Classroom Session: June 8, 2022 1:00 pm - 4:30 pm. Virtual or In-Person Still TBD.
Field Session: June 9. Details to come. Field experience is required to obtain a federal permit for yellow-billed cuckoo surveys.
Registration: Email Jim Sykes at james_sykes@fws.gov with attendee name, email address, and phone number. Include when and where you plan to be conducting surveys in 2022 or 2023 and if you have already applied for federal and state (if applicable) permits. Additionally, include documentation of riparian riparian
Definition of riparian habitat or riparian areas.
Learn more about riparian avian species field experience to allow us to determine whether you will still need field experience to obtain a permit. Because we are expecting a full house, priority will be given to those who have applied for permits and who will be conducting surveys in New Mexico in 2022 or 2023.
Survey training is free, but due to limited space you must register for training. If you register and cannot attend, please cancel your registration to allow those waitlisted to take your place.
Federal Permits (required for all recovery studies pertaining to cuckoos including presence/absence surveys): Visit https://fwsepermits.servicenowservices.com/fws. Cost is $100 for a new permit and $50 for an amendment to add the species to a current permit. For all individuals named on the permit, include resumes with documentation of experience and as well as past attendance at a training class. Cuckoo protocol training within the past 5 years and previous experience with cuckoos and riparian avian species surveys is required for presence/absence permitting in New Mexico.
State (NM) Permits (not required for presence/absence surveys, but are required for nest monitoring or other cuckoo studies): Contact dgf.permits@state.nm.us for more information.
Instructors:
Dave Moore, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Matt Bullard, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Jenny Davis, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Erin Duvuvuei, New Mexico Department of Game and Fish
Co-Sponsors:
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation