Five Key Takeaways From the 2024-2025 Pacific Birds Conservation Report

Pacific Birds catalyzed conservation across oak and prairie systems, coastal wetlands, and riparian areas. In Oregon, the Joint Venture is leading the administration of a grant for implementation of the Upper Rogue Oak Initiative. This project will result in the restoration of over 3,000 acres of oak habitat using prescribed fire, ecological thinning, weed reduction, and native understory planting. Pacific Birds U.S. Partnership Grants supported on-the-ground restoration at Lokowaka Pond and Keawāwa Wetland in Hawai‘i. Highlights in British Columbia include restoration at the Cowichan Estuary and the expansion of the Gates Creek Conservation Area.

The Joint Venture brought together dozens of partners across priority habitats to accomplish shared conservation goals. Last year, a new website launched for the Pacific Northwest Oak Alliance and we distributed the Prairie, Oaks, and People Investment Strategy in multiple forums. In Hawai‘i, the new Kaua‘i Wetland Partnership took flight, modeled after the Moloka‘i Wetland Partnership. In the Pacific Northwest, we are facilitating the Oregon Central Coast Estuary Collaborative and joined the Pacific Marine Estuarine and Fish Habitat Partnership.

Pacific Birds supported multiple partners in applying for large-scale national conservation grants, including successful National Coastal Wetlands Conservation grants and National Coastal Resilience Fund grants. Pacific Birds is leading the administration of an America’s Ecosystem Restoration Initiative grant for the Willamette Valley Resilient Landscapes Initiative, which will restore 2,000 acres of oak and prairie habitats in the Willamette River Basin on public, private and Tribal lands. Over 40 partner organizations are involved in implementation!

Pacific Birds brought together communities from across the Pacific Ocean who are connected by the flight paths of migratory birds. In 2025, Pacific Birds helped coordinate a cross-cultural exchange for Indigenous partners from Moloka‘i, Hawai‘i and southcentral Alaska.

New resources are helping conservation practitioners and private landowners restore and protect important bird habitat. Resources include guides for oak habitat restoration and supporting Hawaiian waterbirds on private property, research about how eBird data can complement traditional monitoring projects, and a report about recovering native Hawaiian waterbirds through Indigenous partnerships.