Partners receive funding from NMBCA for shorebird conservation

In May 2009, several partners were awarded funding from the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act grants program, facilitated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, in support of shorebird-specific conservation projects (see below).  

Congratulations to our partners for their success in this competitive and prestigious grants program! For more information and summaries about these projects, please visit the NMBCA 2009 Projects Webpage.

Central Wisconsin Grassland Conservation Area – Acquisition. USA.
Directly benefits Upland Sandpiper.
Partners: Sands Resource Conservation & Development Council Inc., and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.

The Migratory Connectivity of Hudsonian Godwits. USA/Canada/Chile.
Partners: Cornell University-Laboratory of Ornithology, and Liz Claiborne and Art Ortenberg Foundation. 

U.S.-Mexico Grassland Bird Conservation, Phase VII.
Directly benefits Mountain Plover.
Partners: Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory, Fort Collins Natural Resources Department, and Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon.

Monitoring Neotropical Grassland Bird Conservation and Bison Reintroduction. USA/Canada.
Directly benefits Mountain Plover.
Partners: Wildlife Conservation Society, Smith Fellowship, American Prairie Foundation, and World Wildlife Fund-U.S.

Strengthening the Value of Protected Areas Important to Shorebirds in Argentina.
Partners: Wildlife Foundation of Argentina, National University of Mar del Plata’s Vertebrate Laboratory, and Patagonian Center’s Laboratories for Wetland-associated Migratory Birds.

Integrating Management, Science and Education for Migratory Bird Conservation in Iberá Natural Reserve. Argentina.
Directly benefits Upland Sandpiper and American Golden-Plover.
Partners: The Conservation Land Trust, Flora y Fauna Foundation of Argentina, Aves Argentinas, Ceiba Ecological Association, Las Yungas Ecological Laboratory, and Proyungas Foundation.

The Colombian Shorebird Conservation Plan.
Partners: A total of 15 partners, including grantee Asociación Calidris.

Conserving Priority IBAs for Migratory Waterbirds in Ecuador – Phase II.
Directly benefits shorebirds at the Lagunas de ECUASAL WHSRN Site.
Partners: A total of 10, including grantee Aves & Conservación.

Grassland Protection and Restoration in the Mapimí Biosphere Reserve, Coahuila. Mexico.
Directly benefits Long-billed Curlew.
Partners: Pronatura Noreste A.C., National Forestry Commission, Autonomous University of  Nuevo Leon, and National Commission on Protected Natural Areas.

Pride Campaign for the Conservation of Migratory Birds. Paraguay.
Directly benefits Buff-breasted Sandpiper and other shorebirds at the Bahia de Asunción WHSRN Site.
Partners: Guyra Paraguay and Millennium Foundation.

Several more grassland bird conservation projects were funded that will also benefit various shorebirds.