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Forest for the Birds Webinar Series #10
Using ecological forestry to support bird management objectives

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Forest Ecology Working Group, National Conservation Training Center, and Migratory Bird Program have developed a 12-part monthly lecture series to address the 50-year decline of 3 billion birds through partnerships, conservation science and forest management. The series tells a compelling story about forest bird population declines, partnership opportunities, and forest management actions that can support bird population recovery and sustainability.
After engaging with the entire series, participants will be able to:
- Describe the decline of forest-dwelling birds in the U.S., identifying causes and risk factors
- Apply species vulnerability assessment tools to identify priority bird species
- Describe the importance of forest management planning from landscape to local scales, recognizing essential forest community composition and structure for bird conservation
- Identify forest conservation and habitat management alternatives
Disclaimer: This webinar series is for educational purposes only. The opinions, ideas or data presented in this webinar series do not represent USFWS policy or constitute endorsement by USFWS. Some of the materials and images may be protected by copyright or may have been licenses to us by a third party and are restricted in their use. Mention of any product names, companies, web links, textbooks, or other references does not imply Federal endorsement.
View the webinar series home page here. Click on the title below to view the video.
Using ecological forestry to support bird management objectives
Speaker: Anthony D’Amato (University of Vermont)
Recorded: December 14, 2021
Duration: 67 min
Tony D’Amato describes ecological forestry and how it mimics large and small scale natural disturbance and how it is a powerful tool that can be used to benefit bird species associated with all seral stages. Tony discusses silvicultural considerations for early successional habitat/disturbance dependent species like Swainson’s, Kirtland’s, golden-winged warblers, and Bachman’s sparrow, etc. Finally he discusses silvicultural considerations for late succession forest management actions for priority species habitats for RCW, spotted owl/marbled murrelet, blackburnian, wood thrush, cerulean warbler and others.