 2018
iPolitics - Calls for better oversight of offshore oil follow NFLD spill - 20 Nov 2018
CBC - Biologists wonder how many seabirds are dead after Husky oil spill off N.L. - 20 Nov 2018
A Marvelous, Terrible Place - 730 PM, Thursday November 22nd, Room A-1046 MUN
VOCM - Interview about how offshore activity has impacted seabird populations - 31 August 2018
The Telegram: N.L. biologist worries offshore lights stranding seabirds - 27 August 2018
Montevecchi et al 2018. Missing Storm Petrels - Presentation to Nature NL.
Gannet Parental Abandonment 2018 - Bill Montevecchi
Birdmania: A Remarkable Passion for Birds - Bill Montevecchi 2018 The Antigonish Review
Platicized Robin's Nest
Have seen many gannet nests with plastic cord, netting, fishing twine andpacking straps woven into them but this is the first land bird nest that I have seen with so much plastic - blue strips from nylon tarp and also monofilament fishing line [photo - Janet Montevecchi]. Nest was brought to me by Ed Churchill of Portugal Cove Newfoundland who released a large nestling that was hanging by its leg wrapped in blue nylon. Ed freed the nestling and put it back in nest where it was fed by parents and apparently fledged the nest day. A successful rescue.
Between Breaths Opening Night LSPU Hall - 19 July 2018
VOCM: Time to Take in Bird Feeders for Summer, says Biologist - May 21, 2018
CBC The Broadcast - Millions of Missing Storm-Petrels - May 18, 2018
VOCM: Oil Exploration in Protected Region the Wrong Call says Biologist - May 3, 2018
VOCM: DFO Capelin Report Of ‘Minimal Use’ To Fishery: Montevecchi
Interview on CBC News: Seagulls in Love - 14 February 2018
Interview on The Broadcast- Oil Pollution Prevention [starts at minute 9]- 20 Dec 2017
Montevecchi: "Open Letter to Seabird Biologists in the Falkland Islands"November, 2017
CBC News: " Ocean litter 'disgusting' but scientist says attitudes are changing"November 22, 2017
Montevecchi: "Musgrave Harbour Outreach" October, 2017
VOCM Nightline: "Gillnets, Ghost Nets and Sustainable Fishing Practices" - October 5, 2017
MUN Gazette: "Ocean Messengers" - September 28, 2017
VOCM News: "Vessel Breached Buffer Zone of Ecological reserve: Montevecchi" - August 28, 2017
CBC News: "Biologist Slams US Vessel For Running Aground in Witless Bay Reserve" - August 27, 2017
Northeast Avalon Times: 'The Disappearance of Millions of Newfoundland Seabirds" - August, 2017
VOCM News: "Coastal Wildlife and Oil Industry an Imbalanced Equation: Montevecchi" - July 17, 2017
The Telegram - Letter: "Oil companies and the CNLOPB - A scandalous relationship." - July 10, 2017
Letter to Minister Catherine McKenna - January 30, 2017
The New York Times - "Hunting 'Turr' in Newfoundland's Frigid Waters" December 4, 2016
VOCM News - "Your Birdfeeder Could be Killing Songbirds" - August 17, 2016
Partners in Research Science Ambassador Award 2016 - Acceptance Speech - May 3, 2016
CBC News - "Scientist scolds 'wasteful' hunters after seabirds dumped in C.B.S" - March 21, 2016
The Telegram - "Salmonier River Controversy Can be Resolved" - February 15, 2016
Fogo Island Inn 2016 Valentine's Weekend Bird and Mammal List - February 14, 2016
NTV News - "Eagle Snared by Animal Trap in Clarenville" - February 3, 2016
Brochure - "The Funk Island Great Aux Exhibition"
- Osprey article: Environmental Stewardship of the Witless Bay Seabird Reserve.
