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Partners In Flight NewsletterOctober 2001National Third
International Partners In Flight Conference: A Workshop On Bird Conservation
Implementation And Integration in the Americas The
3rd Partners In Flight International Conference will be held 20-24 March 2002 at
the Asilomar State Park Conference Center near Monterey, California. The focus
will be on implementing all-bird conservation actions identified by Partners In
Flight, the North American Waterfowl Management Plan, the U. S. Shorebird
Conservation Plan and the North American Waterbird Conservation Plan.
The conference will have a strong international component with session
chairs and presenters from the U. S., Canada, Mexico, Central America, and the
Caribbean. For the latest
information, see http://www.prbo.org/PIF/NPIF2002.htm. Call For
Papers – Deadline 1 November 2001 Please
visit the conference web site and read through the Draft Program
(http://www.prbo.org/PIF/program.htm)
to better understand the scope and intent of this conference.
Although many papers will be invited, we will be including a number of
contributed papers. If you believe
you can contribute, please send either a brief description or an abstract of
your proposed oral presentation by 1
November 2001
to:
Dr. C. John Ralph Please
indicate in your proposal or abstract the session you anticipate contributing to
and include complete contact information for the lead author.
See site http://www.prbo.org/PIF/NPIF2002.htm
for further details. Registration On-line
registration is available at the conference web site (see above).
The early registration deadline is 1 December 2001.
We expect demand for the conference to exceed capacity so we strongly
encourage you to register early.—Terry Rich (terry_rich@fws.gov)
IAFWA
Annual Meeting Rescheduled In the wake of our national
disaster in September, the IAFWA Annual Meeting was rescheduled to 3-6 December
2001. It is our goal to help you
complete important IAFWA and other committee business in a manner that closely
resembles the original 31/2-day meeting format. Several non-IAFWA meetings will
be scheduled before and after those dates.
For details, see http://www.iafwa.org/.
September
11-12 National PIF Meetings The meeting of
the PIF Management Steering Committee went ahead as scheduled in Great Bend,
Kansas, despite the fact that our 2-day meeting was on 11-12 September 2001.
I would personally like to thank all the participants, and particularly
Ken Brunson and friends from Kansas, for making the meeting productive.
Although we were stunned and shocked, as was the rest of the nation, we
agreed that moving ahead was one small way we could combat terrorism.
Minutes will be posted on the web site when they are available.—Terry
Rich (terry_rich@fws.gov)
2000
Partners In Flight Awards The Partners in Flight Awards Committee announces the winners of
the 2000 PIF Awards. The following
eight individuals and groups are recognized for their exceptional
accomplishments and contributions to the field of migratory bird conservation.
Investigations: North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences is the state's oldest
and most complete storehouse of bird data. The bird collection has been
maintained for 125 years and includes a bird specimen collection as well as an
extensive photo and field data collections. The museum staff has been involved
in myriad projects with titles such as: Swainson's Warbler Project, Breeding
Bird Atlas, Birds in bogs, Westvaco Project on Birds in Pine Monoculture,
Southern Appalachian birds, Bahamas Slide Project, Status and Conservation of
West Indian Seabirds, and Endemic Southern Appalachian Birds. The Museum is the
repository of the Partners in Flight point count database. Museum staff are very
active in PIF at the committee level and will host the 2002 North Carolina PIF
Annual Meeting.
Investigations: Dr. Matt Rowe Matt Rowe has focused his investigations on the needs of birds in
high-elevation habitats of the Southern Blue Ridge Mountains. Northern Saw-whet
Owls have been a primary focus of his research, as well as neotropical migrants,
such as Golden-winged Warbler. His expertise brings hope to a region that has
been plagued with habitat loss and changes due to air pollution effects. He
works on a regional planning committee to help restore spruce habitat at high
elevations on North Carolina. Matt
is on the Scientific Council of North Carolina, very active on several PIF
committees, and is a well-known presenter at scientific meetings throughout the
Southeast.
Stewardship: Douglas Harr Douglas Harr has overseen public and private land habitat
restoration in the Prairie Potholes Joint Venture in a five-county area of
northwestern Iowa. He has directed the expansion of tallgrass prairie wetland
habitat in the region from 2,500 to 11,000 acres over the last 14 years. He has
focused on increasing the size of core habitat blocks and has been instrumental
in having four NAWCA projects approved since 1987. Doug has been effective in
involving private landowners in habitat restoration projects and in gaining
broad support for migratory bird programs. Doug is an avid birder, writes 30 or
more bird related articles a year, and gives 50 or more presentations a year to
diverse audiences.
