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National Park Service Programs
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In 2001, Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory (RMBO) and the U.S. Forest Service (USFS)
began a partnership to monitor bird populations on USFS lands. The count-based survey
protocol is designed to provide statistically rigorous long-term trend data for
populations of most diurnal, regularly occurring breeding landbird species. In the
short term, these programs provide information needed to effectively manage and
conserve bird populations on National Forest Service lands, including bird species’
spatial distribution, abundance, and relationship to important habitat characteristics.
In addition, these cooperative projects support individual management units’ efforts
to comply with requirements set forth in the National Forest Management Act and
other statutes and regulations.
National Grasslands provide valuable habitat for endemic grassland species within
a deteriorating and fragmented landscape. Before the initiation of RMBO’s National
Grassland monitoring programs, there were no long term bird-monitoring programs
for National Grasslands. RMBO’s National Grassland programs aim to understand population
trends of grassland birds and underlying factors contributing to such trends, which
will help direct management actions for the preservation of bird populations and
their grassland ecosystem.
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Annual Reports of NPS Monitoring programs
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monitoring protocols
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(Juniper Titmouse photo by Tony Randell)
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Northern Colorado Plateau Network
(photo by Jeff Birek)
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In 2005, RMBO and the National Park Service initiated Monitoring Birds of the National
Park Service, Northern Colorado Plateau Network (NCPN), which includes 11 National
Parks and monuments in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming. This program focuses on three
habitats - low-elevation riparian, pinyon-juniper, and sage shrubland.
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Chihuahuan Desert Network
(photo by Arvind Panjabi)
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In 2009, RMBO and the National Park Service will initiate Monitoring Birds of the
National Park Service, Chihuahuan Desert Network (CDN). The CDN includes seven national
parks and monuments in Texas and New Mexico.
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Northern Great Plains Network
(photo by Bill Schmoker)
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In 2009, RMBO and the National Park Service will initiate Monitoring Birds of the
National Park Service, Northern Great Plains Network (NGPN). The NGPN includes 13
National Parks and monuments in North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and eastern
Wyoming.
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Sonoran Desert Network
(photo by Jeff Birek)
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In 2009, RMBO and the National Park Service will initiate Monitoring Birds of the
National Park Service, Sonoran Desert Network (CDN), which includes 10 National
Parks and monuments in Arizona and southwestern New Mexico.
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