Government Organizations
Pacific Flyway Council
The Pacific Flyway Council is an administrative body that forges cooperation
among public wildlife agencies, especially those west of the Continental Divide,
for the purpose of protecting and conserving migratory game birds in North
America.
http://www.pacificflyway.gov
Central Flyway Council
The Central Flyway Council is an administrative body that forges cooperation
among public wildlife agencies, especially those east of the Continental Divide
and west of the Mississippi River, for the purpose of protecting and conserving
migratory game birds in North America.
http://www.centralflyway.org
Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Information on research conducted by the center, bird monitoring,
and bird banding, as well as wildlife identification tools.
http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov
Bird Banding Laboratory
Information about bird banding
http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bbl/default.htm
Canadian Wildlife Service
The federal Wildlife regulatory agency in Canada.
http://www.cws-scf.ec.gc.ca/index_e.cfm
Nongovernment Organizations
Ducks Unlimited Canada
Canadian waterfowl hunting and habitat conservation information.
http://www.ducks.ca
Ducks Unlimited
Waterfowl hunting and habitat conservation information.
http://www.ducks.org
National Audubon Society
Nongame bird conservation information.
http://www.audubon.org
Delta Waterfowl
Waterfowl ecology and wildlife training programs.
http://www.deltawaterfowl.org/index2.html
Partners in Flight
Cooperative conservation group targeting land birds, especially neotropical migrants.
http://www.partnersinflight.org
The Wildlife Society
Organization dedicated to sustaining wildlife through science and educational programs.
http://www.wildlife.org
California Waterfowl Association
Founded in 1945 by a group of concerned duck hunters to conserve California's waterfowl,
wetlands, and outdoor heritage.
http://www.calwaterfowl.org/
Related Links
Harvest Information Program
A random survey of hunters conducted by the Service to estimate
how many game birds sportsmen harvest each year.
http://hip.fws.gov
Adaptive Harvest Management
The model that guides duck regulation selection in the United States.
http://migratorybirds.fws.gov/mgmt/ahm/ahm-intro.htm
Bird Banding Laboratory
The North American Bird Banding Program for studying the movement,
survival, and behavior of birds.
http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bbl/default.htm
Bird Conservation Initiatives
North American Bird Conservation Initiative (NABCI)
A cooperative effort of bird conservation organizations, which seek to
increase funding for integrated bird conservation in North America
and to coordinate efforts of existing bird conservation initiatives.
http://www.nabci-us.org/main2.html
North American Waterfowl Management Plan (NAWMP)
A parnership to restore waterfowl populations in North America
through cooperative habitat protection, restoration, and
enhancement in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
http://www.fws.gov/birdhabitat/nawmp/index.shtm
North American Waterbird Conservation Plan
(NAWCP)
A partnership to advance the conservation of waterbirds and
their habitats in North America. The plan has two parts: part 1
includes colonial waterbirds and part 2 includes marshbirds.
http://www.waterbirdconservation.org
U.S. Shorebird Conservation Plan (USSCP)
A partnership undertaken throughout the United States to ensure
that stable and self-sustaining populations of all shorebirds
are restored and protected.
http://www.fws.gov/shorebirdplan/
Partners in Flight (PIF) Bird Conservation
Plans (BCPs)
A series of conservation plans for each physiographic area and state in the
United States to ensure long-term maintenance of healthy populations of
native nongame landbirds.
http://www.partnersinflight.org/pifbcps.htm
Important Bird Areas (IBA) Program
A global partnership to identify areas that are most important for
maintaining bird populations and to focus conservation efforts on protecting
these sites.
http://www.audubon.org/bird/iba
Joint Ventures
Partnerships comprising individuals, corporations, conservation
organizations, and local, state, provincial, and federal agencies
for the implementation of the North American. There are currently 15 habitat
joint ventures (12 in the United States and 3 in Canada) and 3 species joint
ventures.
Atlantic Coast Joint Venture
Black Duck Joint Venture
Central Valley Joint Venture
Gulf Coast
Joint Venture
Intermountain West Joint Venture
Lower Mississippi Valley Joint Venture
Pacific Coast Joint Venture
Playa Lakes Joint Venture
Prairie Habitat Joint Venture
Prairie Pothole Joint Venture
Rainwater Basin Joint Venture
San Francisco Bay Joint Venture
Sea Duck Joint Venture
