News
The All-Bird Bulletin is a news and information-sharing publication for participants of the North American Bird Conservation Initiative. Click on the following link to download the current issue:
New Canadian site
NABCI Canada has a new site (use the link at the top of this page). Please visit us regularly as we will be updating contents. We appreciate receiving your feedback on our website at nabci@ec.gc.ca.
eBird / AverAves site
eBird is a real-time, online checklist program that provides rich data sources for basic information on bird abundance and distribution at a variety of spatial and temporal scales. Launched in 2002 by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and National Audubon Society, eBird's goal is to maximize the utility and accessibility of the vast numbers of bird observations made each year by recreational and professional bird watchers. It is amassing one of the largest and fastest growing biodiversity data resources in existence. For example, in 2006, participants reported more than 4.3 million bird observations across North America.
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U.S. Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act (NMBCA)
The U.S. Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act of 2000 establishes a matching grants program to fund projects that promote the long-term conservation of Neotropical migratory birds and their habitats in the United States, Canada, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Projects may include activities to benefit bird populations and their habitats, research and monitoring, law enforcement, and outreach and education.
Click here to access a summary table of projects that were successful in obtaining funding in 2007  .
NMBCA Fact sheet
In 2005, the North American Waterfowl Management Plan Committee initiated its first continent-wide assessment of the Plan's goals and accomplishments. This comprehensive analysis was conducted by a group of preeminent waterfowl biologists and habitat scientists from federal, state, and provincial fish and wildlife agencies, universities, and private-sector conservation organizations from across North America.
The following documents associated with this group's work are available from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service website. Click on the "Plan Continental Assessment" drop-down menu:
- Final Assessment Report - The Assessment Steering Committee's final document, replacing the draft posted in September 2006 and incorporating changes based on input received during the public review process. The report presents the findings of the Assessment Steering Committee which interviewed and received written material from each of the habitat and species joint ventures in North America, as well as from other key agencies concerned with waterfowl management and conservation. This wide-ranging review of progress and prospects for achieving the NAWMP vision presents several recommendations for setting future direction and priorities for the Plan.
- Peer Review Plan - A statement of how the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (separate from other Plan Committee members, and following OMB peer-review guidelines) conducted a scientific peer review of the draft Assessment Report.
- Peer Review Comments - The letters received from the peer reviewers.
- Summary of Peer Review Comments - A summary of the issues/comments in the peer-review letters, and how those were addressed in the final assessment report (Note: this includes ONLY the Peer Reviewer comments, NOT the comments received from the public review process).
- Plan Committee Management Response - The Plan Committee's initial response to each of the 27 recommendations included in the Assessment Report. These responses indicate in a general manner how the Plan Committee will address the issues identified in the report. The Plan Committee will refine, expand, and prioritize these initial responses at subsequent meetings.
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