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Partners within the Upper Mississippi River and Great Lakes Region Joint Venture submitted habitat accomplishment reports for conservation actions completed in 2007. Tracking habitat accomplishments provides valuable information on the land area influenced by partners and funding expended to accomplish habitat conservation for birds.  This year's reporting form changed greatly from those used in the past.  The new form was established to better track progress toward habitat objectives in the 2007 Implementation Plan.  Within this plan, a science-based process was used to calculate habitat objectives that better reflect the needs of priority birds in specific cover types.  This greater level of planning detail was mirrored in the new accomplishment report form.  Estimates of partner influence on bird populations will improve with continued partner tracking and land change monitoring at this level of detail. Fourteen partners reported habitat management on 128,345 acres expending approximately $67 million.  Conservation actions were separated into three categories, with the majority being enhancement (66 percent), followed by restoration (18 percent) and protection (16 percent).  Management was conducted on 50,345 acres of wetland, 75,518 acres of upland, and 2,609 acres of unknown cover types. The upland cover type category was separated into four specific cover types.  Six partners reported to the specific cover type level.  Conservation of grasslands and deciduous forest dominated upland conservation with majority of the work focused on enhancement of grasslands. Conversely, management of shrublands and evergreen forest was very minimal.