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Region 3
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Annual Reports of USFS Region 3 monitoring programs
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USFS Region 3 data from RMBO’s monitoring database
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Kaibab National Forest
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(photo by Greg Levandoski)
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In 2007, RMBO, in conjunction with Kaibab National Forest (KNF), implemented Year
1 of Monitoring Birds of Kaibab National Forest (MBKNF). This program monitors bird
species in three different habitats (Woodland/Grassland, Mixed-Conifer, and Ponderosa
Pine), including some U.S. Forest Service Region 3 Sensitive Species and KNF Management
Indicator Species.
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Coconino National Forest
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(Pygmy Nuthatch photo by Bill Schmoker)
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In 2008, RMBO, in conjunction with Coconino National Forest (CNF), began the first
year of Monitoring Birds of Coconino National Forest (MBCNF). The point counts,
which occur in three different habitats (Aspen, Pinyon-juniper, and Ponderosa Pine),
will monitor breeding species, including some U.S. Forest Service Region 3 Sensitive
Species and CNF Management Indicator Species.
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Kiowa and Rita Blanca National Grasslands
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In 2007, RMBO, under contract with the U.S. Forest Service, implemented a grassland
bird monitoring program on Kiowa and Rita Blanca National Grasslands, located in
the south central portion of the Shortgrass Prairie Bird Conservation Region. The
objective is to monitor population trends and distribution of shortgrass prairie
birds at the scale of a National Grassland, using section-based survey techniques.
Monitoring at this scale provides Grassland-specific data, resulting in more effective
land management decisions regarding conservation of shortgrass prairie birds and
their habitat.
(photo Bill Schmoker)
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