Conserving Birds & Their Habitats Brief Overview of IMBCR Program and New Developments
Integrated Monitoring in Bird Conservation Regions (IMBCR) Expanded from Monitoring Colorado’s Birds One of the largest breeding bird monitoring programs in the nation Directly addresses the “Opportunities for Improving Avian Monitoring” 2007
Guidelines for Avian Monitoring Goal 1: Integrate monitoring into bird management and conservation practices. Goal 2: Coordinate monitoring programs among organizations and integrate them across spatial scales. Goal 3: Increase the value of monitoring information by improving statistical design. Goal 4: Maintain bird population monitoring data in modern data management systems.
IMBCR Survey Area
Integrated Framework Hierarchical framework for inferences at multiple spatial scales Black Hills NFWyomingBCR 17
Program Growth
IMBCR Funding Partners
IMBCR Implementation and Analyses Partners
Sage Obligate Bird Modeling Apparent long-term decline of sagebrush birds Species of conservation concern Greater Sage-Grouse habitat management Brewer’s Sparrow Sage Sparrow Sage Thrasher
Multi-species Landscape Priorities
Species Richness (Wyoming)
Inform Management Brewer’s SparrowSage Thrasher Sage Sparrow
Outcome-based Monitoring for the Lesser Prairie-Chicken Objectives: Monitor the outcomes of LPCH conservation practices for grassland birds Determine responses of grassland birds to habitat management- quantify outcomes Inform multi species conservation efforts
LEPC Range-Wide Study Area LEPC Range-Wide Study Area
AKN 2.0 Cornell initiated with NSF grant Point Blue (formerly PRBO) now taking lead New website
Griffin Groups Free online tool Post documents and discussions Receive when there is activity in your groups In addition to the listserv
Proposals that are submitted NFWF – Northern Great Plains initiative Develop conservation business plan for the NGP Implement monitoring program (IMBCR) DOD Implement IMBCR monitoring on DOD lands
Other IMBCR Projects?