2012 NMBCA Grants Will Fund 28 Projects in 26 Countries
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe announced today more than $3.78 million in Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation grants for 28 collaborative projects that will support bird conservation throughout the Western Hemisphere. Matched by $14 million in contributions from partners, the projects will support habitat restoration, environmental education, population monitoring, and other priority activities within the ranges of neotropical migratory birds in the United States, Canada, Mexico and 23 Latin American and Caribbean countries. Several projects are funded under the NMBCA pilot program, which focuses a portion of available funds on a group of particularly threatened neotropical migratory birds.

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New Pilot Program Targets Species of Concern
During the 2012 Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act (NMBCA) program, we will follow the recommendation from the NMBCA Advisory Group to initiate a pilot program designed to focus a portion of our funding (approximately 25 to 30 percent of any Fiscal Year 2012 appropriation) to a group of particularly threatened Neotropical migratory birds. The remainder of the funding (70 to 75 percent) will be used, as in past years, in our core program, which catalyzes conservation of any eligible Neotropical migratory bird species and directs funding to the most competitive proposals from a broad spectrum of partners, geographies, threats, species and conservation approaches.

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Audubon Society Video Highlights Successes of the Neotrop Act
National Audubon Society President Dave Yarnold recently joined Secretary General of the Organization of American States José Miguel Insulza, ambassadors from Brazil, Panama, the Bahamas and Dominican Republic, and Jeff Trandahl, executive director of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, to host a special celebration marking the tenth anniversary of the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act.  Audubon created a five-minute video especially for the occasion, highlighting the successes of the Neotrop Act over the past decade.
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Cooperation, Conservation, and Success in South America
In an effort to preserve important areas and promote responsible land management in southern South America, international conservation organizations created the Southern Cone Grasslands Alliance.  A 2003 Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service provided the seed money the Alliance needed to get off the ground.  
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