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PRAIRIES & BOREAL: PROTECTING WETLANDS & This project is a continuation of NCC's multi-year commitment to the PHJVs contribution to the North American Waterfowl Management Plan. Accomplishments will include permanent securement of 880 acres of quality migratory bird habitat via fee simple acquisition. NCC will also manage 103,532 acres of habitat secured in previous NAWCA projects. Project activities will benefit breeding waterfowl and will reduce the risk of habitat loss to conversion.
PRAIRIES: PROTECTING WETLANDS AND UPLAND This project will enable long-term securement and management of prime waterfowl breeding habitat within the Prairie and Aspen Parkland ecoregions of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. Project activities include fee simple acquisition of 710 acres, 240 acres of conservation easements, and management activities on 77,929 acres. Project accomplishments will benefit many species of waterfowl, as well as colonial waterbirds, wading birds and grassland birds
Prairie Canada Wetlands & Uplands Grantee will secure upland and wetland habitat through land purchase (fee-simple acquisition) and donation of land title and conservation agreements within the Prairie Habitat Joint Venture, which includes the Provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
CANADIAN PRAIRIE POTHOLE & WESTERN BOREA This project will result in 7,867 secured acres and 5,471 enhanced acres of wetlands and associated upland habitat, and will influence another 4,598,985 acres through stewardship activities. Project activities will support the goals of the Prairie Habitat Joint Venture under the North American Waterfowl Management Plan.
BRITISH COLUMBIA: CIJV & PBHJV WETLAND- Funds under this award will secure 143 acres, enhance 152 acres, and manage 28,701 acres of wetlands and associated uplands in British Columbia .The purpose of this award is to protect, enhance, and manage 28,996 total acres of habitat for the benefit of migratory birds and other wildlife
PRAIRIES & BOREAL: PROTECTING WETLANDS & Funds under this award will be used to acquire 1,280 acres in fee, acquire 140 acres by conservation easement, enhance 2,081 acres, and manage 163,255 acres within the Prairie and Boreal ecoregions of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, to benefit migratory birds. This project will secure and enhance breeding habitat for a variety of wetland-dependent migratory birds .
ONTARIO QUEBEC & ATLANTIC: PROTECT EHJV The Service hereby incorporates the recipients application submitted to and approved by the Service into these award terms and conditions.Funds for this award will permanently secure 2,780 acres through 2,600 acres of fee simple acquisition, and 180 acres of conservation easements. Funds under this award will also be used to enhance 550 acres, to manage 87,300 acres of previously secured habitat, and to steward 810 acres. The purpose of this award is therefore to secure, enhance, manage, and steward habitat for the benefit of migratory birds and otherwildlife in the Canadian provinces of Ontario, Qubec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia,Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador.
MONITORING & SECURING CRITICAL HABITAT F Since 1989, Operation Grassland Community (OGC) has worked in collaboration with stakeholders to restore and ..adaptively manage native prairie for the benefit of endemic prairie birds while supporting diverse socio-economic ..interests. In the past four years (2013-2016), they implemented a ranch-wide monitoring and adaptive management ..methodology called Land EKG on 10 large ranches across Albertas grassland region in areas of medium-high ..suitability for Spragues pipits and other prairie endemics and their work in 2014-16 was funded in part by the ..NMBCA, enabling them to add 7 new ranches to an initial 2013 pilot project on three ranches. In 2017-2018 they will ..intensify adaptive management work on 10 of these ranches, 1 new ranch has been added in 2016 with 3 ..additional ranches to be added in 2017 for a total of 14 ranches. In addition to grazing management strategies, ..partners will actively improve habitats through removal of encroaching shrubs, employment of moveable fencing ..projects, and reseeding of previously cultivated lands to native grasses. Through resulting improvements and ..increases to habitat quality/quantity, they will effectively increase utilizable patch sizes to the recommended ..minimum of 360 acres, thus decreasing fragmentation effects on breeding pipits. These activities successfully ..address causes of the main threats to Spragues pipits of habitat loss and degradation.
