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(ECP and CTSP grantees, reports, and other sites of interest for
conservation geography, mapping and GIS. Grantees are coded by
program and year of grant at the end of their name/state, i.e. e91 means
ECP grant in 1991. c=cstp, cm=ctsp-mac, cs=ctsp-software)
Peregrine Fund, Boise, ID e92
(566 West Flying Hawk Lane, Boise, Idaho 83709 Ph. 208-362-3716, Fax
208-362-2376 email, tpf@peregrinefund.org) ...working to conserve biological
diversity and enhance environmental health of birds by focusing on management
and conservation of species and their habitat, and through education and
scientific investigation. see: Madagascar
Project. " ...The Peregrine Fund is helping the Malagasy Government
and local people solve this problem by creating two new protected areas.
The first is in a wetland on the west coast of the island. It will protect
almost half the breeding population of endangered Madagascar Fish Eagles.
Here we are working with local people to help them become the guardians
of the wetlands they share with the eagle, and which provide fish to eat
and other natural resources to the people... " . other projects:
Peregrine Falcon Recovery - Eastern & Central USA, Peregrine Falcon
Recovery - Western US,A Aplomado Falcon Restoration, California Condor
Restoration, Bald Eagle Release and Recovery, Hawaiian Bird Conservation
& Restoration, Arctic Peregrine Falcon, Iceland Gyrfalcon, Migrant
and Wintering Raptors, Maya Project, Songbird Research and Conservation,
Former Soviet Union, Europe, Mauritius Kestrel, Madagascar Project, Pan
Africa Conservation Program, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Arabia, Philippine Eagle
Conservation, Asia-Pacific. Their Harpy
Eagle Conservation Project was a 1997 winner in the Computerworld
Smithsonian Awards Program: "Focusing on the most powerful eagle
in the world, our international team integrated the Global Positioning
System (GPS), Satellite Telemetry (ARGOS), Geographic Information System
software (GIS), and communication technology to boost and demonstrate
local capacity for conservation of Neotropical rainforests."
Platte River Whooping Crane Maintenance
Trust, Ne e98. ( 6611 W Whooping Crane Dr, Wood River, NE 68883 USA
tel:308-384-4633, fax:308-384-7209, email:trust@whoopingcrane.org.)
"The Platte River Whooping Crane Maintenance Trust, Inc. is a
501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation of migratory
bird habitat along Nebraska's Platte River. The Trust's mission is to
protect and maintain the physical, hydrological, and biological integrity
of the Big Bend area of the river (Overton to Grand Island), so that it
continues to function as a life support system for whooping cranes and
other migratory species. The Trust acquires land and water rights, manages,
protects and restores habitat, and conducts research related to migratory
birds and their habitat needs...The Trust currently owns and manages 9,600
acres. Most of this land is in native pasture, hayland or other riparian
habitats, with about 1,000 acres in row crop agriculture...In 1982, the
Trust pioneered a GIS for the Platte River with its MOSS inventory of
channel and riparian habitat, but technological advancements made this
system obsolete."
Point Reyes Bird Observatory, Stinson Beach , CA e92.
(Point Reyes Bird Observatory, 4990 Shoreline Highway, Stinson Beach, California 94970,
Email: prbo@prbo.org, tel:415-868-1221, fax:415-868-1946). Our mission is to conserve
birds and the environment using science to understand and find solutions
to problems threatening wildlife populations and ecosystems....RESEARCH
PROGRAMS: Farallon Islands, Coastal and Estuarine, Terrestrial, Theoretical
Ecology. GIS STATUS: "Prior
grants to PRBO have made our web page possible (www.prbo.org), where we
have maps of historical and current bird distribution in California. These
document shrinking habitats for some common birds. Such analysis allows
us to be proactive in identifying the causes of, and solutions to, environmental
degradation. The latest ArcView grant is being used to fulfill a grant
from the Packard Foundation to analyze 9 years of data on riparian bird
communities across California...Analysis is being used to improve the
Riparian Bird Conservation Plan, co-written and sponsored by PRBO, Partners
in Flight, and funded by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, the
Packard Foundation. To date, analysis is also being used by the US Bureau
of Land Management, the US Fish and Wildlife Service, the Nature Conservancy,
Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Point Reyes National Seashore, Lassen
National Volcanic Park and the Lassen National Forest. Prior grants have
also allowed us to join a multi-state team investigating the influence
of riparian habitat fragmentation on bird abundance, nest success, and
on avian predation and parasitism rates. Future projects include working
with our Marine Program on breeding sea birds on the Farallon Islands,
tracking how changes in ocean temperature affect colony success through
changes in food resources."
