American Oystercatcher Working Group
habitats
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Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, North Carolina Audubon Society, North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, Wildlife Conservation Society
plans
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Conservation Plan For The American Oystercatcher 2007, The American Oystercatcher Business Plan 2008
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Description
From the American Oystercatcher Working Group website:
The American Oystercatcher Working Group seeks to develop, support, and implement rangewide research and management efforts that promote the conservation of American Oystercatchers and their habitats through individual and partnership-based initiatives guided by recommendations of the Working Group’s membership.
Mission Statement
The American Oystercatcher Working Group seeks to develop, support and implement range-wide research and management efforts that promote the conservation of Atlantic coast American Oystercatchers and their habitats through individual and partnership-based initiatives guided by recommendations of the Working Group’s membership.
Goals and Objectives
Working Group goals include the development of management objectives in a science-based, adaptive management framework. Primary objectives include; monitoring population trends at local, regional, and continental scales, obtaining reliable estimates of demographic parameters and the factors that affect them, understanding how variations in demographic parameters affect population viability over space and time, identifying threats to American Oystercatcher populations, and translating these findings into management actions that promote American Oystercatcher
Partners
North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, National Audubon Society, The Nature Conservancy, Audubon Florida, Audubon Texas, BiodiversityWorks, Clemson University, College of William and Mary, Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey, City University of New York, Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife, Ecostudies Institute, Environmental Institute of Houston, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Gulf Coast Bird Observatory, Kino Bay Center for Cultural and Ecological Studies, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences, Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Massachusetts Audubon, Nantucket Conservation Foundation, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, National Park Service, New Jersey Audubon, New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife, New York City Audubon, North Carolina State University, Rutgers University, South Carolina DNR, Texas A&M University Kingsville, Texas State University, Trent University, University of Georgia, University of Houston Clear Lake, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Geological Survey, Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, Wildlife Conservation Society, North Carolina Audubon Society