CONSERVATION ACTION FOR BICKNELL'S THRUS Funded under the 2016 IMPACT Program ..Bicknell's Thrush is one of the most range-restricted neotropical migrants in Eastern Canada, where almost 40% of the global population breeds. Substantial declines have been noted throughout its Canadian range; in the Maritimes, data indicates a 40% reduction in species distribution over the last 20 years due mainly to loss and degradation of forest habitat. This project will improve conservation for Bicknell's thrush in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia by addressing breeding habitat destruction and degradation occurring in industrial forest and other unprotected areas. The primary objectives are to: partner with timber companies and management agencies to implement Beneficial Management Practices, to mitigate both mortality and habitat loss; conduct research to improve and secure long-term protection of Bicknell's thrush breeding distribution; and continue regional and range-wide surveys to evaluate the success of conservation actions over the medium and long-term...Other species that will benefit include: Swainson's thrush, hermit thrush, yellow-bellied flycatcher, blackpoll warbler, fox sparrow, white-throated sparrow, winter wren, boreal chickadee, and Wilson's warbler...
EASTERN HABITAT JOINT VENTURE CONSERVATI The proposed activities will secure, by either purchase or conservation agreement, 8,307 acres of habitat, enhance 3,650 acres, steward 182,700 acres and manage 1,084,919 acres of previously secured habitat.
PRAIRIES: PROTECTING WETLANDS AND UPLAND PRAIRIES: PROTECTING WETLANDS AND UPLAND
PRAIRIE POTHOLE REGION LANDSCAPE 2017-2 programmatic addition: Project activities will secure and enhance important breeding, migrating and staging habitat for 22 priority spill-affected species. This project will protect habitat through fee title acquisition of 2,003 acres (400 wetland and 1,603 upland) and through conservation easements on 2,228 acres (356 wetland and 1,872 upland). Project activities will also include enhancement of 1,395 acres (111 wetland and 1,284 upland).
ENHANCEMENT OF CRITICAL HABITAT FOR MIGR Funds under this award will be used to benefit 680 acres of migratory bird habitat in southwestern Manitoba. Approximately 630 acres will be permanently conserved by conservation easements and 50 acres will be enhanced. This project will provide and support essential breeding, brood rearing, and foraging habitat for a wide variety of wetland-dependent migratory birds, including species such as Lesser Scaup, Mallard, Canvasback, Redhead, Northern Pintail, Ring-necked Duck, and American Wigeon.
MONITORING & SECURING CRITICAL HABITAT F Since 1989, Operation Grassland Community (OGC) has worked in collaboration with stakeholders to restore and adaptively manage native prairie for the benefit of endemic prairie birds while supporting diverse socio-economic interests. In the past five years (2013-2017), OGC implemented a ranch-wide monitoring and adaptive management methodology called 'Land EKG' on large ranches across Alberta's grassland region in areas of medium-high suitability for Sprague's pipits and other prairie endemics. In 2017-2018 partners will continue their adaptive management work on 14 of these ranches, with 3 additional ranches to be added in 2018-2019. In addition to grazing management strategies, they will actively improve habitats through removal of encroaching shrubs when present, employment of moveable fencing projects, and reseeding of previously cultivated lands to native grasses. Through resulting improvements and increases to habitat quality/quantity, they will effectively increase utilizable patch sizes to the recommended minimum of 360 acres, thus decreasing fragmentation effects on breeding pipits. These activities successfully address causes of the main threats to Sprague's pipits of habitat loss and degradation.
NCC Atlantic: Protecting Wetland & Upland Habitat 2013-3 Eastern Habitat JV Grantee will secure important waterfowl breeding and staging habitat within the EHJV Priority Areas of Canada
POTHOLES PLUS PROGRAM Project partners will continue the efforts begun under previous phases of the Potholes Plus program to secure, enhance, and manage pothole..wetlands and grasslands in the prairie pothole regions of Manitoba. 2012-3: Securement 5,930 acres, Enhancement 150..acres, Management 115,495 acres, 2013-3: Securement 4,390 acres, Enhancement 120 acres, Management 123,196 acres...2014-3 Objectives include the placement of conservation easements on 1,334 acres (417 wetland acres and 917 upland acres), and..conservation agreements on 450 acres (350 wetland acres and 100 upland acres). Enhancement activities will take place on 250 wetland acres,..and 54,650 acres will be managed (24,050 wetland and 30,600 upland).
PCJV BRITISH COLUMBIA Protect and improve wintering and staging habitat for waterfowl in the PCJV, and breeding habitat for waterfowl in the CIJV. Partner activities will also benefit other wetland-associated species in the region. This programmatic project will further goals of NAWMP and the Canadian Intermountain and Pacific Coast Joint Ventures in British Columbia, Canada.
