Hi all,
When I think about the topic of bird conservation, I think about all the
great work that gets done at the local level. In particular, I think about
conservation actions that increase bird habitat (e.g., habitat restoration and
management) as well as actions that slow down the loss of bird habitat (e.g.,
conservation easements and set-asides). There also are important actions aimed
more at birds than at bird habitat per se. For example, I think of the issues
of used fishing line receptacles, putting up next boxes or other structures
(osprey platforms), etc. I personally am thrilled that the Cayuga Bird Club
has recently started up a conservation committee to take a more active role in
bird conservation locally.
All of this has gotten me thinking about how somebody knows that bird
conservation is occurring. What kinds of things do we count as successes? I
think there probably are lots of different possible answers. I ask this mostly
because if we all want to (1) achieve more bird conservation on the ground
locally, and (2) attract more people to accomplish that conservation, I think
it would be particularly useful to understand and communicate about what kinds
of conservation “outcomes” we’d like to see happen. I think it’s hard to get
my friends and neighbors interested in bird conservation if they don’t really
know what that means.
I hope this stimulates some fruitful discussion.
Thanks.
Jody
Jody W. Enck, PhD
Human Dimensions of Natural Resources
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
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