Since 1991 the Western Working Group (WWG) of Partners in Flight has organized cohesive bird conservation across the western US, Mexico, and Canada.We promote and implement Bird Conservation Plans, develop land managers’ guides, highlight and support research and monitoring needs, and develop new collaborations and networks for effective bird conservation. Collectively, we identify problems, synthesize information, and generate solutions to be used by resource professionals and the general public.
We meet twice a year, and all interested in bird conservation are welcome.
For Fall 2024 PIF WWG is going to Congress for the Study and Conservation of Birds in Mexico (XXI CECAM) September 23 to 26, 2024 in Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca at the facilities of the Universidad del Mar, Puerto Escondido Campus. We will be hosting a round table and symposium. More details coming soon.
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We can help you understand bird conservation laws and how to use conservation tools more effectively. Check out our materials from previous trainings here and here!
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.
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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!
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Christine Bishop, Environment and Climate Change Canada le français suit In 2000, the western yellow-breasted chat (Icteria virens auricollis) population in British Columbia (BC) was listed, under the Canadian Species At Risk Act, as Endangered. Its already restricted population had drastically declined due to the loss of over 85% of its key nesting habitat—wild rose […]
Read more »by Karen Schlatter, Sonoran Institute Delta Program. Picture credits: Sonoran Institute https://sonoraninstitute.org/card/colorado-river-delta/ Nearly four years ago today, I witnessed something dramatic, something I will remember for the rest of my life: the Colorado River flowed from its headwaters all the way to the sea. Although this doesn’t actually sound very exciting (happens all the time […]
Read more »Jennie Duberstein, Coordinator, Sonoran Joint Venture Reposted with permission from the Sonoran Joint Venture website http://sonoranjv.org/avicaching Avicaching, created by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology is simply eBird + Geocaching: searching specific locations to spot as many birds as possible. With geocaching, people go to specific sites to find treasures. With Avicaching, eBird Hotspots are the […]
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