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Best Management PracticesThis page is new and in development. Anyone who is aware of PIF-related Best Management Practices that should be posted here, please contact Janet Ruth, 505-346-2870, Ext. 12. Forested EcosystemsAmerican Bird Conservancy. 2009. Landowner stories in bird conservation: managing for cavity-nesting birds in ponderosa pine forests. American Bird Conservancy, American Forest Foundation, and Forest Restoration Partnership. Ehresman, M. 2003. A bird’s eye view: a guide to managing and protecting your land for neotropical migratory birds in the upper Mississippi River blufflands. Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation, Des Moines, IA. http://www.inhf.org/neotropbook.htm Klamath Bird Observatory. 2005. Birds in oak woodland and chaparral: managing fuels and habitats in the Klamath-Siskiyou bioregion. 2 pages. http://www.klamathbird.org/Projects/oakdst.pdf Kreitinger, K. and T. Gardali. 2006. Bringing the birds back: a guide to habitat enhancemet in riparian and oak woodlands for the North Bay Region. California PIF Regional Bird Conservation Plan No. 1. http://www.prbo.org/calpif/pdfs/horth_bay.pdf Lambert, J. D. and S. D. Faccio. 2005. Canada warbler: population status, habitat use, and stewardship guidelines for northeastern forests. VINS Technical Report 05-4. Vermont Institute of Natural Sciences. Woodstock, VT. 19 pages. http://www.vinsweb.org/assets/pdf/CAWAreport05.pdf Herkert, J. R., R. E. Szafoni, V. M. Kleen and J. E. Schwegman. 1993. Habitat establishment, enhancement and management for forest and grassland birds in Illinois. Division of Natural Heritage, Illinois Department of Conservation, Natural Heritage Technical Publication #1, Springfield, IL. Northern Prairie Wildife Research Center Home Page. http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/birds/manbook/index.htm (VERSION 16JUL97) Jones, C., J. McCann, and S. McConville. 2000. A guide to the conservation of forest interior dwelling birds in the Chesapeake Bay Critical Area. Chesapeake Bay Critical Area Commission, Annapolis, MD. 63 pp. http://www.dnr.state.md.us/education/envirothon/wildlife/criticalareareg_FIDS.pdf Nott, P., N. Michel, and D. F. DeSante. 2003. Management strategies for reversing declines in landbirds of conservation concern on military installations - executive summary. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. http://www.birdpop.org/DownloadDocuments/DoDExec2003.pdf Nott, M. P., D. F. DeSante, P. Pyle, and N. Michel. 2005. Managing landbird populations in forests of the Pacific Northwest: formulating population management
guidelines from landscape-scale analyses of MAPS data from avian communities on seven National Forests in the Pacific Northwest. A http://www.birdpop.org/downloaddocuments/usfsr6/nwffullreport.pdf Rimmer, C. C., K P. McFarland, J. D. Lambert, and R. B. Renfrew. 2004. Evaluating the use of Vermont ski areas by Bicknell's Thrush: applications for Whiteface Mountain, New York. Vermont Institute of Natural Sciences. Woodstock, VT. 50 pp. http://www.vinsweb.org/assets/pdf/ORDA2004.pdf Rosenberg, K. V., R. S. Hames, R. W. Rohrbaugh, Jr., S. Barker Swarthout, J. D. Lowe, and A. A. Dhondt. 2003. A land manager’s guide to improving habitat for forest thrushes. