Plan Contact:
Rodney Siegel, Institute for Bird Populations, rsiegel@birdpop.org
An Excerpt from the Introduction:
This
document is a draft avian conservation plan for the Sierra Nevada,
produced for California Partners in Flight. The purpose of the draft
plan is to summarize and analyze existing information on the status
of Sierra bird populations, to identify major land management issues
that may be threatening the security of those populations, and to
suggest conservation actions to safeguard the populations and the
habitats on which they depend.
Covering approximately 1/6 of the state of California, the Sierra
Nevada’s diverse habitats are enormously important to the birds
of California and, indeed, to a large portion of western North America’s
Neotropical migratory birds. The best way to protect Sierra bird
populations, those that are already seriously jeopardized as well
as those that are not, is to proactively safeguard the habitats
on which they depend. Although we limit our discussion in this report
to the status and conservation of birds, most of our conservation
recommendations are habitat-based, and would consequently benefit
other jeopardized taxa as well.
Recommended Citation
Siegel, R.B. and D.F. DeSante. 1999. Version 1.0. The draft avian conservation plan for the Sierra Nevada Bioregion: conservation priorities and strategies for safeguarding Sierra bird populations. Institute for Bird Populations report to California Partners in Flight.
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