Boreal Centre for Bird Conservation

“As the winner of the Municipal-Recreational Alberta Wood Design Award, Manasc Isaac’s Boreal Centre for Bird Conservation effectively and beautifully demonstrated that wood as a building materials does not preclude sustainability through LEED or any other “Green” building rating system.”

Executive Director Alberta Wood Works! 2006

• Canada Green Building Council, LEED® Gold, Boreal is Gold, Visit the Boreal Centre for Bird Conservation website, 2009
• Consulting Engineers of Alberta, Award of Merit, 2007
• Canadian Wood Council, Alberta Wood Works! Award of Excellence, 2006

• Edmonton Journal "Slave Lake Centennial legacy major draw for bird watchers", June 25, 2008
• Westworld “Flight Sites: There are certain birdwatching 'sweet spots' in Alberta where the birds are, literally, sitting ducks“, February 2007
• Alberta Innovators “2007 Showcase Awards”, March 2007
• Edmonton Journal “an eco-friendly bird house”, June 4, 2006
• Legacy Magazine “A bird's Paradise”, September 2005
• Business Edge “Conservation set to fly with boreal centre”, August 4, 2004
• Lakeside Leader “Bird centre to make use of heat from the ground”, April 7, 2004