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This Plan is focused on forests and agroforestry systems located at mid-elevations in Central America and northern South America, which are recognized as critical habitats for several species of migratory birds in steep decline.

The goal of this revised Joint Venture Landbird Habitat Conservation Strategy is to guide regional conservation that results in habitat to support populations of priority landbird species and related social values, consistent with continental bird conservation goals.

“Celebrating 30 years of innovative bird conservation, the partnership faces the challenges of stopping further declines.” Geoffrey Geupel and Robert Ford share PIF history, achievements, lessons learned, and the “Five Game Changers” that were developed to address challenges facing bird populations.

Chaparral provides important habitat for birds and other wildlife in oak woodland ecosystems, yet land managers concerned about the risk of severe wildfire often reduce shrubs to protect oak woodlands. To provide guidance on how to best reduce chaparral in oak restoration projects so that it still provides key habitat for shrub-associated species, we developed a decision support tool for land managers based on the results from three studies. The “Oak Woodlands and Chaparral: Aligning chaparral-associated bird habitat needs with oak woodland restoration and fuel reduction in southwest Oregon and northern California” Decision Support Tool informs management decisions regarding how different fuel-reduction methods (i.e., mechanical or manual treatments) influence bird communities and how the size and arrangement of the remaining chaparral patches influences whether shrub-associated birds will use them.

Extensive fuel treatments implemented by land management agencies in the Klamath-Siskiyou Bioregion of southern Oregon and northern California have maintained no-cut buffer strips along riparian areas. Riparian Fuel Treatments in Intermittent and Perennial Streams: Effectiveness and Ecological Effects addresses an information gap regarding decisions to include riparian areas in fuel reduction efforts.

In 1992, Peter Stangel and Amos Eno of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation shared the visions and hopes for the future for Partners in Flight in a changing world. Now in our 30th anniversary year, as we learn from our past and prepare for the next 30 years, we see that these insights are still relevant in our continuing efforts to drive bird conservation forward and keep Partners in Flight discussions on the cutting edge of wildlife conservation.