Archives for Habitat

This conservation plan presents information about Grasshopper Sparrow population status, habitat needs, threats and limiting factors; synthesis of these resources has identified recommended conservation actions, habitat management, research, and education components that will facilitate Grasshopper Sparrow conservation.

by Kelly VanBeek  Despite significant advances in conservation policy and land-use practice, stewards of Midwest grasslands face persistent challenges in sustaining the ecological and economic values of pasture, hayfield, and prairie ecosystems. The Midwest Grasslands Network with support from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Midwest Division of Migratory Birds introduced a newly developed resource to […]

A recording of a webinar introducing The Conservation Atlas for Midwest Grasslands (by Andy Forbes, UMGLPV)

Tricolored Blackbirds experience large annual breeding losses associated with crop-harvesting activities and insufficient prey abundance.

The Evening Grosbeak is featured on the cover of the 2016 PIF Landbird Conservation Plan, as it has the dubious honor of experiencing the steepest population decline (92% since 1970) of all landbirds in the continental U.S. and Canada.

Sprague’s Pipit populations have strongly declined due to the extensive conversion of native prairies to agriculture across much of their range.

While harvested landscapes have increased throughout its breeding range, the Olive-sided Flycatcher has continued to decline, suggesting that conditions on the wintering grounds may be driving its negative population trend.

As an extreme habitat specialist, the Bicknell’s Thrush has a very limited range, breeding primarily in high elevation stunted montane spruce-fir forests of the northeastern U.S. and southeastern Canada.