Bird Conservation on Private Lands Best Management Practices

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2. Best Management Practices You may prefer “Desired Future Conditions” Difference is whether we focus on what to do vs painting a picture of what we want the habitat to look like at some future date • Example: Instead of saying graze like this, say we want X% of grass in 3 years. You figure out how.

3. Best Management Practices There is a lot of guidance out there What information do you need? What level of detail? What format? • Bird Conservation Partnerships are spending more time customizing information for particular audiences with particular needs • NRCS is a huge audience and partner

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7. Best Management Practices Currently under revision for 2015 update

8. Best Management Practices http://www.partnersinflight.org/pubs/BMPs.htm

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15. Best Management Practices There is a lot of guidance out there What information do you need? What level of detail? What format? How do you like what we prepared? • What else would be useful? • Training • Custom Website • Listserv Reminder: Idaho is a pilot for NRCS nationwide