Resources, Grants and Tools for Partners
Posted August 4th, 2008

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Announcements

Western Field Ornithologists unveils new website
Includes the WFO newsletter on-line (visit the website to subscribe), regional reports, special opportunities for WFO members, science session abstracts from current and past meetings, summaries of Western Birds, and updates on future meetings.

The Nature Conservancy requests responses from WIMS users
TNC seeks info to justify the time and resources spent to maintain the Access files, create support documents and make WIMS 3 (Weed Information Management System) available for all.

“A Swift Night Out” seeks observations of swifts
Observation periods: August 8, 9, 10, and / or September 12, 13, 14
A continent-wide effort to raise awareness about and encourage interest in chimney swifts and Vaux's swifts. Go to the website for more info and details about submitting observations.

North American Bluebird Society
This non-profit organization promotes the conservation of bluebirds and other native cavity-nesting bird species in North America. NABS welcomes submissions to its quarterly journal of original articles that support education, research, and conservation.

Avian Knowledge Network now accepts bird banding data
AKN educates the public on the dynamics of bird populations, provides interactive decision-making tools for land managers, makes available a data resource for scientific research, and advances new exploratory analysis techniques to study bird populations. With the release of a banding extension to the Bird Monitoring Data Exchange (BMDE-Banding version 1.38), AKN now accepts bird banding data as well as field observations.

U.S Fish and Wildlife Service proposes revised critical habitat for marbled murrelet
Public comments accepted until September 29, 2008
The proposed revision would remove approximately 254,070 acres of forest land in northern California and Oregon from the 1996 designation of 3,887,800 acres.

Grants and Funding

Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (Section 6) Grants to States & Territories—Fiscal Year 2009
Deadline: September 22, 2008
Grants offered to U.S. states and territories fund participation in conservation projects for candidate, proposed and listed species. The US Fish and Wildlife Service is seeking proposals for the following three grant categories: Recovery Land Acquisition Grants, Habitat Conservation Planning Assistance Grants, HCP Land Acquisition Grants.

NOAA Community-based Marine Debris Prevention and Removal Project Grants
Deadline: October 31, 2008
Typical project awards will range from $15,000 to $150,000 for habitat restoration through the removal of marine debris.

National Estuarine Research Reserve Graduate Research Fellowship Program FY09
Deadline: November 1, 2008
Offers qualified master's and doctoral students the opportunity to address scientific questions of local, regional and national significance. Research Focus Areas: eutrophication, effects of non-point source pollution and/or nutrient dynamics; habitat conservation and/or restoration; biodiversity and/or the effects of invasive species; mechanisms for sustaining resources within estuarine ecosystems; economic, sociological, and/or anthropological research applicable to estuarine ecosystem management.

Tools and Resources

Flyways.us releases reports and tools
2008 Status of Waterfowl Report
Preliminary Harvest Estimates
Duck Numbers and Habitat Survey
Search Duck Band Data In Your State

Noxious, Invasive, and Alien Plant Species; A Challenge in Wetland Restoration and Enhancement
USDA. NRCS. Wetland Science Institute. Technical Note No. 190–72 (6 MB PDF file)
Defines categories of problem species, identifies threats to success caused by these species, and recommends methods of avoidance. Includes specific ID and control info for 13 plant species that have a significant negative impact on the functions and values of wetland restoration and enhancement projects.

The invasive species challenge in estuarine and coastal environments: Marrying management and science
Williams, S. L., and E. D. Grosholz. 2008. Estuaries and Coasts 31(1): 3-20.

Wetland Management Planning: A Guide for Site Managers
World Wildlife Fund, Wetlands International, IUCN & Ramsar Convention: 2008 (2.8 MB PDF file)

Climate Impacts Group summer 2008 newsletter includes climate change resources

• updated (2008) climate change scenarios for the Pacific Northwest
• Scientific Assessment of the Effects of Global Change on the United States
• Weather and Climate Extremes in a Changing Climate: Regions of Focus: North America, Hawaii, Caribbean, and U.S. Pacific Islands
• The Effects of Climate Change on Agriculture, Land Resources, Water Resources, and Biodiversity in the United States
• Preliminary Review of Adaptation Options for Climate-Sensitive Ecosystems and Resources

Feeding–Danger Trade-Offs Underlie Stopover Site Selection by Migrants
A. Pomeroy, D. Seaman, R. Butler, R. Elner, T. Williams, R. Ydenberg
Avian Conservation and Ecology, Vol. 3, Issue 1: June 2008
The authors evaluated factors “underlying stopover-site usage by migrant Western Sandpipers (Calidris mauri) on a landscape scale…. in the Strait of Georgia and Puget Sound region. This study demonstrates that both food and danger attributes are considered by migrant birds when selecting stopover sites, thus both these attributes should be considered to prioritize and manage stopover sites for conservation.”

Requests for conference abstracts and proposals

74th North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference
Refining the Relevance of Resource Management
March 16-21, 2009
Arlington, Virginia
Four special sessions have been announced: Measuring State Wildlife Action Plan Implementation; The Coursework of Conservation: Are University Curricula on Target?; Mixed Messages: Media and the Environment; Making the North American Model More Relevant to More Americans. Persons interested in being considered as presenters in a special session (and in submitting an authored or coauthored paper for the Conference Transactions) are urged to contact the appropriate chair as soon as possible.

Coastal and Estuarine Research Foundation 2009 Conference
Portland, Oregon
Call for Scientific Session and Workshop Proposals: Deadline—September 4, 2008
Conference: November 1-5, 2009

Conferences

Western Regional Panel on Aquatic Nuisance Species—Annual Meeting
September 9-11, 2008
Ft. Collins, Colorado

World Forestry Center Annual Summit: "Who Will Own the Forest 4?"
September 8-10, 2008
Early registration deadline: August 8, 2008
Portland, Oregon

Raptor Research Foundation 2008 Annual Conference
September 24-28, 2008
Missoula, Montana

Pacific Northwest Wildlife Connections
October 19-23, 2008
Oregon Zoo

The Wildlife Society 15th Annual Conference
November 8-12, 2008
Early registration deadline: October 10
Miami, Florida

Third North American Sea Duck Conference
November 10-14, 2008
Quebec City, Canada
Regular registration closes September 19, 2008

Proceedings

Wildlife and Invasive Plants: Finding Common Ground to Protect Ecological Diversity
(PDF | 224 KB) (Program and Abstracts)
Jan 30-31, 2007
Monterey, California

Just For Fun

The BirdLife Games are coming!
The Olympic Games are starting soon in Beijing. However, some of the world's greatest athletes are birds. To celebrate these amazing achievements, starting August 8th BirdLife International will run the BirdLife Games, a series of online events designed to see if you can spot a winner.

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