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The Department of Defense started their Partners in Flight program in 1991, a year after the initial launch of the PIF idea. To celebrate their 30th anniversary, the Spring 2021 natural resource newsletter for DoD is focused entirely on Partners in Flight and thirty years of amazing work.

There is a serious disconnect between birder interests, the needs for bird conservation, and public policies for bird conservation in the United States. An estimated 45 million Americans feed and/or watch birds. At the same time, 233 species of birds (22% of all native species) need conservation action. Numerous studies have shown long-term declines in the number of hunters, fishers, and other consumptive users. Despite these megatrends, the policies of public agencies – most importantly state wildlife agencies – are fixated on the past. To better respond to evolving public values and bird conservation needs, it is necessary to gain an understanding of the values, motivations, and behaviors of birders.

The New Breeding Bird Survey Strategic Plan 2020-30. Presented by: Veronica Aponte and Adam Smith (Canadian Wildlife Service). Recorded October 2020.

Includes “New spatial abundance models inform distribution, population, and trends for forest birds in Canada,” presented by Diana Stralberg (Research Scientist, Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada and Boreal Avian Modelling Project) and Peter Solymos (Boreal Avian Modelling Project); and “Using species density models to set habitat conservation objectives for declining grassland songbirds in the Canadian Prairie Potholes,” presented by Barry Robinson (Canadian Wildlife Service).

Recognizing the need for new perspectives to address the severe declines of North American birds, on October 28, 2020, the Western Working Group of Partners in Flight convened virtually to stimulate novel thinking around the Five Game Changers concept and to generate actionable ideas to make the Game Changers game-changing.

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. […]

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!