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The Best Practices for State Wildlife Action Plans report is now available
This report identifies best practices based on innovations and lessons learned from the years since SWAPs were developed. The best practices may be used voluntarily by state fish and wildlife agencies that aspire to improve conservation work and create greater consistency across SWAPs, thereby making them more relevant to partners and large landscape-level efforts. Download
Colorado River Terrestrial and Riparian Group Meeting
The 2013 Colorado River Terrestrial and Riparian Group (CRTR) Meeting will be held in Laughlin, Nevada from January 29-31, 2013. The CRTR meeting is a meeting of anyone who works on or near the Lower Colorado River Watershed conducting environmental or ecological studies, research, or restoration of terrestrial habitats. The meeting is open to all
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Arizona Game and Fish Department Heritage Fund Grants
Website Deadline: 1 October 2012 Description: Arizona voters created the Heritage Fund in 1990, designating up to $10 million a year from lottery ticket sales for the conservation and protection of the state’s wildlife and natural areas. The Arizona Game and Fish Department spends its Heritage Fund dollars to recover threatened and endangered species, to
Arizona Game and Fish Department unveils HabiMap™ Arizona
HabiMap™ Arizona is a user-friendly, web-based data viewer that allows users to visually explore the distribution of the state’s wildlife, wildlife conservation potential, and stressors to wildlife.
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Restoring hummingbird nectar plants to improve pollination services
Project Description An initial project of the Borderlands Habitat Restoration Initiative is to enhance the nectar landscape for hummingbirds and other pollinators by adding hummingbird pollinated plants at sites along Sonoita Creek in the Santa Cruz River Watershed. This project seeks to improve pollination services so that increased fruit and seed set will provide more
- Published in Awards Program
Coordinated Bird Monitoring in Arizona: implementing surveys for Sonoran Desert associated species in the Arid Borderlands and Mexican Highlands regions of Arizona
Project Description The Arizona Coordinated Bird Monitoring Program has been developed to provide a framework for the design and implementation of the long-term monitoring of Arizona’s birds. The second segment of the program is to implement Sonoran Desert bird surveys. The objectives are to estimate and monitor the number of birds, by species, breeding (or
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San Pedro River Riparian Raptors: inventory, distribution, abundance, habitat requirements, and breeding ecology
Project Description The goal of this project is to improve the understanding of the current status, population size, and demographics of riparian raptors along the San Pedro River in Arizona and the habitats upon which they depend. We will examine the habitat needs of these species in order to assess their value as indicators of
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Monitoring and an international monitoring Training workshop for Le Conte’s Thrasher on the U.S. Air Force Barry M. Goldwater Range-East, Arizona
Project Description Le Conte’s Thrasher (LCTH) is a poorly understood species of desert lowlands in southwestern U.S. and northwestern Mexico. According to SJV, the need for LCTH monitoring and population trend data is of the highest priority. Presently, the Arizona Game and Fish Department (AGFD) is assessing the distribution, developing a monitoring protocol, and describing
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Wetlands education and outreach in Yuma, Arizona
Project Description Arizona Western College is seeking funds to educate Yuma residents on the importance of wetlands restoration for bird conservation. Wetlands in the Yuma area are critical habitat for the endangered Yuma Clapper Rail, Southwestern Willow Flycatcher, and Western Yellow-billed Cuckoo. Riparian habitats in the Sonoran and Mojave deserts support over 33% of plants
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Coordinated Bird Monitoring in Arizona: implementing surveys for riparian associated priority species in the Arid Borderlands and Mexican Highlands regions
Project Description The Arizona Coordinated Bird Monitoring Program provides a framework for the design and implementation of the long-term monitoring of Arizona’s birds. The first segment of the program is to implement statewide riparian surveys. The objectives are to estimate and monitor the number of birds, by species, breeding (or attempting to breed) within riparian
- Published in Awards Program