Go Zero Offers Migrating Birds a Place to Land
Plant a tree through the Fund’s Go Zero program, and you’re helping to absorb climate-changing carbon dioxide for decades to come. But did you know that Go Zero is also rebuilding rest stops for millions of migrating birds along the Mississippi River basin?
Ducks, geese, warblers, thrushes, and shorebirds seek the shelter of forests and wetlands to eat and meet as they travel the big blue skyway each year, but these important habitats have been disappearing swiftly in the southern United States. In the Lake Ophelia and Grand Cote National Wildlife Refuges of central Louisiana, these safe havens for the birds are making a comeback thanks to Go Zero’s generous corporate and individual partners.
“The Go Zero program is providing tremendous benefits to wildlife and people,” says Brett Wehrle, who manages the Central Louisiana National Wildlife Refuge Complex, “It is an incredible luxury to get these sites restored, and then to step back and watch the habitat change and the wildlife return. We simply couldn’t do it alone.”
Photo: Northern shovelers in flight/Ronnie Maum, Flickr