Stewardship: Holloman Air Force Base Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico constructed 300 acres of
wetlands as part of a program to upgrade their wastewater treatment facility.
Instead of constructing a conventional treatment system, they were able to
provide valuable habitat for the PIF priority species, Western Snowy Plover and
American Avocet, as well as increase nesting habitat for Snowy Egrets, Green
Herons and Black-necked Stilts. Research projects by staff at New Mexico State
University and others are underway at the wetland sites. Cooperative public
education projects by both White Sands National Monument and the World Wildlife
Fund have been spawned. The Mesilla Valley Audubon Society and the Otero County
Bird Club have helped with assistance in bird monitoring. Duck hunters have been
active in clean-up of the area. The project has received several other notable
awards for environmental enhancements.
Public Awareness: Lois Loges The sharing of information through the Partners in Flight web site
at the USGS Pautuxent Wildlife Research Center has been extremely important to
many of us involved in bird management. Lois Loges has made this all possible.
She has used her skills to create a beautiful and extremely friendly site. She
has received the praises of the BLM for her work to make available the Bird
Conservation Plans, the DOD for the New Bird Conservation Directory, and the
USGS for developing and populating a searchable database for all of the research
needs identified within PIF Bird Conservation Plans. All this is done in
addition to her regular duties of serving all the web sites and those sites
supported by the USGS.
Public Awareness: Dr. Marshall Brooks Marshall Brooks is the chair of the North Carolina Education and
outreach working group and has focused on providing quality bird conservation
information via media and presentations. Marshall initiated the North Carolina
PIF web page and succeeded in locating it on the Wesleyan College server. He has
inspired many to volunteer to become involved in PIF activities and has been a
major catalyst for the success of the North Carolina PIF Program. He has
received a grant to provide professional training to make NC Wesleyan College
into a more environmentally sound campus. Students will be trained to serve as
environmental stewards for schools throughout eastern North Carolina.
He has also received the 2000 North Carolina PIF "volunteer of the
year award."
Leadership: Margie Latta Margie Latta was the co-chair of the Arizona PIF.
Margie's energy, enthusiasm and leadership kept the diverse groups of
scientists, agency personnel and interested people involved in the multi-year
effort to produce the Arizona PIF Bird Conservation Plan. Much of the Arizona
Plan has been included in the Landbird Strategic Plan completed in 2000 by the
USDA Forest Service. Margie
established a clearinghouse for information on Arizona Important Bird Areas. She
has been heavily involved in education and outreach through International
Migratory Bird Day. Producing
t-shirts, slide shows, articles in Arizona Wildlife Views, professional
presentations, and designing and compiling the Western Working Group newsletter
as editor are just a few of her other activities. Arizona takes a lead role in
bird conservation planning in the West because of Margie.
Leadership: Dr. Daniel Petit Dan Petit worked for five years with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service as its Partners in Flight Coordinator. He demonstrated exceptional
leadership and helped move PIF from a burgeoning initiative to a significant
national and international bird conservation effort. Dan made sure that PIF conservation goals were incorporated
into the Service's regional and field efforts throughout the country. He was
instrumental in helping to move the PIF Physiographic Plans from a concept to
reality. Dan promoted the
International Migratory Bird Day in to a centerpiece of national outreach
involving hundreds of events throughout the country with 1000s of participants.
His enthusiasm and work ethic was contagious and spread to dozens of people. All
the while he continued to do his own scientific research to advance the
biological foundations of the program, much of which was done on his own
personal time.-- Brad Jacobs (jacobb@mail.conservation.state.mo.us).
[Editor’s Note: The
PIF 2000 awardees will be officially recognized at the Asilomar Conference.] 2001 PIF Award Nominations Nominations forms for the 2001 PIF Awards should be requested from Richard Fischer (fischer@wes.army.mil). New
Partners In Flight Web Page Contact For
many years, Janet Ruth has served as our contact for getting information on to
the PIF web site. Janet did this as
only one of many regular job duties at USGS-BRD in Fort Collins, CO.
Before Janet handed this job off, she helped to completely redesign the
PIF web site. If you haven’t been
there for a while, check it out – it’s very nice.
Now, Chris Eberly, the lead for PIF in the Department of Defense (http://www.dodpif.org),
has taken over this job. Chris will
continue to work with Lois Loges at the USGS Pautuxent Wildlife Research Center. Lois is a recipient of a PIF 2000 award (see below) for her
continuing contributions to our outreach and communications needs.
