Integration of the North American Bird Conservation Initiative (NABCI) into southeast National Park Service planning and operations

Abstract

To encourage the involvement of southeastern National Park units in bird conservation efforts, the Southeast Region (Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Kentucky, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin Islands) of the National Park Service (NPS) entered into an Interagency Agreement with the US Fish and Wildlife Service. Funds were provided for a two-year cost share program that provides a wide range of bird conservation guidance and support to the Southeast National Park Service. The means by which NPS units will increase their participation in southeastern bird conservation are 1) implementation of Avian Conservation Implementation Plans, 2) coordination between the National Park Service Inventory and Monitoring Program and established inventory and monitoring needs and priorities for southeastern bird conservation, 3) providing technical advice and expertise, and 4) development of a web site to facilitate communication among bird conservationists and National Park Service personnel.

Parent Publication

• Bird Conservation Implementation and Integration in the Americas: Proceedings of the Third International Partners in Flight Conference. 2002 March 20-24; Asilomar, California, Volume 1 and 2

Citation

Watson, J. Keith. 2005. Integration of the North American Bird Conservation Initiative (NABCI) into southeast National Park Service planning and operations. In: Ralph, C. John; Rich, Terrell D., editors 2005. Bird Conservation Implementation and Integration in the Americas: Proceedings of the Third International Partners in Flight Conference. 2002 March 20-24; Asilomar, California, Volume 2 Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-191. Albany, CA: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station: p. 1169-1172