Dr . Holly Bamford Chief Conservation Officer National Fish and - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Dr . Holly Bamford Chief Conservation Officer National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

Power of Flight Setting the scene • More than 500 species of birds breed or migrate through the Southeast • 11 are listed as threatened and endangered, many more are declining • Successful private-public partnerships are critical to species conservation and recovery

Power of Flight

Power of Flight

Power of Flight

Power of Flight The southeast – conserving critical habitat for trans-Gulf migratory birds • Peter Marra , Smithsonian Institute Recovering red-cockaded woodpecker through public-private partnerships • Ralph Costa , Wildlife Biologist, RCWO LLC and Milliken Forestry Co., Inc. • Eric Spadgenske , AL State Coordinator, Partners for Fish & Wildlife Program Saving the eastern population of whooping crane – one bird at a time • Joe Duff , Operation Migration