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY. 29 pp. http://www.birds.cornell.edu/conservation/thrush Rosenberg, K. V., R. W. Rohrbaugh, Jr., S. E. Baker, J. D. Lowe, R. S. Hames, and A. A. Dhondt. 1999. A land manager’s guide to improving habitat for Scarlet Tanagers and other forest-interior birds. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY. 23 pp. http://www.birds.cornell.edu/conservation/tanager Altman, B. and J. Hagar. 2007. Rainforest birds: a land manager's guide to breeding bird habitat in young conifer forests in the Pacific Northwest. U. S. Geological Survey, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5304, 60 p. http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2006/5304/ Gillihan, S. W. 2006. Sharing the land with pinyon-juniper birds. Partners in Flight Western Working Group. Salt Lake City, Utah. 39pp http://www.partnersinflight.org/pif/pub/PJ manual Nov 08 low-res.pdf Cox, J. and B. Widener. 2008. Lightning-season burning: friend or foe of breeding birds? Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy. Tallahassee, FL. (focus is on southern pine forests) Shrubland Ecosystems
Adams, B. W., J. Carlson, D. Milner, T. Hood, B. Cairns, and P. Herzog. 2004. Beneficial grazing management practices for Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) and ecology of silver sagebrush (Artemisia cana) in southeastern Alberta. Technical Report,Public Lands and Forests Division, Alberta Sustainable Resource Development. Publication Number T /049. 60 pp. http://www.srd.gov.ab.ca/lands/managingpublicland/rangemanagement/pdf/Sage_Grouse_and_Grazing3.pdf Klamath Bird Observatory. 2005. Birds in oak woodland and chaparral: managing fuels and habitats in the Klamath-Siskiyou bioregion. 2 pages. http://www.klamathbird.org/Projects/oakdst.pdf Nott, P., N. Michel, and D. F. DeSante. 2003. Management strategies for reversing declines in landbirds of conservation concern on military installations - executive summary. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. http://www.birdpop.org/DownloadDocuments/DoDExec2003.pdf Paige, C. and S. A. Ritter. 1999. Birds in a sagebrush
sea: managing sagebrush habitats for bird communities. Partners in Flight
Western Working Group. Gillihan, S. W. 2006. Sharing the land with pinyon-juniper birds. Partners in Flight Western Working Group. Salt Lake City, Utah. 39pp http://www.partnersinflight.org/pif/pub/PJ manual Nov 08 low-res.pdf Grassland Ecosystems
Herkert, J. R., R. E. Szafoni, V. M. Kleen and J. E. Schwegman. 1993. Habitat establishment, enhancement and management for forest and grassland birds in Illinois. Division of Natural Heritage, Illinois Department of Conservation, Natural Heritage Technical Publication #1, Springfield, IL. Northern Prairie Wildife Research Center Home Page. http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/birds/manbook/index.htm (VERSION 16JUL97) Johnson, Douglas H. 2000. Grassland
bird use of Conservation Reserve Program fields in the Great Plains. Pages
19-33 in L. P. Heard, A. W. Allen, L. B. Best, S. J. Brady, W. Burger,
A. J. Esser, E. Hackett, D. H. Johnson, R. L. Pederson, R. E. Reynolds,
C. Rewa, M. R. Ryan, R. T. Molleur, and P. Buck. A comprehensive
review of farm bill contributions to wildlife conservation, 1985-2000. W.
