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Scot Williamson Wildlife Management Institute

AMERICAN WOODCOCK INITIATIVE ATLANTIC NORTHERN FOREST & SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND BIRD CONSERVATION REGIONS. ACJV Management Board March 8, 2006. Scot Williamson Wildlife Management Institute. AMERICAN WOODCOCK CONSERVATION PLAN. Short-term Goal: Stop Decline

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Scot Williamson Wildlife Management Institute

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  1. AMERICAN WOODCOCK INITIATIVEATLANTIC NORTHERN FOREST & SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND BIRD CONSERVATION REGIONS ACJV Management Board March 8, 2006 Scot Williamson Wildlife Management Institute

  2. AMERICAN WOODCOCK CONSERVATION PLAN • Short-term Goal: Stop Decline • Long-term Goal: Return to 1970 Densities • Northern Forest Initiative: Implementation Strategy

  3. Changes in American Woodcock Abundance 1970’s 2000’s Unpublished Singing Ground Survey Data John Sauer, USGS

  4. Changes in American Woodcock Density by State Unpublished Singing Ground Survey Data: John Sauer, USGS

  5. Changes in American Woodcock Density by BCR Unpublished Singing Ground Survey Data: John Sauer, USGS

  6. Woodcock Initiative Approach • Showcase Best Management Practices on Public Land Demonstration Areas • Monitor Response of Woodcock to Management • Outreach to Private Landowners • Provide Technical Assistance & Funding

  7. Young Forest and Shrubland Guild • New England Wildlife Action Plans identify 58 species of Greatest Conservation Need that require young forest and shrubland habitats • Woodcock focus species representing young forest and shrubland habitat guild

  8. Context: Things that trump young forests and shrublands • Unfragmented forests • Forests of significant ecological value • Special/essential wildlife habitats • High elevation forests • Water quality concerns in ripairan zone management • Heritage sites • Proximate development • Existing young forest occurrence > goal

  9. Woodcock Best Management Practices • Assumption that occurrence of young forest and shrubland will not equal historical occurrence • Therefore, woodcock density on young forest and shrubland habitats must be higher to meet goals • Metapopulation approach

  10. American Woodcock Best Management Practices in Action

  11. Changes in American Woodcock Density on Managed Landscape

  12. Woodcock Initiative Progress to Date • Team Assembled • Gary Donovan, IP: Habitat Coordinator • Dan McAuley, USGS: Research/Monitoring Coordinator • Approach Fine Tuning • Site Visits & Discussions with Managers & Private Landowners • Fundraising

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