BCA Meeting November 12, 2008
Bird Migration Matters; Building Support for Migratory Bird Conservation
8:45 a.m. – 4 p.m. at The Nature Conservancy Worldwide Offices Arlington, VA

The Bird Conservation Alliance meeting will focus on migratory bird conservation. We will discuss the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act; current projects funded by the Act; are they working and what projects are needed to address issues facing migratory birds? We will discuss our capacity to engage the general public in bird conservation issues/campaigns and how we can work together to communicate our message and how we can gain more funding for conservation work concerning migratory birds.

Keynote: Lynn Scarlett , Deputy Secretary of the Department of the Interior - State of the Birds

• Dr. Jeff Wells, Senior Scientist, Boreal Songbird Initiative – Birds; Part of a Bigger Picture: Our Responsibility
• Doug Ryan, Director NMBCA, USFWS – Opening Doors for Migratory Bird Conservation
• Bob Altman, Pacific Coast Joint Venture Science Coordinator - Strategically Developing NMBCA Projects
• Craig Thompson, Wisconsin Bird Conservation Initiative International Committee – Connecting Breeding Habitat with Wintering Habitat
• Dan Froehlich, Institute for Bird Populations - How Can Monitoring Avian Productivity Impact Bird Conservation?
• Dan Lambert, Northeast Bird Monitoring Coordinator - Accomplishments of the Northeast Coordinated Bird Monitoring Partnership, Northeast Avian Data Center and Practitioner’s Guide to Monitoring for Bird Conservation in the Northeast
• Ashley Dayer, Education and Outreach Director, Klamath Bird Observatory – Outreach, Education and Capacity Building
• Tom Will, USFWS PIF - Expanding the Conservation Paradigm; Sharing Continental and Life-cycle Responsibility
• Diane Granfors (Rex Johnson) USFWS - Beyond Strategic Habitat Conservation; Unrealized Promises?

The Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act (NMBCA) of 2000, established a matching grants program that supports bird conservation in the US, Canada, Latin America, and the Caribbean. These projects promote and foster the long- term conservation of Neotropical migratory birds and their habitats. However, each year, grant requests far exceed the program's available funding. The NMBCA has a proven record of making a difference for Neotropical migratory birds and should be reauthorization and appropriated funding should be significantly increased.

Bird Conservation Alliance is an International Alliance of many organizations that have an interest in birds and their conservation.

For more information contact:

Director Bird Conservation Alliance
American Bird Conservancy
1731 Connecticut Ave. NW.
Washington, DC 2009
202-234-7181 ext. 201

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