2018 is designated as the “Year of the Bird” by National Geographic, the National Audubon Society, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, BirdLife International, and more than 100 other organizations. Year of the Bird will examine a changing environment is driving … Continued
Approximately $18 million in Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act (NMBCA) grants will help benefit bird populations, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). The NMBCA provides critical funding each year for bird conservation and research throughout the Western … Continued
A record number of occupied bald eagle and osprey nests were observed during spring raptor surveys in Wisconsin, according to the 2016 Wisconsin Bald Eagle and Osprey Survey Report. The aerial surveys confirmed 1,504 occupied eagle nests, 39 more nests … Continued
The Migratory Bird Conservation Commission recently approved $33.2 million in funding for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and its partners to purchase, lease, or otherwise conserve more than 81,000 acres of wetland and associated upland habitats for waterfowl, shorebirds, … Continued
NOAA recently announced $8.9 million in funding for three Great Lakes habitat restoration partnerships. Funding for these partnerships is provided by the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, which was launched in 2010 to accelerate efforts to protect and restore the Great … Continued