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

 

Partners...

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Prairie Pothole Joint Venture

U.S. Geological Survey - Biological Resources Division

U.S. Department of Agriculture - Natural Resources Conservation Service

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Iowa Department of Natural Resources

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency

Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources

The Nature Conservancy

Ducks Unlimited

Minnesota Waterfowl Association

Pheasants Forever

Red River Basin Institute