[TN-Bird] listing birds and monitoring them
- From: Charlie <cmmbirds@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: sstedman@xxxxxxxxxx, tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 07:38:54 -0800 (PST)
Steve, and others,
Forgive me stepping in here, when Michael is certainly more
knowledgeable about the way TWRA works, and how dealing with species
in decline is/should be handled. But I see this as an opportunity to
again mention the Coordinated Bird Monitoring plan for Tennessee.
Among other things, this plan will include the plan for monitoring
specific species, such as Loggerhead Shrike, Cerulean Warbler and
Golden-winged Warbler, which we all believe need that need it.
Another benefit of the CBM is that it would help all potential
sources of money for research target their limited funds towards the
most important goals. As such, the CBM must necessarily be a project
that recieves input from all of the most eminent birders and
ornithologists in the state. We and the bird will need that group of
people tocome to a concensus on the:
1) most important issues affecting birds in this state
2) the species that are most in need of monitoring
3) the best places to monitor, and
4) the best methods to monitor
When this is all done, we will have a recipe for monitoring that we
all can agree on and pursue as a team.
When a grad student is looking for a project, I truly hope that the
Aborns and Alsops and Buehler's of the state will guide that student
towards a gap in the plan. When TOS distributes money, I hope that
there will be a priority given to projects that meet the needs of
this plan.
Of course, all the birders and professors in the state are still not
enough. We will need input from the big land owners: TWRA, TVA and
other utilities, state parks, national parks, national forests, etc.
I welcome any input you may have on this project which I am
coordinating under Michael Roedel's supervision.
Charlie
--- "Stephen J. Stedman" <sstedman@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> My apologies for not having ascertained that the
> shrike is already listed as a species in need of
> management in Tennessee. I'm glad it is, but
> its status in that category seems not to have
> fostered much action to stem the ebbing tide
> of its population in the state.
> Perhaps a higher status designation, such as
> threatened in Tennessee, would be in order?
>
> Certainly Wallace Coffey is correct in saying
> that we need some researchers from state
> universities working on this species. However,
> such researchers require funding in order to
> take on such work. Is there a way to spring
> some money lose from the funds accumulated
> by Watchable Wildlife license plates on behalf
> of shrike research? Such funds could hardly be
> used for a better purpose.
>
> A statewide survey of breeding shrikes this June
> could go a long way toward verifying the need for
> funding to monitor this species more closely. Simply
> surveying a representative number of roadside miles
> (perhaps 100) in each of the 95 counties and noting
> numbers of shrikes present would provide sufficient
> baseline data for this year. More intensive work could
> take place in future years.
>
> Contact with state and county road supervisors,
> explaining that every roadside hedgerow need not
> be bushhogged into submission might help; similar
> contact with Soil Conservation personnel and other
> ag people, explaining the need to leave wildlife
> habitat, especially thorny hedgerows, on farms might
> also help.
>
> Steve Stedman
> Cookeville, TN
>
>
> =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER=====================
>
> The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with
> first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation.
> -----------------------------------------------------
> ----------------------------------------------------
> To post to this mailing list, simply send email to:
> tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> -----------------------------------------------------
> To unsubscribe, send email to:
> tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field.
> * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
>
> TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society
> Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s)
> endorse the views or opinions expressed
> by the members of this discussion group.
>
> Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN
> wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
> Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society
> web site at http://www.tnbirds.org
> * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
> Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp
> * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
>
> ========================================================
>
>
>
*******************************************************************
Charlie Muise, Naturalist in
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
"To the dull mind all nature is leaden. To the illuminated mind
the whole world sparkles with light." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
__________________________________
Do you Yahoo!?
Make Yahoo! your home page
http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
=================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER=====================
The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with
first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation.
-----------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------
To post to this mailing list, simply send email to:
tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
-----------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, send email to:
tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society
Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s)
endorse the views or opinions expressed
by the members of this discussion group.
Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN
wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society
web site at http://www.tnbirds.org
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
========================================================
Other related posts:
- » [TN-Bird] listing birds and monitoring them