L. Hohman and D. J. Halloum, Fincham, eds. U.S. Dept. Agric., Nat.
Resour. Cons. Serv., Wildl. Hab. Manage. Inst., Tech. Rep., USDA/NRCS/WHMI-2000. Jamestown,
ND: Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Online. Johnson, Douglas H., Lawrence D. Igl, and Jill
A. Dechant Shaffer (Series Coordinators). 2004. Effects
of management practices on grassland birds. Northern These reports are a series of literature syntheses on North American
grassland birds produced by Johnson, D. H., and M. Winter. 1999. Reserve design for grasslands: considerations for bird populations. Pages 391-396 in D. Harmon, ed. On the Frontiers of Conservation: Proceedings of the Tenth Conference on Research and Resource Management in Parks and on Public Lands. The George Wright Soc. Biennial Conf., Asheville, NC. Jamestown, ND: Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center On Line. (Version 16MAY2000). http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/birds/desgrs/index.htm Nott, P., N. Michel, and D. F. DeSante. 2003. Management strategies for reversing declines in landbirds of conservation concern on military installations - executive summary. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. http://www.birdpop.org/DownloadDocuments/DoDExec2003.pdf Sample, D. W. and J. J. Mossman. 1997. Managing
habitat for grassland birds - a guide for Wisconsin. Wisconsin Department
of Natural Resources, Madison, WI. PUBL-SS-925-97. 154 pp. Jamestown,
N.D.: Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Online. http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/birds/wiscbird/index.htm Riparian EcosystemsWildlife Habitat Council. 2005. Riparian areas of the Great Basin: a management guide for landowners. Wildlife Habitat Council. Silver Spring, MD. Kreitinger, K. and T. Gardali. 2006. Bringing the birds back: a guide to habitat enhancemet in riparian and oak woodlands for the North Bay Region. California PIF Regional Bird Conservation Plan No. 1. http://www.prbo.org/calpif/pdfs/horth_bay.pdf Lambert, J. D. and S. D. Faccio. 2005. Canada warbler: population status, habitat use, and stewardship guidelines for northeastern forests. VINS Technical Report 05-4. Vermont Institute of Natural Sciences. Woodstock, VT. 19 pages. http://www.vinsweb.org/assets/pdf/CAWAreport05.pdf Ritter, S. (Ed.). 1998. Riparian riches: habitat management for birds in Idaho. Idaho Partners in Flight. Neotropical EcosystemsPiaskowski, V.D., M. Teul, R. N. Cal, K. M. Williams, and D. Tzul. 2007. Birds Without Borders - Aves Sin Fronteras - Recommendations for Landowners: How to Manage Your Land to Help Birds (Belize and MesoAmerica edition). Birds Without Borders - Aves Sin Fronteras, Zoological Society of Milwaukee: Milwaukee, WI. 117 pages. http://www.zoosociety.org/pdf/BWBPubs/BelizeLandownerManual.pdf Multiple Species, Habitats and Miscellaneous BMPsSheppard, C. 2011. Bird-friendly building design. American Bird Conservancy, The Plains, VA. http://www.abcbirds.org/newsandreports/BirdFriendlyBuildingDesign.pdf Wolter, F., S. Capel, D. Pashley, and S. Heath. 2008. Managing land in the Piedmont of Virginia for the benefit of birds and other wildlife. American Bird Conservancy, Piedmont Environmental Council, and Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. The Plains, VA. Brown, H. and S. Caputo. 2007. Bird-safe building guidelines. New York City Audubon. 59 pages. http://www.nycaudubon.org/home/BirdSafeBuildingGuidelines.pdf (includes guidance for row crops, and specifically for corn, cotton, rice, soybeans, and wheat) Taylor, D. A. R. and M. D. Tuttle. 2007. Water for wildlife - a handbook for ranchers and range managers. Bat Conservation International. 20 pp. These are 8 - 12 page species- or group-specific management guidance. As of 07/06/05 bird accounts include: American Kestrel, Northern Bobwhite, Eastern Bluebird, Grassland Nesting Birds, Lesser Prairie Chicken, Long-billed Curlew, Mountain Plover, Ring-necked Pheasant, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Sage Grouse species, Shorebirds, Wild Turkey, and Wood Duck. (info on ways for private landowners to help birds in urban, suburban, and rural landscapes) Paige, C. 2008. A landowner's guide to wildlife friendly fences: how to build fence with wildlife in mind. Landowner/Wildlife Resources Program, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks. Helena, MT. 44 pp. Piaskowski, V.D., K.M. Williams, G.K. Boese, and P.A. Brookmire. 2008. Birds
Without Borders - Aves Sin Fronteras recommendations for landowners: how to
manage your land to help birds(Wisconsin, Midwest and eastern U.S. edition).
Foundation for Wildlife Conservation, Inc. and Zoological Society of Milwaukee.
Milwaukee, WI.
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