Spring officially started this week, but for many of us it had already begun. Back in February, unseasonably warm temperatures swept over much of North America, buds began opening on trees, and flowers began to bloom weeks early. Naturally, birders began to ask: Will our migratory birds come back earlier, too? That question doesn’t have a simple yes or no answer because the timing of bird migration is . . . complicated. Every species is slightly different; short-term changes in weather do have an impact, but so do a variety of other innate and environmental factors. Here’s a quick primer
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In an effort to improve wildlife habitat in N.C., the Wildlife Resources Commission continues to conduct prescribed burns on game lands across the state. Prescribed burns, also known as controlled burns, are one of the most beneficial and cost-effective methods for managing and improving habitat for wildlife. This simple and effective management tool helps the Commission restore and maintain wildlife habitat on nearly 2 million acres of game lands. Many of North Carolina’s declining or rare wildlife species like the Red-cockaded woodpecker and the Bachman’s sparrow are adapted to fire or can only survive in fire-assisted habitat. Burning encourages production
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Partners in Flight (PIF) is excited to announce the release of its newly revised and updated website! The URL hasn’t changed – it is still www.partnersinflight.org– but it has a fresh new look and in-depth information on current science and conservation activities across our landbird network. It builds upon and adds to the content many found useful from the old PIF site. The updated site continues to serve as the online home of the 2016 PIF Landbird Conservation Plan. It now also provides improved access to a wealth of landbird conservation resources and invites people to get engaged in PIF’s mission
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The greater bird conservation community has identified a need for human dimensions success stories to be collected, organized, and shared with the community. As such, the North American Bird Conservation Initiative (NABCI) Human Dimensions Subcommittee has volunteered to take on this project and we’ve created the following Google form to help collect and characterize the success stories where human dimensions/social science has been used to benefit bird conservation. For the purposes of this data collection, success is defined as some sort of management, program (or approach), monitoring or conservation status change in response to considering/collecting the HD information. For example, what changed
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We are very happy to celebrate another successful year for the Appalachian Mountains Joint Venture (AMJV) partnership by sharing our Year in Review publication. Our partnership’s bird conservation work in 2016 expanded our on-the-ground efforts throughout the Appalachians. Some major highlights from this past year included: The first full year of implementation of our Cerulean Warbler Appalachian Forestland Enhancement Project, with 47 landowner contracts enrolling 1,900 acres and obligating almost $1.1 million towards Cerulean Warbler conservation. Partners working with NRCS to revise and enhance Golden-winged Warbler conservation efforts through Working Lands for Wildlife (WLFW). AMJV staff and partners also worked with Partners
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Check out the Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy achievements from 2016. This issue also includes stories about new land protection, volunteer work days, habitat management, and our Community Farm, as well as info about upcoming Spring and Summer events. Check out View from the Highlands Annual Report.
The 2023 AMJV Impact Report is now available for downloading and sharing! Starting in 2022, this beautiful report has been designed annually by Liz Brewer (AMJV Outreach Specialist) to…
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by Liz Brewer, AMJV Outreach Specialist Appalachian Mountains Joint Venture (AMJV), in partnership with the National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF), USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA-NRCS), and the West Virginia…
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The new AMJV 2022 Impact Report is now available for downloading and sharing! This beautiful report was designed by Liz (AMJV Outreach Specialist) to be handed out to congressional leadership…
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