Urban Conservation
Treaty
for Migratory
Birds
A
program to conserve migratory birds
through education and
habitat improvement strategies in urban areas.
Background
One of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service's newest and most exciting
programs, the Urban Conservation Treaty for Migratory Birds, is an
outreach program designed to address a sometimes overlooked area of bird
conservation -- the need to work with cities to preserve habitat and
educate citizens about birds in an urban environment.
For details on the Urban Conservation Treaty for Migratory Birds
Program, view the Urban
Conservation Treaty for Migratory Birds Fact Sheet.
(Fact sheet is in .PDF format; if you lack software to view it, you
can download Free Adobe
Acrobat Reader software.)
Articles of Interest
Urban
Conservation Treaty Program a Component of Obama Administration’s
21st Century Youth Conservation Corps
National
Wildlife Magazine – Bright Lights, Bird City
History
of Urban Wildlife Ecology – Lowell Adams – 2005
Gulf
Coast Bird Observatory Newsletter – Birds in Politics and Bird Collisions
- 2008
Wisconsin
DNR – Urban Forests: Important Stopover Sites for Migratory Birds -
2006
How to Apply
This program does not have a dedicated funding source. New cities will be added as money
becomes available. We are
still open to future partnering with cities and to providing our technical
expertise to interested partners in urban areas. If you are a city interested in
partnering with the US Fish and Wildlife Service to do good things for
migrating birds, and ultimately all wildlife and people in your
metropolitan area, please let us know.
Guidelines:
For information on how current Treaty Cities are structuring their
programs and ideas for how to conduct urban bird conservation Click Here. Please check back for further updates.
Current Treaty
Cities
New Orleans, Louisiana -- Signed as Treaty City on June 13, 1999.
New Orleans News
Release
City of New Orleans
website
Chicago, Illinois -- Signed as Treaty City on March 29, 2000.
Chicago
News Release
City of Chicago website
A Bird's
Eye View -- All about the birds that live in and migrate through
Chicago
Chicago
Treaty Partners
Chicago
Wilderness Features Signing
Conscious
Choice at Lime.Com a GAIAM Company Site Features Chitown Treaty
The
Columbia College Chronicle Features Chicago Treaty
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -- Signed as Treaty City on May 8, 2002
Philadelphia
News Release
Reauthorized with Funding -- August 13, 2009
Philadelphia
News Release
City of Philadelphia Website
MyOutdoorTV.Com
Mentions Philadelphia Grant
Preservation
Alliance – Plan Philly Features Program
University
City Review Highlights Treaty in Philly
Houston, Texas -- Signed as Treaty City on April 18, 2003
Houston
News Release
City of Houston Website
Houston
Migratory Birds
Houston Treaty
Partners
Houston
Audubon Society Citizen’s Guide to Migration and Migratory Birds of the
Bayou City
Treaty
Project – Restoration of Little Thicket Bayou Park (pg. 7)
Portland, Oregon -- Signed as Treaty City on May 10, 2003
City of
Portland Website
Portland
Migratory Birds
USFWS
Portland Oregon Urban Conservation
St. Louis, Missouri -- Signed as Treaty City May 2004
City of St. Louis
Website
Birding
Locations Around St. Louis
Birds of St.
Louis
Treaty
Project – Creve Coeur Memorial Park Restoration
Nashville, Tennessee -- Signed as Treaty City May 2004
City of Nashville
Website
Anchorage, Alaska -- Signed as Treaty City July 2008
City of Anchorage
Website
Anchorage News
Release
New York, New York -- Signed as Treaty City October 2008
City
of New York Website
New
York News Release
The
Daily Plant – City of New York Parks Newsletter Story
"Outdoors
in New York City Guide" Features the Urban Conservation Treaty -- check
out pages 2 and 3
American
Bird Conservancy Conservation Issues Features NYC
Treaty
Bird Education
Network Article
Associated
Content.Com Business and Finance Features NYC
Treaty
LiveStrong.Com
Features NYC Treaty
Treaty
Projects in NYC – Ridgewood Reservoir
How Can I Find Out More?
Contact the Division of Migratory Bird
Management,
Alicia King or
Julie St. Louis at:
703/358-1714
U.S.
Fish & Wildlife Service
4401
North
Fairfax
Drive, Mailstop: MBSP
4107
Arlington
, VA 22203
For questions concerning this
page, contact Julie_StLouis@fws.gov at U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service
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