So, please contact Chris (ceberly@dodpif.org)
with news, minutes, meeting
announcements and other items that you would like to see posted. NAWCA
Council Supports Integrated Projects The
preamble to North American Wetlands Conservation Act (Act) of 1989 states: “To
conserve North American wetland ecosystems and waterfowl and other migratory
birds and fish and wildlife that depend upon such habitats.” To implement this
lofty goal, the Act established a matching grants program and a North American
Wetlands Conservation Council (Council) to review and recommend project
proposals for funding to the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission
(Commission), the Act’s funding authority. Over the past 4 years, an average
of $44 million has been available annually to meet the purposes of At
its March 2001 meeting, the Wetlands Council came to this conclusion: “. . .as
a stated goal, the Council will give priority to projects that demonstrate
contributions to the priorities of the major international and national
migratory bird conservation plans. The Council directs staff to highlight
projects that, taken as a whole slate, will provide major contributions to bird
conservation across all wetland- associated taxonomic groups.” The
NAWCA council ("Wetlands Council") met in July 2001 and approved a
slate of projects that many believe have unprecedented benefits to priority
birds of the "other" initiatives besides waterfowl - including some
excellent projects in grasslands, a project on the Rio Grande, and a project
that has benefits for Henslow's Sparrows and Golden-winged Warblers.
This was in large part because the council, at their December 2000
meeting, requested a slate of projects that represent the best projects for all
wetlands associated birds in the U. S. The
Council is stepping up to the plate and will continue this if they have the best
of "other bird" projects to consider.
So please consider soliciting wetlands projects to NAWCA that are the
best in your region for passerines, shorebirds, or waterbirds, and can be
justified by national/regional plans. Those
projects will compete well.—Bob Ford (Robert_P_Ford@fws.gov)
North
American Waterfowl Management Plan and 1998 Plan Update The
subject document is now readily available for the first time. Go to http://birdhabitat.fws.gov,
click on Bird Conservation Plans, North American Waterfowl Management Plan, and
1998 Plan Update in that order. It is a PDF file so you will need to have
Acrobat reader to access it.--Bettina Sparrowe (bettina_sparrowe@fws.gov) Bird
Watching Continues to Grow According to an article by Joel Garreau of the Washington Post on May 9, "It seems that the fastest-growing outdoor activity in North America by far is bird watching, according to the National Survey on Recreation and the Environment. More than 71 million Americans -- one in four -- watch birds, according to the NSRE." Previously, bird watching was second only to gardening, growing 150% in the past 10 years. For the complete NSRE report, see http://www.srs.fs.fed.us/trends/nsre.html. Electric
Fencing Killing Hummingbirds ? A local birder in Albuquerque has reported
that the electric fence system he has in his yard to keep out rabbits is
apparently wrecking havoc on hummingbirds.
He has found 10+ dead hummers this fall at the base of the standard
low-profile electric fence. The
support posts have a bright yellow "conductor" which supports the
electrical line. Apparently the
perched hummingbirds are being electrocuted when they attempt to
"feed" on the yellow supporters/conductors, thereby completing the
circuit. The validity and/or extent
of this problem is not known. Please
contact me if you have any information on this issue.—Dave Krueper (dave_krueper@fws.gov)
National Research Initiative Competitive Grants This
notice announces the availability of the FY 2002 solicitation for applications
which is titled the ``NRI Program Description and Guidelines for Proposal
Preparation'' for the National Research Initiative (NRI) Competitive Grants
Program administered by the Competitive Research Grants and Awards Management
Division, Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES).
The solicitation invites applications for competitive grant awards in
agricultural, forest, and related environmental sciences.
