Studies conducted by Fabiola Rodriguez and Jeff Larkin of Indiana University of Pennsylvania identified Wood Thrush as one of the most abundant migratory birds in remnant dry forest patches of Honduras. This is of particular interest as Wood Thrush are usually associated with moister conditions. The study was part of a project to evaluate the [...]
The Appalachian Region is known for its extensive tracts of mature hardwood forest and high biodiversity, including that of songbirds. The region is a stronghold for the cerulean warbler, containing about 75 percent of the population. But the bird is a species of high conservation concern due in part to an estimated 70 percent population [...]
The Upper Mississippi River and Great Lakes JV, in conjunction with partners, recently completed a series of "State by Bird Conservation Region (BCR)" assessments that provide updated and refined information to assist partners in decision making for bird habitat conservation. The assessments step down Joint Venture Implementation Plan habitat objectives by each state, using recent [...]
"Flood Control 2.0: Rebuilding habitat shoreline resilience through improved flood control channel design and management" is an ambitious effort to restore stream and wetland habitats, water quality, and shoreline resilience to the San Francisco Bay. The project is a partnership between the San Francisco Estuary Partnership, San Francisco Bay Joint Venture, San Francisco Estuary Institute, [...]
Sonoran Joint Venture staff and other partners recently published an article about the status of climate change research for bird conservation in Mexico in HUITZIL, the Mexican ornithology journal.Global climate change is affecting the world’s biodiversity. In Mexico, several lines of research have been developed to forecast the effects of climate change on bird distributions. [...]
A three-year, multi-partner restoration project designed to connect blocks of Lesser Prairie-Chicken habitat.
This multi-agency (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and U.S. Navy) project gathers baseline information on the distribution and density of marine birds, turtles, and mammals in the marine environment. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Division of Migratory Bird Management is in the fourth year [...]
The Atlantic Coast Joint Venture is working with the Black Duck Joint Venture and Ducks Unlimited to develop energetic supply and demand curves to better define habitat goals for American Black Duck along the Atlantic Coast. They have developed spatially-explicit models of energy supply, currently thought to the major factor limiting wintering Black Duck populations, [...]