Home Who We Are What We Do Biological Field Activities Strategic Management Tools and Mapping Products Conservation Plans Contact Us Address: Habitat and Population Evaluation Team 18965 County Hwy 82 S Fergus Falls, MN 56537 Phone: 218-739-2291

What We Do

Objective...

To work in partnerships, providing information and tools needed to conserve and restore landscapes to meet the habitat needs of wildlife and the environmental quality needs of humans while ensuring regional economic viability.

• Provide biological decision support through regional conservation planning

• Develop and apply models that relate bird populations to their habitats

• Integrate continental avian conservation initiatives through landscape design

• Assess the impacts of habitat management on bird populations

• Act as a liaison manager and researcher, insuring that management information needs are met and that research results are relevantly applied

Biological Field Activities...

• 4 Square Mile surveys

• Nest dragging

• Shorebird monitoring

• Upland and wetland monitoring

• Predator population monitoring

• Duck banding

 

Strategic Management Tools

• A Landscape Approach to Grassland Bird Conservation

• Duck Band Recovery

• Grassland Bird Conservation Area Maps

• Land Value Maps

• Landcover Maps

• Classified Landuse/Landcover

• Percent Grass

• Percent Trees

• Landscape for Shorebirds During Migration

• Management Treatment Prioritization Process

• Marbled Godwit Expert Model

• Predicted Duck Pair Accessibility Maps ("Thunderstorm" Maps)

• Restorable Wetlands

• Targeting the Small Wetlands Aquisition Program (SWAP) in Minnesota

• The Effect of Woody Vegetation on Grassland Nesting Birds

  • Fact Sheet

  • Bibliography

• Wildlife Priority Areas defined by 14-digit hydrologic units

• Working Lands Initiative

  • Powerpoint presentation

Partnerships…

 

State Agencies

• Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

• Iowa Department of Natural Resources

• Minnesota Pollution Control Agency

• Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources

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Federal Agencies

• U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service

  • Migratory Birds and State Programs

  • Region 3 Refuges and Wetland Management Districts

• Corps of Engineers

• U. S. Department of Agriculture – Natural Resource Conservation Service

• U. S. Geological Survey – Biological Resources Division

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Non-Government Partners

• Ducks Unlimited

• The Nature Conservancy

• Minnesota Waterfowl Association

• Pheasants Forever

• Red River Basin Institute

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Last updated: March 4, 2009

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