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Date of this Version
10-9-2009
Citation
Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies’ Migratory Shore and Upland Game Bird Support Task Force. (October 9, 2009).
Abstract
Table of Contents
Executive Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Status of Sandhill Cranes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Priority Information Needs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Priority 1. Improving Sandhill Crane Harvest-Management Decision Structures . . . . . . 6
Priority 2. Improving the Eastern Population Sandhill Crane Survey . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Priority 3. Information Needs for Sandhill Crane Populations in the West . . . . . . . . . . 9
Priority 4. Assessing Effects of Habitat Changes on the Rocky Mountain Population of Sandhill Cranes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Priority 5. Improving Population Abundance Estimates for the Mid-Continent Population of Sandhill Cranes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Measuring Success . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Appendix A. 2009 Workshop Participants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Figure 1. Approximate Nesting, Winter, and Primary Migration Staging Areas of the Six Migratory Sandhill Crane Populations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Table 1. Abundance, Trends, and Harvest Statistics for Migratory Sandhill Crane Populations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4