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International Shorebird Survey (ISS)
MARCH
2004 News Flash
March
2004 Issue of ISS Annual News [click
here for PDF file]
The
International Shorebird Survey seeks volunteers to reinstate
surveys at former ISS sites where coverage has lapsed. Go
to the International Shorebird Survey (ISS) pages to find
out where:
Click
here to see the list of sites in the Northeastern United
States.
Click
here to see the list of sites in the Southeastern United
States. |
Since 1974
the International Shorebird Surveys (ISS) has gathered information
on shorebirds and the wetlands they use from volunteers. There are
now over 50,000 census counts from more than 600 sites. These surveys
help scientists better understand how various species depend on
particular wetlands and migration corridors - and a critically important
piece of information: many species of shorebirds depend on strategic
migration staging sites. ISS data were used to form the Western
Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network (WHSRN) in 1986.
To learn more about ISS click
here:
To
locate ISS Guidelines including an ISS form and Site Questionaire
click
here
(and scroll to the bottom of the page).
Program for
Regional and International Shorebird Monitoring” (PRISM)
The goals PRISM are to (1) estimate
the size of breeding populations of 74 shorebird taxa in North America;
(2) describe shorebirds’ distribution, abundance, and habitat
relationships; (3) monitor trends in shorebird population size;
(4) monitor shorebird numbers at stopover locations, and; (5) assist
local managers in meeting their shorebird conservation goals. It
has three main components: arctic and boreal breeding surveys, temperate
breeding surveys, temperate non-breeding surveys, and neotropical
surveys. PRISM is based on the shorebird conservation plans recently
completed in Canada and the U.S. and provides a single blueprint
for implementing both of these plans.
To learn about PRISM go to:
USGS: http://wss.wr.usgs.gov/data/document_main.html
Manomet
Center for Conservaton Sciences - Shorebirdworld.org: http://www.shorebirdworld.org/fromthefield/PRISM1.htm
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