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This year we celebrate a watershed in bird conservation: the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act (NMBCA). Building on the momentum created in the 1980’s that led to the 1990 launch of Partners in Flight, Congress passed the NMBCA in July of 2000. The goals of the NMBCA include perpetuating healthy bird populations, providing financial resources for bird conservation, and fostering international cooperation.

Now available in the Conservation Resource Library: In “The Scientific Roots of Partners in Flight,” Terry Rich explores the sequence of events and changing attitudes, beginning in 1966, that laid the scientific foundation for Partners in Flight’s launch…

Brad Jacobs was a kind and gentle soul, an educator, a naturalist, a mentor, and a friend. Saying that Brad Jacobs lived a life dedicated to bird conservation is an understatement. Brad’s skills at cultivating partnerships that inspired and connected people to birds led to impacts that are still very much present in Missouri, across the United States, and throughout the Western Hemisphere.

English, en français Bringing Birds Back: Restoring Eastern North America’s Avifauna Partners in Flight Eastern Working Group Virtual Meeting October 6th and 8th, 9-11am Eastern Time October 13th and 15th, 1-3pm Eastern Time The Partners in Flight (PIF) Eastern Working Group will be hosting a virtual meeting this fall, and you are invited to participate.  […]

Scott Anderson The Midwest Migration Network (MMN) welcomes you to join our first ever virtual public conference “Connecting Birds & People in the Midwest” on July 21-23, 2020, featuring special keynote speakers Pete Marra, Director of the Georgetown Environment Initiative, and Fabiola Rodríguez, Ph.D. candidate at Tulane and research collaborator with the Mesoamerican Development Institute. […]

Each year, Klamath Bird Observatory offers a $40 Conservation Stamp Set for purchase with proceeds supporting migratory bird conservation efforts. This year the Stamp Set is recognizing the 30th Anniversary of Partners in Flight. With the stamps you receive free access to National Wildlife Refuges that charge fees, and discounts on events and other items from many PIF collaborators.

As Partners in Flight (PIF) turns 30 years old in 2020, American Bird Conservancy (ABC) is also celebrating its 25th anniversary. Together, ABC and other members of PIF have been working to sew migratory bird research and conservation together for multiple decades now. PIF and ABC have helped identify migratory bird species of greatest conservation need, and have helped to pull together the best science on migration, threats, and population dynamics with those doing conservation work in the field.

From a hummingbird’s point of view, wildfire can be good or bad. With support from the USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station and WHP, Dr. Deborah M. Finch from the Research Station collaborated with Dr. Alexander and his research team at Klamath Bird Observatory in Oregon and with Dr. Sarahy Contreras from the University of Guadalajara – CUCSUR to complete a literature review about the effects of wildfire on hummingbird habitat, how restoration actions including prescribed fire affect those habitats, and how hummingbirds respond.

In less than a single lifetime, North America has lost more than one in four of its birds. While these numbers can seem overwhelming, there are many things we can do to make a difference, such as the 7 Simple Actions to Help Birds. Partners in Flight Western Working Group (PIF WWG) recently thought about what we can do to help, and we hatched the PIF WWG 7 Simple Actions Challenge!

Amos Eno outlines his role in the inception of Partners in Flight and its evolution.