1. Jay Carlisle, Coordinator
The Idaho Bird Conservation Partnership: A Coordination Point for Bird Conservation in Idaho
Jay Carlisle, Coordinator

2. Overview Joint Venture (JV) & Partners in Flight (PIF) joining forces
IBCP development/history
What are we doing?

3. Emphasis through much of 2000s:
Idaho PIF: formed in 1992; initial focus on Neotropical migratory landbirds
throughout much of the 1990s: preparing the Idaho Bird Conservation Plan (January 2000) -
Other, more specific publications, such as “Birds in a Sagebrush Sea.”
Emphasis through much of 2000s:
identifying high priority projects
coordinating bird conservation efforts with Western Working Group
Last Idaho PIF meeting was in 2007 ….

4. Idaho State Conservation Partnership History
Intermountain West
Joint Venture
Linking Science and Conservation Delivery
Idaho State Conservation Partnership History
Created in 1995
State Steering Committee
Wetland Focus Areas
Waterfowl objectives
Coordinated Implementation Plan for Bird Conservation in Idaho-2005
Coordinated habitat goals and objectives for all birds
Planning Objectives for Idaho
a. Create a planning forum, through the Idaho Steering Committee of the IWJV in which
representatives of state and federal conservation agencies and wildlife conservation groups work
collaboratively to develop coordinated habitat goals, objectives and projects that address the
conservation needs of all bird species in Idaho.
b. Review, merge and synthesize the habitat goals and objectives of existing bird conservation plans
into a coordinated planning document that reflects the species and habitat priorities of all bird
conservation programs in Idaho. This document is intended to guide the Management Board of the
IWJV, as well as IWJV partners, in implementing and updating statewide IWJV goals and objectives
for future bird conservation in Idaho.

5. Relationship between Idaho PIF and IWJV
High overlap in:
Priorities/objectives
People, organizations, etc.
Joint Venture brings habitat objectives/expertise
Partner in Flight brings bird identification/monitoring expertise
Joined forces to:
save time and money of participants and
help to focus limited monitoring and restoration dollars on projects that benefit many partners

6. Mission/Vision
Idaho Bird Conservation Partnership (IBCP) is designed to contribute to the management, science delivery, outreach, and conservation of birds and their habitats in Idaho.

7. Working groups Conservation Delivery Funding Acquisition
Information Management
Monitoring and Research
Outreach/Education and Citizen Science
Pressing Bird Conservation Issues
SWAP revision

8. Pressing Bird Conservation Issues
Role: identifying/prioritizing pressing issues
“Clearinghouse/sounding board/filter” for issues from IBCP community; rank issues, field suggestions
Develop “action plan” to address most pressing issue(s)
Evaluating progress and results
Initial ranked list with input from Steering Committee
Top-ranking current issues (action plans drafted):
(1) uncapped pipes, (2) scientific bird collecting, (3) entanglement in monofilament, (4) info need for raptor distribution (migration & winter), (5) conversion from flood irrigation to center-pivot

9. Conservation Delivery
Address rapid conversion of flooded agriculture to center pivot, and impacts to foraging birds in Upper Snake region
Possibly other regions too, including today’s tour area
“Traveling Training Workshops” for NRCS staff
NRCS Conservation Practices

10. Acknowledgments Steering Committee & Working Group leaders
Idaho TWS, IDFG, Idaho Power, NRCS, USFWS, IWJV, USFS, and BLM
Funding commitments
Interested in participating?