In 1995, RMBO, in conjunction with the Colorado Division of Wildlife, the United
States Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management and the National Park Service,
began efforts to create and conduct a Colorado-wide program to monitor breeding
bird populations. This was the first attempt in the nation to develop and implement
a statewide all-bird monitoring plan. Since 1999, RMBO has expanded its monitoring
efforts to include neighboring states using a similar transect selection protocol
and survey methodology. In addition to monitoring bird populations, the state-wide
monitoring programs generate information useful in managing birds (e.g., habitat
associations, avian spatial distribution). These monitoring programs also are consistent
with goals emphasized by the U.S. North American Bird Conservation Initiative Committee
(U.S. NABCI Monitoring Subcommittee, 2007).
Click here to download Annual Reports of state Monitoring programs
Click here to download monitoring protocols
Click here to query data from RMBO’s monitoring database
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