Yellow-breasted Chat, Photo by Jim Livaudais ©2009
Built on two decades of efforts in the Klamath-Siskiyou Bioregion of southern Oregon and northern California, KBO is a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing bird and habitat conservation through science, education, and partnerships. KBO’s work focuses in this bioregion, renowned for its outstanding biological diversity.
Klamath Bird Observatory conducts long-term monitoring and applied research projects that provide scientific results about bird population trends, demographics, life history, distribution and habitat relationships. Our scientific results inform conservation and land management decisions. Ongoing studies address decisions related to wildfire and fuel reduction, wetland habitat management, restoration effectiveness, and climate change.
Klamath Bird Observatory’s education program uses the best available science to help private, state, and federal land managers implement conservation objectives by using birds as indicators of resilient ecosystems. KBO reaches out to local communities and schools through classroom visits, field trips, camps, bird walks, presentations, workshops, visits to ecological monitoring stations, and community events.
Klamath Bird Observatory broadens the effectiveness and scope of its science and education programs through collaboration with an array of partners.
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Fall 2011 KBO Newsletter Released |
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Our newly released Klamath Bird focuses on the 2011 State of the Birds Report on Public Lands and Waters. This report highlights the state of our birds on public lands in the U.S., and warns that greater conservation efforts are needed. For this edition of our newsletter, we focus on how KBO's work is helping to address declines in bird populations on public lands throughout the Klamath-Siskiyou Bioregion and beyond. To view a copy of the 2011 State of the Birds report, click here. To view the latest Klamath Bird, click here. |
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KBO Contributes to New USFWS Report |
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KBO's Research & Monitoring Director Jaime Stephens was lead editor of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's latest Biological Technical Publication, Informing Ecosystem Management: Science and Process For Landbird Conservation in The Western United States. The publication highlights a series of conservation "success stories" that demonstrate the integration of bird monitoring results into land management decision making. KBO's Executive Director John Alexander contributed to the report, highlighting how KBO and partners are using bird monitoring results to identify opportunities for achieving bird conservation objectives in the Klamath-Siskiyou Bioregion. To view the report online, click here. To order a hard copy of the report from KBO, click here. |
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KBO Featured in BirdNote Broadcast |
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KBO was featured in a recent edition of BirdNote, a nationally syndicated radio series heard by up to a million people daily! Click here to visit the BirdNote website, where you can download the MP3 or stream the recording online. |
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