CSREES also requests stakeholder input regarding the FY 2002 NRI program
solicitation from any interested party. Consult
the NRI home page (www.reeusda.gov/nri)
for up-to-date information. Wetlands Newslink Wetlands
NewsLink is a monthly news service supported by the Association of
State Wetland Managers, Inc., USFWS International Affairs office and the
U.S. Geological Survey. Submissions
are encouraged – any international news is welcome that might be of interest
to others. Submissions should be
sent to: Luquer@aswm.org. Subscribership to Wetlands NewsLink is available to anyone
who asks. For U.S. Wetlands News go
to: http://www.aswm.org/br-news.htm
and for the past two issues of Wetlands NewsLink on the web go to www.aswm.org/wetlandsnewslink.--Heidi
Luquer (luquer@vermontel.net) ConserveOnline from The Nature Conservancy ConserveOnline
is a public library of conservation tools, techniques, and experience, and a
community of conservation practitioners. This site provides information to
anyone making conservation-related decisions, from the staff of conservation
organizations to land managers at government agencies to local land trusts to
private landowners. ConserveOnline is an open forum for sharing successes and
failures, and for connecting scientific research with field-based conservation
practice. Under “General
Subjects” and “Birds” you will find Species Management Abstracts for 137
bird species. [Editor’s note:
These are much more than just abstracts.]--David
Mehlman (dmehlman@tnc.org) American
Birding Association Opportunities for Birders The
ABA will publish its 11th annual directory in February 2002, and will publish
the directory on their web site before the end of the year. The directory will
list bird-related volunteer opportunities in the U. S., Canada, Latin America,
and elsewhere. To include your projects in the new directory, they need your Trilateral
Committee for Wildlife and Ecosystem Conservation and Management Web Site This
new website (www.trilat.org) has
information on the joint wildlife conservation efforts of Canada, Mexico, and
the U.S. Produced by the
Biodiversity Information Working Group, the site facilitates the flow of
information among the Committee’s member nations.
Information is available in English, French, and Spanish.
Since 1996, the Trilateral Committee has brought together the three
federal wildlife agencies of each nation: Environment Canada, SEMARNAT, and the
USFWS, to collaborate on wildlife issues of mutual concern.
Among these issue are: shared species (such as the Monarch butterfly and
the endangered Sonoran pronghorn); law enforcement; biodiversity information;
sustainable use of wildlife; migratory bird and wetland conservation; the
conservation agenda of each nation’s executive branch; and the USFWS’s
grant-giving program, Wildlife Without Borders-Mexico.
Birds
of Conservation Concern 2001 The
1988 amendment to the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act mandates the USFWS to
“identify species, subspecies, and populations of all migratory nongame birds
that, without additional conservation actions, are likely to become candidates
for listing under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.”
Birds of Conservation Concern 2001 is the most recent effort to carry out
this proactive conservation mandate. Birds
of Conservation Concern 2001, differs significantly from previous editions by
encompassing three distinct geographic scales (Bird Conservation Regions, USFWS
Regions, and National) and uses conservation prioritization scores from three
major bird conservation initiatives, Partners in Flight, U.S. Shorebird
Conservation Plan, and North American Waterbird Conservation Plan.
Bird
species considered for inclusion on lists in this report include nongame birds,
gamebirds without hunting seasons, subsistence hunted birds, federal Endangered
Species Act candidate species, and delisted species.
The thresholds for inclusion on a Bird Conservation Region list were Tier
I (>22) for PIF and a 4 or 5 for the Shorebird Plan and the Waterbird
Plan. Following development of Bird
Conservation Region lists, specific criteria were developed for inclusion on
USFWS Region and National lists. BCR
lists ranged from 8-48 species, USFWS lists ranged from 28-88 species, and the
National list consisted of 144 species. The
document will be available on USFWS website and hard copies from the Division of
Migratory Bird Management.—Cyndi Perry (cyndi_perry@fws.gov)
North
American Shorebird Assessment and Monitoring Program The "North American Shorebird
Assessment and Monitoring Program" can now be downloaded at the Manomet
home page, http://www.manomet.org/USSCP/files.htm.--
Jon Bart (jbart@eagle.boisestate.edu) New
York City Light Pollution Bill Passed A
Light Pollution Bill passed the New York State Assembly and Senate
overwhelmingly on 21 June 2001. The
NYC Audubon Society strongly supports this legislation because night lighting is
a major factor in birds collisions at skyscrapers.
Although this bill applies only to state-owned buildings, it is an
excellent first step and sets a precedent for the nation.
For more info, visit www2.ggw.org/selene/.
--Rebekah Creshkoff (rebekah.creshkoff@chase.com) North American Waterbird
Conservation Plan Newsletter
A waterbird newsletter is
now being compiled. Contact Melanie
Steinkamp (melanie_steinkamp@usgs.gov)
or Jennifer Wheeler (Jennifer_A_Wheeler@fws.gov)
for details. Center
for Field Research CFR
will consider proposals for field research in any discipline that can Chimney
Swift Roost Project The
Center for Conservation Biology at the College of William and Mary in Virginia
is seeking continent-wide information on chimney swift roost sites.
In late August, we launched a website to that effect which can be
accessed at www.swiftwatch.org.
