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5 Reasons the Boreal Forest Is Important to Migratory Birds
Palm warblers like this one migrate to the boreal forest in Canada from the southeastern United States, the Yucatan Peninsula, and Panama.
Jeff Nadler
The boreal forest of North America stretches across the top of the continent, from inland Alaska and northern British Columbia to the Atlantic coast of Newfoundland and Labrador. Although fragmented wildlife habitat exists in the southern regions of the forest, the boreal in the northern subarctic region provides one of the most intact biomes on Earth. The forest its wetlands, peatlands, and treescape makes a home for hundreds of species of migratory birds, and a nursery for their young. Here are five reasons that migratory birds need a protected boreal forest.