Northwoods young forests provide habitat for songbirds facing population challenges

LAKE TOMAHAWK - Amber Roth stands in an opening of a young forest plot in the Northern Highland American Legion State Forest near Lake Tomahawk.

"I'm hoping you're hearing all of the different birds around us," she says to the field trip participants around her as birds chirp and sing. "This is fabulous nest cover for birds."

Roth is a research assistant professor at Michigan Tech University. In this young forest, Roth and her team don't see a wasteland, but a valuable habitat for some bird species.

Full story: WJFW

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