Welcome Andrew Huang
We would like to welcome Andrew Huang to Pacific Birds! Andrew is the new Joint Venture Coordinator with the Canadian Wildlife Service’s Pacific Region and serves as the Canada Coordinator for Pacific Birds.
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Coastal Wetlands Project Delivers High-Value Habitats
A large, newly-conserved property along Grays Harbor in Washington will protect nationally declining wetland types and support Pacific Flyway migratory birds.
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Salmon, Birds and Biodiversity in Forks, Washington
Thanks to a donation to the North Olympic Land Trust, a 34.5 acre parcel along the Calawah River in Washington will be conserved for fish, birds and biodiversity.
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Voters Opted for Conservation
This spring, Metro, the regional government for greater Portland, acquired 80 acres along the Tualatin River. It will protect riparian and wetland habitat, improve water quality, and conserve 4,900 feet of stream banks of the Tualatin River.
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New World Heritage Site along the Yellow Sea
UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee recently ‘inscribed’ some wetland habitats along the Yellow Sea to the World Heritage List. It matters to Pacific Birds since both Alaska and the Yellow Sea are within the East Asian-Australasian Flyway.
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Habitat Accomplishments 2019
Every year we report habitat accomplishments in our region to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. We capture some data from agencies and land trust groups, but we also rely on voluntary reporting by our habitat conservation partners. Reporting projects is also a great way to get more publicity for your favorite project!
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ROD Shows Up in Maui
Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death is a fungal disease affecting one of Hawaiʻi’s most beloved and widespread native trees, the ʻohiʻa. It has hit Hawaiʻi Island hard, has been found on Kauaʻi and in June 2019 the disease was detected on Maui.
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Western Bluebird
We often hear about birds with marathon migrations. Our new featured bird is the Western Bluebird, which doesn’t hold a candle to migrants traveling the world. But it is a colorful burst on landscapes across the west.
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Help Inform Bird Conservation
Birders can be a force when it comes to conservation, which interests Terry Rich, a Ph.D. student at Boise State University and previously the National Coordinator for Partners in Flight. He is asking birders to participate in a survey to help inform conservation.
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