U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Shorebird Conservation Grant Project

This project addresses Secretarial Priority #1: Creating a conservation stewardship legacy second only to Teddy Roosevelt as it promotes natural resource conservation through sustainable use, integrating the best science (population monitoring network) to make management decisions for the conservation of migratory shorebirds. Collecting high-quality population data will inform local managers and help identify best practices to manage land and wildlife resources. Shorebird conservation in this region is a matter of habitat conservation and major reproductive areas must be identified along with best practices to balance human use of these critical areas. Terra Peninsular has a history of working cooperatively with Mexican land management agencies and is an advocate for a balanced management strategy. The recipient also works to achieve active, conscious and autonomous participation of local communities in conservation activities including the proposed project which addresses Secretarial Priority #3: Restoring trust with our local communities.

Funding for this project is provided under the authority of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956, as amended, 16 U.S.C. 742a-754; Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act of 1958, 16 U.S.C. 661-667(e); Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act, 16 U.S.C. 2901-2911; the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, 16 U.S.C. 709a, and the Department of State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2017.