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Integrating Bird Conservation into INRMPs

Integrating Bird Conservation into INRMPs. Chris Eberly DoD Partners in Flight 9.19.12. Migratory Bird Management in INRMP. Inventory and manage significant/sensitive natural resources Inventory & monitoring Habitat conservation Collaboration (partnerships) Cooperation

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Integrating Bird Conservation into INRMPs

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  1. Integrating Bird Conservationinto INRMPs Chris Eberly DoD Partners in Flight 9.19.12

  2. Migratory Bird Management in INRMP • Inventory and manage significant/sensitive natural resources • Inventory & monitoring • Habitat conservation • Collaboration (partnerships) • Cooperation • Outreach & public access • Integration • Regulations

  3. Inventory and Monitoring

  4. Red - Significant potential to impact military readiness. Orange - Moderate potential to impact military readiness. Yellow- Minimal potential to impact military readiness. White (Blank) - No known impact on military.

  5. Adequately addressed in INRMP?

  6. Information Available • Total data elements (for each candidate species, by installation) - 248 • At least some information available – 226 • Monitoring information available – 137 • Actions being taken to manage – 122 • Threat information available – 68 • All information types available – 16

  7. Mission-Sensitive Priority Bird Species

  8. Mission-Sensitive Priority Bird Species

  9. Priority Species – Population Estimates

  10. USFWS – Surrogate Species • Draft guidance on process – July 20, 2012 • Part of Strategic Habitat Conservation (SHC) • Exec. Summary: “…FWS must join with partners in making bold but thoughtful choices to focus our work and resources where they will have the greatest conservation benefit.” http://www.fws.gov/landscape-conservation/pdf/ DraftTechnicalGuidanceJuly2012.pdf

  11. Habitat Conservation • Protection • Restoration • Enhancement • Full life-cycle stewardship • Conservation Measures

  12. Guiding Legislation NEPA MBTA ESA other… BGEPA Conservation Measures Resource Management Energy Development Threat Management Partnerships, Communication and Education Monitoring Facilities Plans and Guidance INRMP Soil Management and Grading Plan Species Recovery Plan Restoration Plan Agency Guidance/Guidelines Mitigation Plan Monitoring / Maintenance Plan Bird and Bat Conservation Strategy Resource Management Plan Other plans…

  13. Migratory Bird Treaty Act – Final Rule

  14. Best Management Practices • Generally accepted, informally standardized methods or processes proven over time • BMP can evolve to become better • Adaptive learning process rather than a fixed set of rules or guidelines (Adaptive Resource Management) • Promotes continuous learning and improvement

  15. Conservation Measures • Avoiding or minimizing adverse effects • “Take” • Spatial scale • Local • Regional • National • Temporal aspects • Cumulative impacts • Adaptive, ongoing process

  16. Conservation Measures • Endangered Species Act • Section 7 related decisions • Candidate Conservation Agreement • Executive Order 13186 • Bald Eagle Management Guidelines • Additional Conservation Measures to Benefit Bald Eagles • Bald and Golden Eagles • Advanced Conservation Practices

  17. Conservation Measures - MBTA Focus activities in the Non-breeding season • Timber harvest • Haying, mowing • Prescribed burning • Brush clearing • Construction

  18. DoD Conservation Measures • Monitoring impacts of activities • Bird conservation planning • Conservation partnerships • Avoidance and mitigation • APP, BBCS • Pesticide reduction • Habitat conservation and enhancement • Endangered Species Act consideration • INRMP annual reviews

  19. Collaboration

  20. Collaboration

  21. Cooperation • Access to DoD lands by partners • Survey/monitoring • Breeding Bird Atlas – ex., NIOC Sugar Grove • University research

  22. Outreach / Public Access • International Migratory Bird Day • Earth Day • Bird watching • Audubon chapters, bird clubs • Ex., NAS Patuxent River

  23. Integration

  24. PIF Bird Conservation Plans

  25. State Wildlife Action Plans Opportunity: Engage Partners in a Strategic Vision for Wildlife Conservation http://www.wildlifeactionplan.org

  26. State Wildlife Action Plans [Georgia]

  27. Regulations • MBTA • Final Rule (“Readiness”) • Permits • Banding • Depredation • NEPA

  28. Working Groups Avian Electrocutions BASH Communications Education International Invasive Species Research & Monitoring Seabirds Species of Concern DoD PIF Network

  29. Questions? Chris Eberly DoD Partners in Flight 540-349-9662 ceberly@dodpif.org www.dodpif.org Guantanamo Bay, Cuba January 2004

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