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Date of this Version
5-11-2009
Citation
Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies’ Migratory Shore and Upland Game Bird Support Task Force (May 11, 2009).
Abstract
Table of Contents
Executive Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Status of Rails and Snipe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Priority Information Needs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Priority 1. Implement a National Monitoring Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Priority 2. Continue to Improve the Harvest Information Program Sampling Frame . . . . 5
Priority 3. Improve the Rails and Snipe Parts Collection Survey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Priority 4. Estimate Vital Rates to Support Population Modeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Measuring Success . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Literature Cited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Appendix A: 2008 Workshop Participants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Table 1. Preliminary Nationwide Estimates of Migratory Shore and Upland Game Bird Harvest and Hunter Activity (2005 and 2006) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2