Posted February 6th, 2008

Grants

Grants Available

U.S. NAWCA Standard Grants Deadline: March 7

Coastal Counties Restoration Initiative Deadline: March 24

Sponsored by the National Association of Counties and NOAA. Financial assistance for county-led or supported projects. $500,000 available In 2008 to improve stream, river, estuarine and other important marine habitats. Grants will range from $50,000-$100,000.

Tools

All-bird Bulletin
January 2008 special issue: the importance of monitoring

Articles include: The Importance of Monitoring, Monitoring with a Purpose, Avoiding Monitoring Pitfalls, The Avian Knowledge Network, Technological Advances for Bird Monitoring, and Assessing Conservation Status of Poorly Monitored Birds.

Coastal Land Cover and Change Maps

Coastal land cover and change maps, circa 1996-2001, are available for the conterminous U.S. from NOAA’s Coastal Services Center.

Ecological Assessment Methods Database
National Biological Information Infrastructure

This searchable database focuses on methods and includes guidance documents on key classification systems, sampling protocol, or method critiques. Included is a diverse representation of peer-reviewed methods for use in a wide range of resource settings and applications.

Statistical/Modeling Tools for the Design and Analysis of Conservation Monitoring Data
The Schlinger Conservation Modeling Project
UC Santa Cruz and The Nature Conservancy

The website includes has explanations of each tool presented and a spreadsheet for analysis, as well as other monitoring resources.

TerraLook: Satellite Imagery to view a changing world
U.S. Geological Survey

TerraLook provides both ASTER and Landsat data as simulated natural-color JPEG images. TerraLook serves users who have a need for images of the Earth but do not have technical remote sensing expertise or access to expensive and specialized scientific image processing software.

Conferences

AOU/COS/SCO 2008 Meeting
Call for abstracts: due April 15
Conference: August 4-8
Portland, Oregon

Sponsored by the American Ornithologists' Union, the Cooper Ornithological Society and the Society of Canadian Ornithologists.

Opportunities for Partnership/Collaboration

Exploring collaboration: PIF, PARC, Bats and Pollinators

Brainstorming meeting to examine the overlap in conservation interests of Partners in Flight, Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation, theWestern Bat Working Group, and theNorth American Pollinator Protection Campaign. If interested in exploring collaboration among these initiatives, please contact Terry Rich, USFWS and Partners in Flight.

Birds and biodiversity

Shorebird Research Group of the Americas
Launches New Website

The SRGA encourages collaborative working groups, facilitates communication between individuals and groups, and acts as a clearing house for emerging ideas and issues related to shorebirds. Its next meeting will be held in Mexico in Spring 2009.

Climate change

Buying Time: A User’s Manual for Building Resistance and Resilience to Climate Change in Natural Systems (1.1 MB PDF)
World Wildlife Fund

Chapter 9: Regional Biodiversity Impact Assessments for Climate Change: A Guide for Protected Area Managers.

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