This effort has two purposes. The
first is to generate a range-wide registry of communal roost sites for the
species. The second is to access information on spatial and temporal
patterns of migration to assist in the long-term conservation of chimney swifts
and their important stopover habitats.—SwiftWatch (conbio@wm.edu) IAFWA
Migratory Bird Workshops To
assist the states in enhancing their bird conservation efforts, the IAFWA
applied for and received a Federal Aid Administrative grant to hold integrated
migratory bird workshops. This
grant provides funds for 15-20 training workshops for state wildlife biologists
and land managers, and other partners throughout the U. S. over the next three
years. Each workshop will be hosted by a state wildlife agency but
will be open to other key bird and habitat management players.
Watch for specific workshop announcements in
the near future.--Naomi Edelson (nedelson@sso.org) Inside
IAFWA - Newsletter The International
Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (IAFWA) has been absolutely critical
in the advancement of PIF and of landbird conservation.
The association's newsletter, Inside IAFWA, is now available
electronically on a monthly basis. To sign up, please complete the Inside
IAFWA Request Form. http://www.iafwa.org/documents/iafwa_newsletter.htm.
Western
Working Group Meeting - Fallon, Nevada 10-12 October 2001 The
WWG will devote a substantial portion of this meeting to monitoring issues and
many members of the PIF National Monitoring Working Group will be there.
We will be looking for regional linkages that can be made, gaps that need
work, and how to coordinate monitoring over a large/regional scale.
The products will be recommendations for making monitoring more
efficient, having better coverage, having better coordination, where best to
spend money to make an impact, etc. Anyone
interested in future strategies for landbird monitoring should participate.
A field trip to Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge will round out the
meeting.—Carol Beardmore (CBeardmore@gf.state.az.us).
Southeastern Working Group Steering Committee Meeting – Louisville, 13
October 2001 The
SEWG Steering Committee will meet on 13 October 2001 in association with the Southeastern
Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 55th
Annual Conference (http://www.kdfwr.state.ky.us/seafwa.htm). Midwest
Working Group Meeting – Des Moines, 9 December 2001 The Midwest Working Group
and Midwest North American Bird Conservation Initiative will both meet on
Sunday, 9 December 2001, in Des Moines, Iowa, in connection with the 63rd
Midwest Fish
and Wildlife Conference. For
details see http://www.state.ia.us/midwest2001
or contact Greg Butcher (gregbutcherwi@hotmail.com)
Wildspace – Bird
Species Information and Range Maps Over the past 50 years, the
Canadian Wildlife Service (CWS) has undertaken many wildlife surveys and
research projects in Ontario. The WILDSPACETM website contains
results of many of these studies, particularly for bird species and their
habitats in Canada. Notably, the CWS
- Ontario Region developed a series of digital range maps in the 90's for 435
species that breed in Canada. Versions
of these maps are in use by the Forest Service and Bird Studies Canada.
Image versions of the maps are presented on the web site as part of each
species account at http://wildspace.ec.gc.ca/.--Steve
Wendt (Steve.Wendt@ec.gc.ca) Development
of Integrated Conservation Biology Curriculum Materials for Tropical Countries A
largely unappreciated dimension of the biodiversity crisis is that in tropical
countries, where most of the world's biota resides, comprehensive training
opportunities for conservation biologists are limited.
An important root of the problem is a lack of relevant training materials
in an appropriate language of instruction, particularly at the university level. To address the issue, we are undertaking an effort to develop an
integrated set of conservation biology training materials useful at the
undergraduate, graduate, and professional levels for universities in tropical
countries. This collective effort is being overseen by the Center for
Biodiversity and Conservation at the American Museum of Natural History, in
cooperation with the Education Committee of the Society for Conservation
Biology. The goal is to generate for each of a broad range of topics in
conservation biology. For details
see (http://research.amnh.org/biodiversity).--Dr.
Eleanor J. Sterling (biodiversity2@amnh.org)
A new PIF brochure is being
prepared. The first rough draft
will be circulated to the MSC and to other interested parties in the near
future. And just a reminder that we
are always looking for good short articles for Bird Conservation magazine.
Contact me for a list of future topics.—Merrie Morrison (mmorr@abcbirds.org)
See Western Working Group
meeting above. Third International
PIF Conference See lead article. Landscape-level Tools for Regional Bird Conservation Planning
- Symposium at 63rd Midwest Fish and
Wildlife Conference As
we enter a new and exciting era of all-bird conservation planning, it becomes
increasingly important to develop initiatives from a landscape perspective.