CANADIAN PRAIRIE POTHOLE & WESTERN BOREA This project is the next step in DUCs multi-year commitment to achieve the goals and objectives of the PHJV under the NAWMP. With a goal of supporting the new 2013-2020 PHJV Implementation Plan, it will result in 8,833 secured acres and 7,669 enhanced acres of wetlands and associated upland habitat. Protection activities will include 1,890 acres (364 wetland and 1,526 upland) in fee simple acquisition, 4,837 acres (1,267 wetland and 3,570 upland) in conservation easements, and 2,106 acres (637 wetland and 1,469 upland) in conservation agreements. This project will also influence another 6,926,470 acres through stewardship activities and will manage 3,659,055 previously protected acres. All of these efforts will be refined through evaluation, and supported by communications and endowment.
BRITISH COLUMBIA PACIFIC COASTAL & CANADIAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION This project will result in 1,250 acres of secured and 383 acres of enhanced migratory bird habitat. Additionally, 419,744 acres of habitat will be impacted through management activities and 3,000 will be influenced by stewardship activities. These actions will deliver science-based habitat conservation activities to achieve North American Waterfowl Management Plan goals in the British Columbia Prairie Bird Habitat Joint Venture and the Canadian Intermountain Joint Venture. Proposed activities support the five-year Implementation Plans approved for both joint ventures and will continue to target joint venture waterfowl priority areas.
NCC QUEBEC & ATLANTIC The securement, management and stewardship of wetland and associated upland habitats that are critical to maintaining the regions breeding, staging and wintering waterfowl populations and other wetland-dependent wildlife. Workplan activities align with EHJV and NAWMP goals, and address trends and threats regarding wetlands and waterfowl identified in the State of Canadas Birds 2012 Report. Specifically, this project will secure 1,726 acres (628 wetland, 1098 upland) through acquisition, 184 acres (55 wetland, 129 upland) via conservation agreements, enhance 25 wetland acres, and manage 68,546 acres (19,700 wetland, 48,846 upland). Stewardship activities will also affect 510 acres (153 wetland, 357 upland).
APPALACHIAN CORRIDOR GREEN MOUNTAINS CON The partnership of the grantee with other conservation Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and a national NGO, Nature Conservancy Canada, will protect habitats in Quebec and build capacity of local NGOs. The project will protect in perpetuity at least 12 properties and a minimum of 1,000 acres. These actions will protect migratory birds and other wildlife on private lands in Canada.
Ncc Quebec: Protecting Wetland & Upland Habitat Ehjv "This proposal focuses on the securement and management of wetland and associated upland habitats critical to maintaining the Quebec regions breeding, staging and wintering waterfowl populations and other wetland-dependant wildlife.".
CONS OF STRATEGIC PROPERTIES IN QUEBEC"S GREEN MOUNTAINS & CAPACITY BUILDING III The Atlantic Northern Forest contains a wealth of natural resources, but these resources also face numerous threats: over 90% of the area is in private hands. Located within an hour's drive of Montreal, the largest city in Quebec, the pressure on the region's natural habitats for residential development, recreational activities and infrastructures is considerable. This project will protect in perpetuity 1,000 acres through either fee-simple or easement acquisition. Located in Quebec's Northern Green Mountains natural trans-border corridor, the targeted properties are strategically located in core areas of unfragmented forest, and form a crucial link maintaining connectivity between properties already protected in the region. The project will also build capacity with grantee partners, who carry out related work in the area.
NCC QUEBEC Securement activities that will occur on private lands at three locations in Coastal/maritime Qubec (Mingan Archipelago, Magdalen Islands and Longue-Rive). Activities will occur near Nature Reserves, designated Wildlife Refuges or National Parks, and target habitat requirements of migratory bird species affected by the BP oil spill. Specifically, this project will protect 279 acres (182 wetland, 97 upland acres) of important North Atlantic coastal habitats in Eastern Quebec from drainage, conversion, development, and other critical threats. Habitats protected under this proposal will protect in perpetuity staging and/or breeding habitat for at least 5 species impacted by the BP oil spill across four sites, directly linked to the populations of affected species targeted in the proposal that migrate through or have wintering locations in the Gulf of Mexico region.
