Hey there CT GIS Network,
I was alerted of a webinar that blends birds, conservation, and mapping tools (and I
💖 all three lol). Details below.
Best,
Mike Towle, WestCOG Deputy Director
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February 14, 2024
10:00–11:30 a.m. EST
Register for the webinar here!
The
Northeast Bird Habitat Conservation Initiative Mapping Tool
is an easy-to-use, interactive tool designed to help Regional Conservation Partnerships, Land Trusts, and practitioners use bird data to support activities such as habitat management and stewardship plan development, land prioritization and acquisition, and
landowner and community engagement, all through the lens of bird conservation.
During this webinar, we’ll provide an overview of the tool's data and layers, explore the tool's functions, and showcase ways the tool is serving land conservation professionals. The tool showcases
eBird Status & Trends (S&T) data
for 43 priority bird species in five habitat types (forest, grassland, shrub/scrub/young forest, wetland/marsh, and coastal/shoreline). The target species were selected based on their high-priority status or climate vulnerability.
The tool was created in partnership with the Northeast Bird Habitat Conservation
Initiative (NBHCI), a conservation collaborative of the Cornell Lab’s Land Trust Bird Conservation Initiative and a cooperative effort between the
Regional Conservation Partnership
Network,
Audubon groups,
Highstead, and the
Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
The NBHCI Mapping Tool provides data for 13 states in the Northeast: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia.
For more information about the mapping tool, the NBHCI, or the webinar, contact co-coordinators: Katie Blake ([log in to unmask])
and Sara Barker ([log in to unmask]).
If you’d like an image to accompany your text in your blog or a website about the event, you can view the
Cornell Macaulay Library for photos. Please note the information on
this page for
requesting media. You can embed an image without requesting (downloading) the actual file. I’d suggest images of the following bird species to accompany the event text: Golden-winged Warbler, Wood Thrush, and Vesper Sparrow.