Description
The National Park Service (NPS) intends to award a single source justified cooperative agreement to the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology (WFVZ) for the project titled "Channel Islands National Park Annual Landbird Monitoring 2020-2023." The project aims to detect changes in the abundance and distribution of breeding landbirds at Channel Islands National Park. The WFVZ will conduct annual landbird monitoring activities, including training, fieldwork, data entry, and report publication. The NPS will provide oversight, technical assistance, and logistical support.
* The project will be conducted in multiple phases, with each phase covering one year's landbird monitoring activities.
* The WFVZ will hire and train observers and new NPS staff in the CHIS Landbird Monitoring Protocol.
* The project will utilize the CHIS Landbird Monitoring Protocol and field identification of island birds by sight and sound.
* The WFVZ will compile, review, enter, and error-check data before providing it to NPS data managers for validation and archiving.
* The project will provide accurate information about landbirds at CHIS, which will be available for use by the public, and will increase knowledge for science-based park management of island birds.