U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Grant for American Woodcock Habitat Management

The Wildlife Management Institute is a private, nonprofit 501(c)(3), scientific and educational organization, dedicated to the conservation, enhancement and professional management of North America’s wildlife and other natural resources. Scientists, managers and the concerned public agree that a coordinated, cooperative, and effective initiative focusing on the conservation of important migratory bird habitats is needed to ensure that adequate measures are taken to sustain migratory bird populations at target levels.

Based on these experiences, staff and associated WMI contractors are widely recognized as experts on monitoring, research, and conservation planning for American Woodcock and have developed extensive partner relationships, making them uniquely qualified to conduct the work described in this announcement. The objectives of the work to be conducted under this grant agreement are:

a. Work under this job will allow WMI to contact 20 landowners or land managers who control 2000 acres of land and provide technical assistance on ways that the landowner or land manager can implement the Best Management Practices on their ownership.
b. Technical assistance will include aerial photograph interpretation, 1 or more site visits, consultation with other private and public land managers, and development of a prescriptive report to be provided to the landowner or land manager. Monitoring of American Woodcock response to habitat improvement may be included.
c. Properties with a history of management may be used as a demonstration site for groups of private or public land managers.
d. Accomplishments will be displayed, in part, on a web site www.timberdoodle.org.