2019 Channel Islands National Park Landbird Monitoring

The National Park Service intends to award a task agreement under a previously competed or single source justified cooperative agreement for the project titled "2019 Channel Islands National Park Landbird Monitoring." The project aims to conduct landbird monitoring at Channel Islands National Park to detect changes in the abundance and distribution of breeding landbirds. The project will be conducted by the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology in collaboration with the National Park Service. The project includes tasks such as joint planning sessions, safety reviews, training of observers and new staff, data entry, and the production of an annual report. • The project will conduct landbird monitoring on nine line transects and at 346 point count stations. • The project will provide training to observers and new staff in the CHIS Landbird Monitoring Protocol. • The project will produce an annual report summarizing data with recommendations for future monitoring and management actions. • The project will assist new National Park Service staff with the transitioning of the management of landbird monitoring at Channel Islands National Park.