Opportunities and challenges to implementing bird conservation on private lands
Abstract With >70% of the United States held in private ownership, land‐use decisions of landowners will ultimately dictate the future of bird conservation in North America. However, land‐use objectives of landowners vary considerably and present opportunities and challenges for bird conservation...
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| author | Elizabeth Ciuzio William L. Hohman Brian Martin Mark D. Smith Scott Stephens Allan M. Strong Tammy Vercauteren |
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| description | Abstract With >70% of the United States held in private ownership, land‐use decisions of landowners will ultimately dictate the future of bird conservation in North America. However, land‐use objectives of landowners vary considerably and present opportunities and challenges for bird conservationists. Innovative strategies incorporating proactive approaches to address educational, financial, social, and economic needs of landowners are required to garner participation in conservation programs and practices to create or enhance bird habitat on privately owned working lands. Farm Bill conservation programs and practices provide unprecedented opportunities to facilitate bird conservation at regional and national scales and frequently serve as the primary vehicle for many non‐governmental organizations to accomplish their bird conservation goals. We identify current challenges and opportunities for bird conservation on private lands and present 4 case studies whereby partnerships with federal agencies, mainly the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service, have proven successful in eliciting positive, measurable outcomes to bird conservation efforts on private lands spanning many North American physiographic regions. The future of bird conservation will increasingly rely upon the ability of federal agencies to prioritize and allocate additional resources to deliver bird conservation programs on private lands and a greater awareness by conservationists of the role of economics in the decision‐making process of landowners. © 2013 The Wildlife Society. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-55113a8cbc2f4afbb3934936da43f16d2025-08-20T01:56:28ZengWileyWildlife Society Bulletin2328-55402013-06-0137226727710.1002/wsb.266Opportunities and challenges to implementing bird conservation on private landsElizabeth Ciuzio0William L. Hohman1Brian Martin2Mark D. Smith3Scott Stephens4Allan M. Strong5Tammy Vercauteren6United States Fish and Wildlife Service927 N Main StreetPleasantvilleNJ08232USAUnited States Department of AgricultureNatural Resources Conservation Service501 W Felix Street, Building 23, P.O. Box 6567Fort WorthTX76115USAThe Nature Conservancy32 S EwingHelenaMT59601USASchool of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences3301 Forestry and Wildlife Sciences Building, Auburn UniversityAL36849‐5418USADucks Unlimited CanadaNational HeadquartersOak Hammock MarshStonewallMB ROC 2Z0CanadaRubenstein School of Environment and Natural ResourcesUniversity of VermontBurlingtonVT05405USARocky Mountain Bird Observatory230 Cherry StreetFort CollinsCO 80521USAAbstract With >70% of the United States held in private ownership, land‐use decisions of landowners will ultimately dictate the future of bird conservation in North America. However, land‐use objectives of landowners vary considerably and present opportunities and challenges for bird conservationists. Innovative strategies incorporating proactive approaches to address educational, financial, social, and economic needs of landowners are required to garner participation in conservation programs and practices to create or enhance bird habitat on privately owned working lands. Farm Bill conservation programs and practices provide unprecedented opportunities to facilitate bird conservation at regional and national scales and frequently serve as the primary vehicle for many non‐governmental organizations to accomplish their bird conservation goals. We identify current challenges and opportunities for bird conservation on private lands and present 4 case studies whereby partnerships with federal agencies, mainly the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service, have proven successful in eliciting positive, measurable outcomes to bird conservation efforts on private lands spanning many North American physiographic regions. The future of bird conservation will increasingly rely upon the ability of federal agencies to prioritize and allocate additional resources to deliver bird conservation programs on private lands and a greater awareness by conservationists of the role of economics in the decision‐making process of landowners. © 2013 The Wildlife Society.https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.266agriculturebird conservationFarm BillNRCSprivate landworking land |
| spellingShingle | Elizabeth Ciuzio William L. Hohman Brian Martin Mark D. Smith Scott Stephens Allan M. Strong Tammy Vercauteren Opportunities and challenges to implementing bird conservation on private lands Wildlife Society Bulletin agriculture bird conservation Farm Bill NRCS private land working land |
| title | Opportunities and challenges to implementing bird conservation on private lands |
| title_full | Opportunities and challenges to implementing bird conservation on private lands |
| title_fullStr | Opportunities and challenges to implementing bird conservation on private lands |
| title_full_unstemmed | Opportunities and challenges to implementing bird conservation on private lands |
| title_short | Opportunities and challenges to implementing bird conservation on private lands |
| title_sort | opportunities and challenges to implementing bird conservation on private lands |
| topic | agriculture bird conservation Farm Bill NRCS private land working land |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.266 |
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