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Boreal Forest A Bird Nursery 16 May 14

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The size, variety, and intactness of the North American boreal forest, means it teems with wildlife, including an estimated 1-3 billion nesting birds each summer, earning it the title of "North America's bird nursery". Along with birds, the boreal forest also harbors many of the world's last healthy populations of large predators, including grizzly bears, wolverine, timber wolves, and polar bears.

Approximately 1.2 billion acres of boreal forests are still nearly pristine, free of industrial development. The vast boreal forest includes a surprising variety of habitats and landforms: thick coniferous forests, glacier-capped mountains, sprawling peatlands, and some of the world's largest lakes, rivers, and networks of wetlands.

It is globally-recognized as one of the world's last strongholds for migratory mammals, particularly for herds of caribou, collectively numbering in the millions—that travel thousands of miles each year.

View May 4, 2014 The Telegram article
View May 4, 2014 The Star article
View Boreal Songbird Initiative & Ducks Unlimited report
View Boreal Songbird Initiative take action page
View The Nature Conservancy Birds of the Boreal Forest page

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