TheThe AtlanticAtlantic FlywayFlyway ShorebirdShorebird Initiative:Initiative: DevelopingDeveloping broadbroad--scalescale businessbusiness planningplanning conservationconservation fromfrom thethe groundground upup
Scott Johnston USFWS Division of Migratory Birds, Northeast Region [email protected] ShorebirdShorebird PopulationPopulation DeclinesDeclines alongalong thethe AtlanticAtlantic FlywayFlyway
71%71% ofof shorebirdshorebird speciesspecies Source: Morrison et al. 2006, Andres 2009
Sanderling Marbled Godwit Solitary Sandpiper Red-necked Phalarope Purple Sandpiper Dunlin Least Sandpiper Red Phalarope Buff-breasted Sandpiper American Golden Plover Lesser Yellowlegs Semipalmated Sandpiper White-rumped Sandpiper Snowy Plover American Woodcock Western Sandpiper Long-billed Curlew Pectoral Sandpiper Wilson’s Plover Wilson’s Snipe Upland Sandpiper Red Knot Hudsonian Godwit Whimbrel BusinessBusiness PlanningPlanning && thethe AmericanAmerican OystercatcherOystercatcher PlanPlan
•• ProcessProcess -- FullFull multimulti--partnerpartner engagementengagement
•• FundingFunding needneed -- keykey partpart ofof planningplanning
•• CumulativeCumulative conservationconservation impactimpact -- leverageleverage partnerspartners && resources,resources, tieringtiering AmericanAmerican OystercatcherOystercatcher BusinessBusiness PlanPlan ModelModel
MeasurableMeasurable ObjectivesObjectives -- fundingfunding levelslevels tiedtied toto populationpopulation growthgrowth
American Oystercatcher Working Group & NFWF, 2008 AtlanticAtlantic FlywayFlyway ShorebirdShorebird BusinessBusiness Strategy,Strategy, PhasePhase 11
Goal: ↑ focal shorebird pops. 10-15% by 2020 • Endorsement:>60 agencies, NGOs, universities • Action-oriented: projects, funding, partners •Flyway Scale –but lacks true flyway engagement June 2013 AtlanticAtlantic FlywayFlyway ShorebirdShorebird BusinessBusiness StrategyStrategy -- ComponentsComponents • Major Threat Categories: Habitat Loss & Change Human Disturbance Predation Hunting Knowledge Gaps • 15 Focal Species: American Golden Plover American Oystercatcher Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Marbled Godwit Piping Plover Purple Sandpiper Red Knot Red-necked Phalarope Ruddy Turnstone Sanderling Semipalmated Sandpiper Snowy Plover Whimbrel Wilson’s Plover • Specific activities/projects
ProgressProgress && CurrentCurrent StatusStatus •• RevisedRevised strategystrategy basedbased onon engagementengagement •• ProjectsProjects -- HurricaneHurricane SandySandy -- CaribbeanCaribbean HuntingHunting -- AMOYAMOY PlanPlan -- BahamasBahamas effortsefforts (Audubon)(Audubon)
•• NFWFNFWF KeystoneKeystone InitiativeInitiative GreenlightedGreenlighted NextNext StepsSteps
•• SecureSecure CollectiveCollective FundingFunding •• ClearClear fundingfunding roles;roles; leverageleverage newnew partnerspartners •• ImplementImplement activitiesactivities atat multiplemultiple scalesscales •• ClearClear partnerpartner rolesroles (Agency,(Agency, NGOs,NGOs, Academia)Academia •• TieTie inin toto existingexisting partnerpartner prioritiespriorities •• BetterBetter linklink toto LatinLatin AmericaAmerica /Caribbean/Caribbean •• ConventionConvention ofof MigratoryMigratory Spp.Spp. (WHMSI)(WHMSI) •• NMBCANMBCA fundingfunding forfor workshops?workshops? •• Ramsar,Ramsar, BirdsBirds CaribbeanCaribbean
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