PARKLAND BIRD PRODUCTION PROJECT wetlands and grasslands in the prairie pothole regions of Manitoba. 2012-3: Securement 5,930 acres, Enhancement 150
STEWARDS OF SASKATCHEWAN FOR BIRD SPECIE The Stewards of Saskatchewan program focuses on engaging landowners and managers in stewardship actions to conserve habitat for the endangered Burrowing Owl, threatened Prairie Loggerhead Shrike, endangered Piping Plover, threatened Sprague's Pipit, and other prairie species at risk. Currently, 584 landowners participate in the Stewards of Saskatchewan programs, conserving approximately 194,920 acres of grassland, and 78 miles of shoreline habitat for bird species at risk. The project's objectives are to conserve habitat for multiple bird species of conservation concern through voluntary stewardship agreements and actions; promote legally-binding conservation easements; develop site-specific Species at Risk Beneficial Management Practices plans with land managers; increase, enhance and monitor target bird species' habitat; monitor the populations at participating sites through an annual census of program participants' lands; and provide environmental and conservation outreach to agricultural producers as well as to youth and others. In this phase, the project will set up agreements on about 8,000 acres new to the program; develop site-specific Species at Risk Beneficial Management Practices plans for over 9,000 acres under stewardship agreements; enhance over 150 acres; promote legally-binding conservation easements. ..Species that will benefit include: Baird's Sparrow, long-billed curlew, marbled godwit, McCown's longspur, short-eared owl, and upland sandpiper..
ONTARIO QUEBEC & ATLANTIC: PROTECTING conservation agreements on 450 acres (350 wetland acres and 100 upland acres). Enhancement activities will take place on 250 wetland acres,
POTHOLES PLUS 2015-2 Ongoing efforts within Manitoba and the PHJV at]large, to maintain and improve continental waterfowl populations. Rooted in the implementation of the North American Waterfowl Management Plan (NAWMP) and delivered under the guidance of the PHJV and Manitoba NAWMP Implementation Plans, the project will work to restore and sustain waterfowl populations. Specifically, activities include 16,250 acres of perpetual conservation easements (8,125 wetland and 8,125 upland) and 420 acres of conservation agreements (360 wetland and 60 upland). Conservation actions will also enhance 300 wetland acres, manage 77,469 acres (35,763 wetland and 41,706 upland), and stewardship activities will benefit 1,520 acres (760 wetland and 760 upland).
NCC-PRAIRIES 2015-2 PHJV Secure, enhance and manage critical wetland ecosystems and associated habitat within the Prairie and Aspen Parkland ecoregions of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba
PRAIRIES & BOREAL: PROTECTING WETLANDS & Funds for this project will be used to secure 1,920 acres through Fee Simple acquisition, purchase or donation of perpetual Conservation Easements, conserving 352 acres of wetland and 1,568 acres of associated upland habitat. Funds will also be used for 470 acres of enhancement activities and 166,425 acres of management for the benefit of migratory birds and associated wildlife.
PARKLAND BIRD PRODUCTION PROJECT This project will result in conservation easement securement of 796 acres of threatened natural wetland and upland habitat within the Manitoba portion of the Prairie Habitat Joint Venture. Twenty-five acres of land owned by MHHC will also be enhanced.
Conservation Action for Bicknells Thrush on Canadian breeding grounds III PP Approximately 38 percent of the global population of Bicknells Thrush breeds in eastern Canada. This project will improve conservation for the Bicknells Thrush in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick by addressing habitat destruction, degradation and loss on the breeding grounds, focusing on industrial forest and other unprotected areas. The grantee will partner with timber companies and land management agencies to develop and implement Best Management Practices, and conduct targeted outreach in communities surrounding unprotected areas to secure long-term support for and protection of Bicknells Thrush.
NCC QUEBEC & ATLANTIC acres, Management 115,495 acres, 2013-3: Securement 4,390 acres, Enhancement 120 acres, Management 123,196 acres.
CERULEAN WARBLER CANADA Nearly all of Canadas cerulean warbler population breeds in two areas in Ontario: the Frontenac Arch and the Norfolk Sand Plain. The Frontenac Arch, in particular, supports Canadas largest population of cerulean warblers, and is the only remaining area with extensive, intact tracts of mature deciduous forest, upon which the species depends. The project aims to immediately improve the cerulean warblers conservation status by designating the Frontenac Arch region as an Important Bird Area. This designation will reinforce the importance of the area for cerulean warbler and will provide the grantee with a platform to engage landowners, community members and other stakeholders in further cerulean warbler habitat conservation. Other species impacted include golden-winged warbler, Louisiana waterthrush, prothonotary warbler, barred owl, pileated woodpecker, scarlet tanager, yellow-throated vireo.
