Canada's decision to protect nests instead of the critical habitat of 24 at-risk bird species including the threatened B.C. marbled murrelet was 'unreasonable,' ruled a federal court.
Canada failed to properly protect more than two dozen threatened or endangered migratory bird species across the country — including the marbled murrelet, a seabird that nests in the coastal old-growth forests of British Columbia — a federal justice has ruled.