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The Sierra Nevada Research and Conservation Program
Covering approximately 1/6 of the state of California, the Sierra Nevada's diverse habitats are enormously important to the birds of California and, indeed, to a large portion of western North America's Neotropical migratory birds. The best way to protect Sierra bird populations, those that are already seriously jeopardized as well as those that are not, is to proactively safeguard the habitats on which they depend. In some cases this may require habitat preservation efforts that strictly exclude extractive resource-use activities. Ever-increasing resource-use pressures and burgeoning human population growth in the Sierra, however, make this preservationist approach unrealistic for much of the Sierra. Given current political, social and economic realities, a far more effective strategy for safeguarding Sierra bird populations is to seek ways of making resource-use activities such as timber harvesting and livestock grazing more compatible with maintaining the necessary habitat features that support the Sierra avifauna.
Sierra Nevada Program currently encompasses the following projects:
* Yosemite Inventory - Conducting an inventory of the birds of Yosemite National Park.
* Sierra Nest Monitoring - Evaluating the ecological effects of forest management practices by monitoring the nest success of landbirds.
* Sierra Meadows - Establishing a Sierra Meadows Important Bird Area.
* Great Gray Owl Survey - Surveying for Great Gray Owls throughout the Sierra's national forests.
* Manter Fire Project - Studying the effects of stand-replacing fire on Sierra Nevada birds.
* BBS Habitat Classification - Classifying habitat along Breeding Bird Survey routes throughout the Sierra.
The Institute for Bird Populations' research and conservation efforts in the Sierra Nevada focus on: defining the specific habitat needs of Sierra landbird species; determining the effects of various land management practices on avian population and community dynamics; and identifying land management practices that are most compatible with maintaining habitat characteristics capable of supporting viable populations and diverse communities.
research programs, sierra meadows, forest manaagement, evaluatiang ecological effects, Yosemite avian inventory, gray owl survey, manter fire project, habitat classification, habitat preservation, migratory birds, nest monitoring, survey routes, landbird species, avian productivity, avifauna, avian inventory, avian ecology, avian demography,
Great Gray Owl, Burrowing Owl, Dusky Flycatcher, Cassin's Vireo, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Brown Creeper,
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Postal Address: P.O. Box 1346; Point Reyes Station, CA 94956-1346; USA. Shipping Address: 11435 State Route One, Suite 23; Point Reyes Station, CA 94956; USA. Telephone: (415) 663-1436 FAX: (415) 663-9482
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