VOCM News: Biologist Calls for Reinstatement of Manager at Bird Sanctuary- August 28, 2015
CTV News: Researchers to track northern gannets after Nfld. chicks left to starve - August 27, 2015
Radio Canada International: Climate change and abnormal behaviour of gannets- September 18, 2014
VOCM News: Puffins Doing Great, Gannets, Not So Much - September 1, 2014
The Pilot: Little Fogo Island a seabird hot spot - June 25, 2014
The Telegram - A Road Not Taken- March 12, 2014
Metro News - Feds must stop shipwreck oil leak: minister- January 13, 2014
The Telegram - Sandy pond Alliance Not Backing Down - November 26, 2013
CBC St. John's Morning Show - "Why did the duck WALK across the road?"- October 17, 2013
CBC Shift NB - "Massive Bird Kill Predictable, Says Scientist"- September 19, 2013
CBC News - "Seabirds Get Comfy at Abandoned St. John's Supermarket"- July 10, 2013
CBC News - "How a Paradise teen became a wetlands conservationist" - July 8, 2013
CBC Radio Quirks and Quarks - "Gill-net Drownings Depress Seabird Populations" - June 8, 2013
CBC Radio Fisheries Broadcast - "The Cod Moratorium and its Still-Reverberating Effects on Seabirds"- June 4, 2013
Nature - "Terrible Toll of Fishing Nets on Seabirds Revealed"- May 29, 2013
Nature Research Highlights - "Divers Soar After Net Ban" - May 2013
CBC Radio Noon - "The Coast Guard is Trying to Plug an Oil Spill..." May 24, 2013
The Telegram - "Judge Considering Sandy Pond Case"- February 28, 2013
CBC News Here and Now - "Sandy Pond Alliance Court Challenge"- February 27, 2013 (Note: The segment of interest starts at 35:10)
CBC News Here and Now - "Duck Problems"- February 1, 2013
Juris Benjamin - "Lucky Landing: The Story of a Gannet in Need of Rescue"
Global National - "Warmer Waters and Birds' Changing Behaviour"- August 29, 2012
CBC News: Here and Now, NL - "Disappearing Gannets"- August 17, 2012 (Note: 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
CBC Radio: Labrador Morning Show - "Arctic Seabird Presentation"-December 1, 2011
BBC World Service - Science in Action- October 20, 2011 (Dr. Montevecchi comes on at 13:00)
The Vancouver Sun - "BP spill posed bigger risk to seabirds than believed: researchers"- October 20, 2011
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
The Telegram - Second Spill in Matter of Weeks Raises Questions: MUN Prof- October 15, 2011
Environmental Policy Questionnaire - NL Provincial Election- August 29, 2011
Environmental Policy Recommendations - NL Provincial Election - August 29, 2011
YouTube - "Funk Island: A Marvellous Terrible Place"- August 17, 2011
Music and Songs to Right the Wrongs Concert - July 16, 2011
The Telegram - "Time for Change at the Offshore Petroleum Board"- March 30, 2011
CBC Radio: St. John's Morning Show - "Environmental Audit"- December 8, 2010
News Video: "Gannets Migrating Into Danger"- November 21, 2010
CBC Radio: St. John's Morning Show- November 4, 2010
CBC News: "BP Spill Threatens a Third of Canadian Gannets"- October 21, 2010
CBC Radio: As It Happens - "Birds-oil View"- October 21, 2010
The Telegram - "Gulf Disaster Worries Bird Scientist"- July 15, 2010
Polar Exchange - Interview From the International Polar Year Oslo Science Conference- (Dr. Montevecchi comes on at 34:30) - June 10, 2010
CBC News - "Keep Mine Waste Out of Ponds: Activists"- June 4, 2010
Rotary Club Address - "Privilege and the Protection of the Great Grand Bank Ocean"- May 20, 2010
CBC News - "Drilling Plan Off Newfoundland Called Unsound"- May 6, 2010
CBC Radio Morning Show - "Oil Spills Impact"-May 6, 2010
CBC News - "Low Risk for Newfoundland Oil Disaster: Williams" - May 3, 2010
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
Johnson GEO CENTRE public lecture - "Seabird Capitals: The Ecological Seabird Reserves of Newfoundland and Labrador"- October 27, 2009.
CBC Radio: NL Morning Show - "Lawn Islands Archipelago"- July 21, 2009
NTV News - "National Conservancy Gifts Province"- June 26, 2009
CBC Radio: Fisheries Broadcast - "The Funks: Bones, Seabirds and Ocean Conservation"- June 23, 2009
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The Western Star - Boat Tours Could Settle Gannet Breeding Colonies Debate - May 1, 2009
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
The Telegram Forum- Premier Williams' Broken Promise: The Sandy Pond Give-away- October 12, 2008
Related: Sudbury Human Health Risk Assessment
Related: Sudbury Community Soil Committee Media Release
CBC Radio Noon - "What areas of the province should be protected from development?"- September 11, 2008
CBC News - "Production affected by White Rose oil spill"- September 10, 2008
Parody: "The Front Fell Off"
CBC Radio Noon - "Economic Boom and Environmental Investment"
July 7, 2008, Dr. Bill Montevecchi
CBC News - "Ship dumped tonnes of oily bilge off Newfoundland, crew says"- May 2, 2008
CBC 'Interview: Wrecked Thick-billed Murres'- 2007, Dr. Bill Montevecchi
CBC 'Commentary on Bill C-15'- May 17, 2005, Dr. Bill Montevecchi
CBC 'Crosstalk'- April 18, 2005, Dr. Bill Montevecchi and Ian Jones
CBC, 'Quirks and Quarks - Great Auk Extinction'- Jan 01, 2004
CBC News - Record spill at Terra Nova under scrutiny- November 22, 2004
CBC News - Feds failing to protect the ocean: biologist- August 7, 2003
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 2010.
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.
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