Project Description Isla San Pedro Mártir is a key site for seabirds in the Gulf of California. Colonies on this island are considered regionally and globally important, but colony size estimations were conducted over 30 years ago, without recent updates. Recent evidence indicates a drastic reduction of colony size for Brown and Blue-footed Boobies and

Project Description Spearheaded by Borderlands Restoration Network and Quail Forever, this project will restore grassland habitat in southeast Arizona to support Montezuma Quail and other priority species. The work leverages support from hunting interest groups, the public, and private landowners to expand on over $400,000 of existing grassland and oak-woodland restoration work on the >1,000

Project Description The American Oystercatcher subspecies H. p. frazari, is a resident on both coasts of the Baja California peninsula and along the western coast of Mexico, and is a high conservation priority due to its small population size, restricted distribution, and high susceptibility to human activities. Recent estimates suggest that Sinaloa is an important

Project Description The Chestnut-collared Longspur is a charismatic grassland bird that has declined by more than 87% since 1966, with an estimated 33% decline from 2003-2015. Tucson Audubon Society was awarded $8,600 to continue and expand ongoing survey efforts for the species at key grassland areas in southeast Arizona. With a focus on Las Cienegas

Project Description Borderlands Restoration Network was awarded $12,650 to support grassland and oak-woodland restoration on 100 acres of the Borderlands Wildlife Preserve in southeastern Arizona through hydrological improvements, and seeding to enhance habitat for Montezuma Quail. At least 75 rock dams will be constructed and seeded with seed pellets to repair gully cuts, increase sedimentation

Project Description The Bendire’s Thrasher has declined by 87% in the past 40 years, and this globally understudied species is poorly understood in its Mexican range, where most of the population winters and much of it breeds. Great Basin Bird Observatory was awarded $14,927 to translate materials into Spanish, develop a network of partners in

Project Description Prescott College Kino Bay Center for Cultural and Ecological Studies was awarded $15,000 to continue its multiyear Waterbird Monitoring Program in the Eastern Midriff region. The overarching goal of the program is to protect nesting, wintering and migratory waterbird species through long-term data collection, education, and collaborative management with government agencies and the

Project Description California Institute of Environmental Studies was awarded $15,000 to conduct Scripps’s Murrelet nest monitoring and spotlight surveys during the 2018 breeding season at Anacapa Island in Channel Islands National Park. The Scripps’s Murrelet is a rare alcid that only breeds on 12 islands off the coast of California and northern Mexico, and one of

Project Description Prescott College Kino Bay Center for Cultural and Ecological Studies was awarded $15,000 to continue its multiyear Waterbird Monitoring Program in the Eastern Midriff region. The overarching goal of the program is to protect nesting, wintering and migratory waterbird species through long-term data collection, education, and collaborative management with government agencies and the