Marsh Birds Mark S. Woodrey Miss. State Univ./Grand Bay NERR Bob J. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Conservation of Tidal Marsh Birds Mark S. Woodrey – Miss. State Univ./Grand Bay NERR Bob J. Cooper – Univ. of Georgia Scott A. Rush – Miss. State Univ .

Partnership Overview

Accomplishments • Monitoring • Research • Education/Outreach

Partnership Impact • Monitoring/Research • Professional Sharing • Publications • Presentations • Field Trips • Conservation Plan Revisions

Indirect Outcomes • Leverage $ • Partnership Development • Recognition as Experts • Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill • NRDA • Trustee/Technical Advisors • Other Marsh Bird Studies

Lessons Learned • Need for broad-scale monitoring as well as individual site research • University projects are dependent on Graduate Students, and they are the best bang for the buck • Long-term $ • Training

Looking Forward • Habitat Differences Species focus • Climate Impacts Yellow Rail is a species of concern • Sea Level Rise that winters in the Northern GoM • Hurricanes • Predictive Models GoM Marsh Bird Co-op Dead Clapper Rails after Our vision of a large- Hurricane scale, adaptive mgt. Isaac approach that combines monitoring, research & management can be implemented via a GoM Marsh Bird Coop