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Carol Beidleman Do you know someone who has made exceptional contributions to landbird conservation?  Nominate an individual or group for a Partners in Flight Award! The mission of Partners in Flight (PIF) is keeping common birds common and helping species at risk through voluntary partnerships.  PIF Awards recognize exceptional contributions to the field of landbird […]

On April 24-25, 30 bird conservation biologists representing 25 different organizations, partnerships, and working groups met in Nashville, TN to explore common ground. The intended outcomes of the meeting included providing an overview of existing bird conservation activities in eastern North America, identifying a small number of priority issues upon which an Eastern Working Group […]

Devin de Zwaan University of British Columbia https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Devin_De_Zwaan Twitter: @DevindeZwaan Interested in birds and conservation and want to help? We are looking for sightings of colour banded Horned Larks during Autumn & Spring migration, as well as the winter. You too can help track the movement of alpine Horned Larks by birding in strategic locations […]

by Carol Beidleman Partners in Flight (PIF) Awards recognize exceptional contributions to the field of landbird conservation, in the categories of Leadership, Investigations, Public Awareness, Stewardship, and Lifetime Achievement.  We are pleased to announce the final 2018 PIF Award winners, who were recognized at the 22nd BirdsCaribbean International Conference in Guadeloupe, on July 29, 2019, […]

Dan Casey, Coordinator, Northern Great Plains Joint Venture, www.ngpjv.org The spring and early summer of 2019 have been kind to the Montana prairies. Cool and wet weather has kept grass green and yellow sweet clover is blooming everywhere. The vibrant green and yellow palette of the landscape is in stark contrast to the brown hues […]

By Carol Beidleman Partners in Flight (PIF) Awards recognize exceptional contributions to the field of landbird conservation, in the categories of leadership, investigations, public awareness, stewardship, and lifetime achievement. We are pleased to announce three of the 2018 PIF Award winners, who were recognized at the PIF Eastern Working Group meeting in April in Tennessee: […]

The Partners in Flight Western Working Group has adopted a set of guidelines as recommended best practices for successful collaboration. The document Guidelines for Engagement: Constructing healthy and long lasting bird conservation partnerships outlines a collaborative framework to help set expectations for ourselves and for our partners. This document summarizes recommendations offered by participants of […]

by Kelly VanBeek, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service In 2018, the North American Bird Conservation Initiative (NABCI) released three products to help focus efforts, identify opportunities, and highlight successes in the bird conservation community. Here is a snapshot of those products: 1. National Bird Conservation Priorities:  Part of NABCI’s role is to help the bird conservation […]

Carol Beidleman, Environment for the Americas Do you know someone who has made exceptional contributions to landbird conservation?  Nominate an individual or group for a Partners in Flight Award! Partners in Flight Awards recognize exceptional contributions to the field of landbird conservation in the Americas.  Nominees who have significantly furthered the mission of Partners in […]

Geoff Geupel, Point Blue Conservation Science (Point Blue Conservation Science), Henning Stabins, Weyerhaeuser Company, Wildlife Biologist ( WY.com), and Bob Ford, National Partners in Flight Coordinator (partnersinflight.org)   Partners in Flight (PIF) is an initiative of conservationists working to keep common birds common and help species at risk through voluntary partnerships. Across large landscapes, the […]