Yellow Rail Conservation JENNIFER WHEELER US Fish and Wildlife Service Waterbird Conservation for the Americas JANE AUSTIN US Geological Survey Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center MARK WOODREY Mississippi State University and Grand Bay National Estuary Research Reserve ID: 692268
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Symposium in Context of Yellow Rail Conservation
JENNIFER WHEELER, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Waterbird Conservation for the AmericasJANE AUSTIN, US Geological Survey, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research CenterMARK WOODREY, Mississippi State University and Grand Bay National Estuary Research ReserveSlide2
IMPETUS FOR YELLOW RAIL CONSERVATION
Special Concern under Schedule 1 of the Species At Risk Act (SARA)Special Concern under Ontario’s Endangered Species Act, 2007
Threatened under Québec’s Loi sur les espèces menacées ou vulnerableMigratory Nongame Bird of Special Management Concern (USFWS)
Endangered, Threatened, or Special Concern in seven StatesSlide3
OPEN STANDARDS Slide4
CONCEPTUALIZE: DEFINE TEAMSlide5
CONCEPTUALIZE: DEFINE SCOPESlide6
CONCEPTUALIZE - VISION
DRAFT CANADA MGMT PLAN: The objective of this management plan is to stabilize the quantity, quality and distribution of Yellow Rail breeding, moulting and migratory stopover habitat across Canada and to promote the conservation and management of suitable habitat on the wintering grounds. Achieving this objective should ensure the conservation of the Yellow Rail in Canada. (PROPOSED) AMERICAS: The distribution, diversity, and abundance of populations and habitats of breeding,
moulting, migratory, and nonbreeding Yellow Rail are sustained or restored in appropriate current, transitional and future habitats of the Americas.Slide7
CONCEPTUALIZE TARGETS
“Main” population
Birds themselves
Breeding habitat
Moulting
habitat
Migration habitat
Wintering habitat
Western population
Birds themselves
Breeding habitat
Moulting
habitat
Migration habitat
Wintering habitat
James Bay, Hudson Bay as
disjunct
populations?Slide8
IDENTIFY CRITICAL THREATSSlide9
COMPLETE SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS
“Main” population
Birds themselves
Breeding habitat
Moulting
habitat
Migration habitat
Wintering habitat
Western population
Birds themselves
Breeding habitat
Moulting
habitat
Migration habitat
Wintering habitat
FACTORS
STRATEGY
THREATSlide10
COMPLETE SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS - STRATEGIES
Identify key Yellow Rail breeding, moulting and migratory stopover sites and regularly assess habitat availability and condition at these sites in Canada. Key sites are those that are threatened, are used regularly over a period of years by Yellow Rails or used by a relatively large numbers of rails.
2. Conserve habitat at key breeding, moulting and migratory stopover sites in Canada.3. Develop management practices for Yellow Rail habitat and promote their incorporation into existing and future wetland conservation and management initiatives.
4. Fill important knowledge gaps, particularly those related to main threats and effective management and conservation practices.
5. Develop and implement communication tools to increase public and private sector awareness and involvement in Yellow Rail conservation.Slide11
PLAN ACTIONS AND MONITORINGSlide12
CANADIAN PLAN ACTIONS AND MONITORING
YEARS 2011-2016Measure Priority Threats Addressed TimelineSlide13
PURPOSE OF SYMPOSIUM
“Catch Up” Build relationships Range-wide Plan Gain momentum and resources for implementation.