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Northern Region Landbird Monitoring Program: A Usfs-University Of Montana Partnership Designed To Provide Both Short-Term And Long-Term Feedback For Land Managers, Richard L. Hutto, Skip Kowalski

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

The Northern Region Landbird Monitoring Program (NRLMP) began in 1990 as a cooperative effort between the United States Forest Service (USFS) and the University of Montana. The combination of a research-oriented perspective from the University and a management-needs perspective from the National Forests within the Northern Region led to the realization that landbirds as a group might serve as a powerful tool to address more widespread monitoring needs in the USFS Northern Region. The program quickly evolved from one that was put into place specifically to use federally earmarked dollars to address neotropical migratory bird conservation, into a more general …