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We are responsible for supporting the habitat conservation work of partnerships
formed under four major bird plans:
U.S. Shorebird Conservation Plan
Partners from state and federal agencies, joint ventures, and non-governmental
organizations from across the country pooled their resources and expertise
to develop a conservation strategy for migratory shorebirds and the
habitats upon which they depend. The U.S. Shorebird Conservation Plan
(Plan) provides a scientific framework to determine species, sites,
and habitats that most urgently need conservation action. Main goals
of the Plan, completed in 2000, are to ensure that adequate quanity
and quality of shorebird habitat is maintained at the local levels.
These national assessments were used to step down goals and objectives
into 11 regional conservation plans. Plan partners are working with
joint ventures to accomplish these goals. The Shorebird Plan is administered
by the Division of Migratory Bird Management. Contact Brad
Andres for further information on the Shorebird Plan
North American Waterbird
Conservation Plan
This relatively new initiative focuses
on waterbirds across the continent. Primary attention is provided
to species that are not currently addressed
by other conservation initiatives, and includes grebes, rails, seabirds,
terns, and herons. Jennifer
Wheeler,who works for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Division
of Migratory Bird Management, is the national coordinator.
Partners in Flight
This
broadly based bird conservation initiative has developed songbird conservation
priorities and habitat conservation plans for physiographic
areas nationwide. Terry Rich,
who works for the US Fish and Wildlife Service's Division of Migratory
Bird, is the national coordinator for Partners in Flight. Partners
in Flight's monitoring, research, planning, and implementation activities
have been beneficial to the Division of Bird Habitat Conservation by
providing a scientific and planning base that contributes to ranking
and developing habitat priorities. We support Partners in Flight by
providing species assessments, project development and review, and
national coordination efforts.
North American
Bird Conservation Initiative
The U.S. North American Bird Conservation Initiative
(NABCI) Web site is dedicated to promoting and advancing integrated
bird conservation.
Online you will find a variety of tools and resources including an
easy-to-browse Bird Conservation Regions (BCR) map hot-linked to BCR
descriptions, BCR staff, the Bird Conservation Node maintained by the
U.S. Geological Survey and U.S. Fish Wildlife Service, and a Bird Conservation
Directory of contact information. The site contains a host of information
about NABCI, including downloadable documents: the NABCI Vision, the
U.S. Committee's Action Plan, and Committee and Working Group contact
lists and meeting summaries. The site also provides links to the NABCI
International site and the Canadian and Mexican national NABCI sites.
For more information about NABCI, contact our NABCI Coordinator Allison Vogt.