MANITOBA PRAIRIE PARKLAND acres of uplands). Conservation agreements will be placed on 625 acres (375 wetland acres and
LOYALIST - ST LAWRENCE Enhance 482 wetland acres by increasing productivity by hydrological restoration. These actions will ensure the long-term availability of critical breeding and staging habitat for many species, including black tern, black-crowned night heron, least bittern, common tern, lesser scaup and mallard.
PCJV BRITISH COLUMBIA Protect and improve wintering and staging habitat for waterfowl in the PCJV, and breeding habitat for waterfowl in the CIJV. Partner activities will also benefit other wetland-associated species in the region. This programmatic project will further goals of NAWMP and the Canadian Intermountain and Pacific Coast Joint Ventures in British Columbia, Canada...Specifically, partners will secure 3,975 acres of habitat through fee acquisition of 724 acres (425 wetland, 249 upland) and through conservation agreements, leases, and easements on 3,251 acres (2,133 wetland, 1,118 upland). Partners will also enhance 6,927 acres (2,580 wetland, 4,327 upland) and manage 1,577,746 acres that were secured as part of this or previous NAWCA projects. In addition, partners will influence 14,380 acres through the promotion of wildlife friendly land use practices...Objectives by proposal window:..? 2012-3: Securement - 1,909 acres; Enhancement - 5,802 acres; Management - 365,997 acres...? 2013-3: Securement - 785 acres; Enhancement - 475 acres; Management - 392,600 acres...? 2014-3: Objectives include fee title acquisition of 39 acres (25 wetland acres and 14 acres of uplands). Crown land agreements will be placed on a total of 600 acres (425 wetland acres and 175 upland acres). Enhancement activities will take place on 325 acres (250 acres of wetlands and 75 acres of uplands). Management will take place on 398,682 acres (164,724 acres of wetlands and 233,958 acres of uplands)...? 2015-2: Objectives include fee title acquisition of 42 wetland acres and crown land designation/transfer of 600 acres (450 wetland and 150 upland), enhancement of 325 acres (250 wetland and 75 upland), management of 420,467 acres (164,895 wetland and 255,572 upland), and 3,000 acres (1,000 wetland and 2,000 upland) will be influenced by stewardship activities.
DEVELOPING MANAGEMENT TARGETS FOR GRASSL Much of the remaining native mixed-grass prairie is managed by private landowners. As a result, conservation practitioners primarily rely on incentive-based stewardship programs to conserve grassland habitat. Results-based conservation is a growing initiative in Prairie Canada whereby livestock producers receive funding if their management creates or enhances habitat for species of conservation concern. A critical component of the program is developing meaningful management targets that will enhance and maintain suitable habitat for species of conservation concern and that producers can measure and manage for in order to receive funding once they achieve those targets. The primary objective of this project is to develop reliable management targets for grassland songbird species at risk; Reliable management targets will be identified for each species and region, establishing such management targets for conservation agencies and livestock producers has great potential to strategically improve habitat conditions and ultimately help to recover grassland songbirds in the long term...Species that will benefit include: Sprague's pipit, Baird's sparrow, grasshopper sparrow, McCown's longspur, chestnut-collared longspur, lark bunting, western meadowlark and bobolink...
TOUCHWOOD HILLS Conserve critical habitats within the Touchwood Hills/Conjuring Creek Landscape of the Canadian Prairie Pothole Region to provide long-term benefits to a diversity of species impacted by the BP Oil Spill. Specifically, project activities will include securement of 1,351 acres (217 wetland and 1,134 upland) by fee acquisition and conservation easements will affect 1,122 acres (180 wetland and 942 upland). Enhancement actions will impact 1,278 acres (15 wetland and 1,263 upland).
BRITISH COLUMBIA PACIFIC COASTAL & CANADIAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION Proposed activities will secure 260 habitat acres and enhance/restore 335 habitat acres in four joint venture Priority Areas to benefit breeding, staging, migrating and wintering waterfowl. The project will also manage 419,910 acres and steward 3,000 acres.