MAPS COLLABORATIONS WITH THE FOREST SERVICE

IBP collaborates with wildlife biologists and regional avian program coordinators in the US Forest Service to monitor bird populations on multiple national forests, especially in the Pacific Northwest. Continent-wide 167 MAPS stations (of a total of 1,040; 16%) have operated on Forest Service land. Here we provide a Google Earth layer of those stations (KMZ) - Google Earth application required.

These data provide trend and population performance parameters that can be compared to regional estimates to assess the population status of forest-dwelling landbirds. In addition, we provide population management guidelines intended to help forest biologists maintain forested landscapes that support source populations of landbirds of conservation concern.

Pacific Northwest Region Six Results - long-term MAPS monitoring has been conducted by IBP on six Forest Service properties in collaboration with the USFS Pacific Northwest Region Six.

IBP secured funding from the Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region to combine MAPS data from Klamath Bird Observatory (KBO), Redwood Sciences Laboratory (RSL) and other MAPS operators for the analysis of MAPS data towards providing management guidelines and information on birds and climate/weather for the (Research Prospectus).

For further information, please email Phil Nott or phone (415) 663-2050.

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