Conservation impact on 500,000 U.S. acres; improved outcomes for five priority bird species.
探花精选 Maryland-DC and its partners are working to help imperiled saltmarsh birds adapt to sea-level rise threatening coastal marshes along Chesapeake Bay. 探花精选鈥檚 205,891-acre Southern Dorchester County Important Bird Area is globally significant for Saltmarsh Sparrows and provides habitat for Seaside Sparrows. It is anchored by Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, several state wildlife management areas, and private landholdings, including the Chesapeake 探花精选 Society鈥檚 750-acre Farm Creek Marsh Sanctuary. 探花精选 identifies appropriate sites for protection and restoration to keep marsh migration corridors free of development, and protects existing high-quality marshes to bolster bird populations especially susceptible to sea-level rise. This project will also guide efforts at other Atlantic Flyway sites.
Theory of Victory: 探花精选 will manage and protect a network of saltmarsh landscapes across the Atlantic Flyway to sustain priority bird species in the face of sea-level rise and other threats.
With 探花精选鈥檚 expertise in both Western water policy and conservation science, we are uniquely positioned to identify long-term water-management solutions that will secure a reliable water supply for wildlife and for people throughout the West.
Helping restore vital habitat in our own communities
The Salton Sea is one of the most important places for birds in North America and is in danger of losing its ecological value. If it does, we will lose a vital part of the Pacific Flyway.
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