Sonoran Desert Breeding Bird Surveys
Development of a monitoring strategy of poorly-monitored bird species and species of concern of the Sonoran Desert.
Rebuilding Habitat Shoreline Resilience in the San Francisco Bay
"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, [...]
Studying Climate Change and its Impact on Birds in Mexico
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. [...]
Mexico Birding Trail
A multi-agency program to train residents of communities in or near important conservation sites to be bird guides.
Restoring Coal-mined Lands to Create Habitat for Imperiled Birds
Appalachian Mountain Joint Venture (AMJV) and the Appalachian Regional Reforestation Initiative are partnering to re-establish habitat on previously mined land to improve breeding habitat for declining bird species in the Appalachian Region. This collaboration is replanting trees on disturbed sites in heavily populated bird areas to restore habitats after mining activity. These restoration efforts will benefit [...]
Forest Management Guidelines for Cerulean Warblers
The Appalachian Mountain Joint Venture worked with partners to develop new Forest Management Guidelines for improving the condition of Appalachian hardwood forests for Cerulean Warbler. This species’ population has plummeted by nearly 70% over the last half century, with the loss and degradation of large areas of mature deciduous forest contributing to those declines. The [...]
Lek Surveys Increase Understanding of Lesser Prairie-Chicken Distribution
A three-year, multi-partner restoration project designed to connect blocks of Lesser Prairie-Chicken habitat.
Atlantic Marine Assessment Program for Protected Species
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 [...]
Nebraska Partners Help Landowners Restore Habitat by Removing Invasives
Restoring over 1,000 acres of wet meadow, riparian woodland, and mixed-grass prairie along the Upper Niobrara River in Nebraska.
American Black Duck Energetic Study
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, [...]