Land Birds
Importance / Issues
Network can contribute to landscape-level monitoring in the Black Hills through collaboration with an ongoing USFS monitoring program and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory (RMBO).
Density and composition can be monitored cost-effectively through collaboration with RMBO.
Knife River I. V. NHS supports high richness, but has forest health concerns; birds are Agate Fossil Beds NM are being monitored by LTEM.
Monitoring Parks :
All
Preliminary Monitoring Objectives
- Determine landbird population trends and diversity at the park and (in collaboration with other agencies) landscape level changes.
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Potential Measures
Density and community composition
Expected Approach
Variable distance point counts
Protocol Development & Status
RMBO has started working on protocol.
Status & Trends
Status and Trends will be posted once monitoring has begun.
Contact Information
Marcia Wilson
Biological Science Technician
231 East St. Joseph Street
Rapid City, South Dakota 57701
605 341-2803
marcia_wilson@nps.gov
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Link to Breeding Landbirds Intranet page (NPS only)