Significant challenges include locating areas of high quality habitat for
conservation of particular guilds and priority species, making sure that species
are not inadvertently left out of the regional planning process, avoiding
duplication of efforts, and prioritizing land areas for public acquisition and
restoration. Effective bird
conservation requires visualizing the North American landscape with overlapping
perspectives--ownership boundaries, current land use, actual and potential
vegetation cover, known species distributions, and the special needs of
particular species. In the last few
years, we have seen a proliferation of largely GIS-based tools to facilitate
this planning process. What tools
are currently available in the Midwest, what are the goals of bird conservation
planners, and what are the pros and cons of different GIS approaches relative to
those goals? This symposium will tackle the above questions.
See http://www.state.ia.us/midwest2001
for details. North
Carolina PIF Annual Meeting The
2002 NC PIF Annual Meeting is set for 12 March 2002 at the NC Museum of Natural
Sciences in Raleigh, NC. This also will be a good chance to check out
the outstanding new exhibits put in last year at the museum. The general meeting
will focus on International efforts to further bird conservation, and will be
followed later by a meeting of the NCPIF Steering Committee and State Working
Group.--Mark E. Johns (johnsme@mindspring.com) The
9th Alaska Bird Conference The
subject conference will take place 6-8 March 6-8 2002 at Wedgewood Resort in
Fairbanks, Alaska. Details for the
conference will be posted on Alaska Bird Observatory's web site (http://www.alaskabird.org).
-- Nancy DeWitt (ndewitt@alaskabird.org.)
3rd
North American Ornithological Conference The Cooper Ornithological
Society, American Ornithologists’ Union, Raptor Research Foundation, and
Society of Canadian Ornithologists/Societe des Ornithologistes du Canada will
meet jointly for the 3rd North
American Ornithological Conference (NAOC) in New Orleans, 24-30
Sep 2002. The NAOC
meets every four years. See http://www.tulane.edu/~naoc-02/
for details.—Kim Smith (kgsmith@comp.uark.edu) Birds Of Two Worlds: Advances In The Ecology And Evolution Of Temperate-Tropical Migration Systems From
6-10 March 2002, the Smithsonian Institution will host a symposium at the National
Conservation Training Center in Shepherdstown, WV to synthesize recent
cutting-edge findings on the ecology and evolution of migratory birds. This
meeting will bring together world-renowned experts for a series of invited
talks, round table discussions, and a contributed poster session on the
following major subject areas: Evolution of Migration Systems, Adaptations for
Two Worlds, Ecology of Long Distance Movements, Social Systems: Bridging the
Seasons, Population Structure of Migrants Through the Year, and When is the
Crunch? The symposium is organized
by Russell Greenberg of the Smithsonian
Migratory Bird Center and Peter Marra of the Smithsonian
Environmental Research Center. See http://natzoo.si.edu/smbc/birdsof2worlds.htm
for details. Fifth National Quail Symposium The
National Quail Symposium slated for 23-27 January 2002 at the Omni Bayfront
Hotel in Corpus Christi. The
symposium will attract over 300 scientists from throughout North America who
share a common interest in the conservation of this group.
The National Quail Symposium is conducted every five years, and the
meeting here is the fifth such event. The
theme for QUAIL V is "Quail management: issues, concerns, and solutions for
public and private lands." Over 50 technical papers on various aspects of
quail management and research will be presented. See www.ckwri.tamuk.edu/quail-symposium/. Other Meetings See meetings listed in the
Ornithological Newsletter (http://www.ornith.cornell.edu
/OSNA/139.htm#meet). Sherry
Ritter
has accepted a position as Research Coordinator for the Bitterroot National
Forest in Hamilton, Montana. Sherry
has served as the Idaho PIF Coordinator for the last four years and, before
that, was the Wyoming PIF Coordinator. Sherry
particularly acknowledges the tremendous support of Wayne Melquist of the Idaho
Department of Fish and Game, and Dan Davis of the Clearwater National Forest.
Sherry was extremely productive as a state PIF leader in both states and
will be greatly missed. However, we believe her new role will provide further
opportunities to do the right things for bird conservation. The
Nongame Program of the Idaho Department of Fish and Game is going to hire a
nongame bird biologist. This will be a 2/3-time position in the Boise office.
One of that person's duties will be to coordinate Idaho PIF. --Wayne Melquist (wmelquis@idfg.state.id.us). Janet
Ruth
(USGS-BRD) and Dave Krueper (USFWS) were married on 30 September 2001.
Both have been contributing to PIF for the last decade as individuals.
With the newly created synergy, we expect much more out of both!
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