Potomac Valley
Audubon Society, Va c99. (Post Office Box 578, Shepardstown, West
Virginia 25443 USA tel:301 790 2800 x 387 fax:301 733 4229 GIS Contact:
Lisa LaCivita, email:LacivitaL@hcc.cc.md.us ) "Founded in 1982, The
Potomac Valley Audubon Society (PVAS) is a non-profit local chapter of
the National Audubon Society (www.audubon.org). We serve residents of
Berkeley, Jefferson and Morgan Counties in West Virginia, and Washington
County in Maryland. With over 500 members, PVAS is one of the region's
leading citizen groups dedicated to protecting the environment and appreciating
nature." GIS PLANS: "Our first GIS project
consists of creating a GIS of the 500 - 600 PVAS members.
During the first year of the grant, existing membership data will be transferred
into the database portion of the GIS. An initial survey will add membership
information (such as Email addresses). We will ask members if they are
interested in receiving information on the wide range of volunteer opportunities
available through PVAS. A specific follow-up survey would be sent to these
members providing the basis for our volunteer GIS database. The database
will be geocoded to allow for community based projects." . .Arcexplorer
Fun Night: " I brought information about the GIS grant program to
our December board meeting and received a unanimous vote in support of
this effort. When board members asked what they could do to help, I explained
the grant recommendation to try the ArcExplorer software. I felt it would
show organizational support if PVAS members could come to the community
college computer labs and try out this software. On December 16, 1998
(nine days before Christmas!) eight PVAS members and one student, spent
three hours having fun with ArcExplorer and Arc Data online. "
Predatory Bird
Research Group, Santa Cruz CA c97. (c/o Long Marine Lab, University
of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95060 . tel: (831) 459-2466, email mailto:FalcoNet@cats.ucsc.edu)
"SCPBRG is a member of the University of California, Santa Cruz's
Institute of Marine Sciences. Organization founders, the late UCSC professor
emeritus, Ken Norris, and Santa Cruz veterinarian, Jim Roush, formed the
SCPBRG a little more than two decades ago in response to declining populations
of peregrine falcons and other birds." Eagle
Mapping & GIS "Grainger Hunt, Ron Jackman, Janet Linthicum
and Brian Walton are involved in studying the international movements
and local ecology of bald eagles originating in or visiting California
in cooperation with the US Forest Service, the California Department of
Parks and Recreation, and the California Department of Water and Power...The
goal of this research is to use a powerful new technology to shed a vastly
brighter light on the origin of both wintering and native bald eagles
in California, their patterns of movement, and the factors influencing
habitat use and life history."
Seattle Audubon Society, Wa
(8050 35th Ave. NE, Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 523-4483 email: mailto:info@seattleaudubon.org)
One of the oldest and largest environmental organizations in the Northwest,
the Seattle Audubon Society has, since its founding in 1916, always depended
upon the dedicated efforts of volunteers to accomplish its mission. Our
mission statement reads: "Seattle Audubon Society serves its members
in thieir endeavors to appreciate, preserve and enjoy birds and the natural
environment in the Pacific Northwest." We have about 500 active volunteers
working indoors and out-of-doors in our extensive education, conservation
and wetlands programs. see: Earthcare
Northwest, the official newsletter of the Seattle Audubon Society"
See also: How
your choice of coffee can help save tropical birds!
The Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network, Ma.
(Jim Corven-Director WHSRN
Secretariat, Manomet Observatory P.O. Box 1770 Manomet, MA 02345 Tel:
508 224-6521 Fax: 508 224-9220 Email: jmcorven@tiac.net) links wetland
and grassland sites essential to migratory shorebirds in a voluntary,
nonregulatory program of research, training, and collaborative effort
for habitat management and protection. Shorebirds migrate across the hemisphere,
some from the Arctic to Tierra del Fuego. Their movements carry them through
wetlands with immense natural value to wildlife and to humans alike. The
Network uses shorebirds as symbols of the intense conservation challenge
that wetlands face and of the need for international cooperation in the
protection of these areas. Launched in 1985 through the efforts of the
World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the International Association of Fish &
Wildlife Agencies (IAFWA), and the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
(ANSP), the Network brings together wildlife agencies, private conservation
groups, and other organizations to solve conservation challenges faced
by migratory shorebirds and their habitats.
Wisconsin Breeding Bird Atlas,
Wi, e97. (Data Management Center, Dept. of Natural and Applied Science,
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Green Bay WI USA tel:414-465-2545 fax:414-465-2376
. email:wbba@uwgb.edu . GIS Contact: Jennifer Davis , ) "The Wisconsin
Breeding Bird Atlas (WBBA), an on-going project administered by the Wisconsin
Society for Ornithology, began in the spring of 1995 and data collection
will continue for at least five years. The purpose of the WBBA is to:
-provide a permanent record of the bird species breeding in the state.
-provide baseline data for monitoring future changes in bird populations.
-assess habitat needs of breeding species and document species diversity.
-document abundance and distribution of rare and endangered species.
provide comparisons with historical studies... " Don't miss their
ONLINE SPECIES MAPS: "Species
Maps display quads with Probable or Confirmed breeding status."
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