CHJV HONORED FOR FOREST BIRD MODELS

Spring 2008 - Innovative modeling work by the Central Hardwoods Joint Venture was recently honored with a Wings Across the Americas Award. The award is presented each year by the US Forest Service to recognize Forest Service employees and their partners for outstanding work on bird, bat and butterfly conservation.

CHJV Implements two Coordinated Bird Monitoring Projects

Winter 2008 - The Central Hardwoods Joint Venture is using the principles of Coordinated Bird Monitoring to estimate the population size and distribution of Cerulean Warblers and assess the effects of savanna-woodland restorations on priority bird populations in the Central Hardwoods Bird Conservation Region. The first field season for both projects was completed in 2007.

CHJV Works with Yucatan Partners

Summer 2007 - The Central Hardwoods Joint Venture is working with the newly formed Yucatan Peninsula Alliance for Birds (AAPY) to identify and protect critical wintering and stopover habitat for migratory bird species.