Priority Information Needs for Rails and Snipe: A Funding Strategy

Authors

David J. Case, D.J. Case & AssociatesFollow
Deanna D. McCool, D.J. Case & Associates

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