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Official kick-off of the Utah Breeding Bird Atlas Project
- To: <birdtalk@utahbirds.org>
- Subject: Official kick-off of the Utah Breeding Bird Atlas Project
- From: "Robin Tuck" <robin at utahnature dot com>
- Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 22:44:37 -0700
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- Reply-to: "Robin Tuck" <robin at utahnature dot com>
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Title: Message
The Utah Ornithological Society in conjunction with
the Utah Division Of Wildlife Resources, Partners in Flight program announce the
official kick-off of the Utah Breeding Bird Atlas (Utah BBA) Project in
2004.
The goal of the Utah BBA project is to map the
distribution of all birds that breed, nest and rear young within Utah to provide
a baseline for future avian preservation efforts. Following the model of
other states, survey squares have been selected making up of 8% of the Utah
landscape. Each of these squares will be surveyed during a breeding season to
determine which birds breed there. It is expected it will take up to 5 years to
survey the entire state, after which an Atlas book summarizing the sighting data
will be published.
Training classes will be presented in the
various regions of the state beginning at Cedar City on March 27, 2004. Other
classes will be taught in northern Utah in April, 2004 and will be announced
shortly.
If you live in southern Utah and would like to
participate in the Utah BBA Project, please attend the training class on
Saturday, March 27, 2004, taught at the Wildlife Resources Southern Region
office conference room at 1470 North Airport Road, Cedar City. The class
will go from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm and will be taught by Robin Tuck and Merrill
Webb, and will cover BBA procedures
and field observation. Attendance at the class is optional but strongly
encouraged.
If possible please let me know you are attending
and how many others will be coming with you, so I might have adequate supplies
on hand by emailing utahbba@utahnature.com.