Forest Society of Maine permanently protects Big Spencer Mountain in Maine, a 4200- acre tract of old forest with high ecologic and recreational value.

Local Lumber producers in Belize are granted long-term harvesting licenses in exchange for carrying out sustainable forest practices developed by Manomet.

Mid-Atlantic Fisheries Management Council amends fishing regulations to allow access to closed fishing grounds for boats using bycatch reducing fishing nets designed by Manomet.

National Marine Fisheries Service uses Manomet’s recommendations to formulate fisheries research priorities for the Northeastern United States.

Orange County California uses Manomet’s science to implement Natural Communities Conservation Planning.

New York City modifies dredging program for New York Harbor to mitigate impacts to wildlife.

Maine Fishing Industry Development Center advocates design changes to fishing nets to reduce the number of undersized fish caught in nets.

New England Squid fishing fleet voluntarily adopts new net designs that reduce bycatch by nearly 90%.

Mexico and Texas join together to protect the 70,000 acre bi-national wetland area Laguna Madre that hosts over 400 species of wildlife.

The Belize Forest Service and the Programme for Belize conserve 325,00 acres of rare tropical forest.

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Refuge System adopts best management plans to include benefits for shorebirds.

Army Corp of Engineers scraps plans to remove barges and marine drift being used by heron colonies in New York Harbor.

State of Delaware adopts special area management plan for Pea Patch Island, one of the largest heronries on the east coast.

Orchardists, cranberry growers and row crop farmers adopt best management practices that minimize impacts of pesticides on wildlife.

Federal and State agencies, non-profits and academics join forces to launch Partners-In-Flight, a nationwide partnership dedicated to conservation research on migratory birds.

Carribean Islands Wildlife Refuge adds 2,000 acres of salt flats in Puerto Rico recognized as the most important shorebird area in the Carribean.

States of Delaware & New Jersey establish management plans for horseshoe crab fishery in Delaware Bay.

Forestland owners adopt new conservation tools to maintain biodiversity in northern New England.

Timber companies take measures to reduce forest fragmentation in Maine’s forests.

Manomet completed the first survey ever conducted of the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, and determined that it has so many nesting shorebirds that it qualifies as a WHSRN site if International Importance.

Manomet developed Arctic Wings, with The Mountaineers Books, the first book to showcase the bird habitat values of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

Manomet completed the first survey ever conducted of the entire range of the American Oystercatcher in the United States, along the coast from Virginia to Texas, and spearheaded the development of a species working group to answer important questions about the conservation needs of the species, and work toward its protection.

Manomet's Late-successional Index is being used as a screening tool to over 845,000 acres of forestlands in Maine.

An estimated 90,000 acres of older forest is being managed for late-successional attributes (large trees, large snags, large logs, and late-successional species).

Nine ecological forestry training workshops have reached over 230 land managers from Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Vermont, and Tennessee. They manage over 10 million acres.

Manomet's work on late-successional forest conservation has led to changes in forest certification standards in the northeast that better conserve late-successional forest on private lands (nearly 2 million acres).

The Forest Conservation Program's work has provided forest management tools to foster the conservation of about 1,000 late-successional species (many of which are at risk), 14 early-successional bird species (including 3 regionally at risk species), and over 150 fish and aquatic invertebrate species.

Manomet hosted a Late-successional/Old-growth Dialogue, a Northeast regional meeting on the conservation of old-growth and late-successional forest in the northeast region. Over 70 scientists, landowners, forest managers, and state forestry officials from Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, and West Virginia participated.

Manomet produced a report titled "Changing Timberland Ownership in the Northern Forest and Implications for Biodiversity" which documents the rapid turnover of timberlands in the northeast and its implication for forest biodiversity. It has been downloaded by over 758 users.

From 2004 through 2005, the Manomet Maine web site received 117,659 visits. Visitors viewed documents pertaining to late-successional forest conservation and management 755 times and viewed documents pertaining to headwater streams 646 times.

Manomet’s studies of headwaters streams have helped the Maine Forest Service design appropriate regulations that protect water quality of headwater streams and minimize landowner protection cost.

Manomet has provided training on how to select effective biodiversity indicators in Ontario, Oregon, North Carolina, Maine, New Hampshire, Michigan, West Virginia, and Vermont.

Manomet annually hosts the Forest Ecosystem Information Exchanges to help forest stakeholders, managers, and policy makers discuss and evaluate the latest information about important forest issues in the Northeast region.

An international partnership—Waterbirds for the Americas—is chartered to ensure sustainable populations of seabirds, wading birds and marshbirds throughout the Western Hemisphere.

Based on Manomet’s research, New Jersey and Delaware adopt mosquito control practices that minimize pesticide exposure in non-target wildlife.

Manomet-trained wildlife managers from Florida to Maine are trained to recognize and monitor contaminant impacts to wildlife and habitats.

Analyzed results from a two-year study of disturbance effects to shorebirds on Delaware Bay delivered to the Delaware Coastal Management Program.

Delivered historical retrospective plus the three most recent years of knot numbers in Massachusetts for the Delaware Coastal Management Program, May 2006. Results show substantially lower numbers of knots during south migration on the Massachusetts coast.

Studies of knot numbers wintering in Florida and other North locations show a population size of roughly 20,000. This group of birds represents a major segment of the knot population wintering in the Western Hemisphere.

Manomet’s work helps a coalition of environmental groups protects 1,063 acres of shorebird and waterbird habitat in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts

WHSRN celebrated its 20th anniversary of protecting shorebirds at a Hemispheric scale. It has grown to 64 sites, from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego, committing to protect and manage habitat for shorebirds at these crucial places, over 20 million acres. These include all or parts of 33 US National Wildlife Refuges.

Nature Interpretation Centers are being constructed in Tierra del Fuego, Río Gallegos, and San Antonio Oeste, Argentina, to educate local people about shorebirds and to protect migrant Red Knots.

Over 9,000 acres of high-priority grasslands in Mexico have been protected for Mountain Plovers and Long-billed Curlews, species of great conservation concern.

Private lands and ranchers are engaged to participate for cooperative conservation of Buff-breasted Sandpiper in Argentina and Uruguay.

Monitoring of the northbound migration of imperiled Red Knots was accomplished at three sites across 750 miles of Argentine coastline to shed light on the underlying causes of their declines.

A powerful new Site Assessment Tool has been created to improve conservation efficiency and accountability at WHSRN sites before eventually being used to monitor Important Bird Areas and other sites of conservation value across the Hemisphere. Practitioners from over a dozen nations have been trained in its use.

Conservation plans have been written for the first six of 21 shorebird species identified as at-risk. These include American and Black oystercatchers, Marbled Godwit, Red Knot, Western Sandpiper, and the Atlantic population of Red-necked Phalaropes.

The government of Panama has become engaged at the highest levels in protecting the shorebirds that use the Bay of Panama and in conservation as the key to sustainable development and improving the quality of life of its citizens.

WHSRN National Councils have been formed in Canada and the US. Argentina and Mexico have been invited to form Councils.

Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge implement a program and web site to coordinate habitat protection for migratory birds throughout the Connecticut River Watershed.