Avian Ecology in the San Francisco Bay Area Network

The National Park Service (NPS) intends to award a cooperative agreement to Point Blue Conservation Science for the project titled "Avian Ecology in the San Francisco Bay Area Network." The project aims to analyze long-term avian monitoring data to provide context to NPS natural resource management programs and assist managers in identifying best practices for managing land and water resources. The project will include collaborative analyses and writing to review long-term data for landbirds, northern spotted owls, and western snowy plovers. The resulting papers will support natural resources managers in multiple national park units by providing sound science that will help identify best practices for the management of natural resources. Some key aspects of the project include: * Utilizing long-term riparian landbird data to assess trends in detections and occurrence * Investigating long-term trends in northern spotted owl occupancy in Marin County, California * Summarizing long-term Snowy Plover monitoring data in Point Reyes National Seashore for development of a paper suitable for publication in a peer-reviewed journal * Providing qualified and trained individuals for data analysis and writing projects * Submitting financial, performance, and progress reports