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Thomas V. Dailey, National Bobwhite Conservation Initiative; Reggie E. Thackston, Georgia Department of Natural Resources; John J. Morgan, Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources; Donald F. McKenzie, National Bobwhite Conservation Initiative; Chuck Kowaleski, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department; K. Marc Puckett, Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
Northern Bobwhites (Colinus virginianus) and species that live in the same farmlands, native grasslands, shrublands and woodlands have declined precipitously over 5 decades largely because of agricultural intensification and inadequate management of natural plant succession. In 2011, the National Bobwhite Conservation Initiative (NBCI), a 25-state consortium of state wildlife agencies and partners, published a spatially-explicit restoration plan, NBCI 2.0, based on hypothesized habitat-population relationships. In 2014, NBCI published the Coordinated Implementation Program (CIP) with the intent of implementing strategic habitat conservation. The CIP facilitates conservation planning via NBCI Focal Tiers, a geographic hierarchical system including Focal Areas, Focal Landscapes, and Focal Regions, smallest to largest, respectively. NBCI Focal Areas include a nationally coordinated monitoring and data program, with a goal of measuring and demonstrating, in at least one focal landscape (ca. 2,400 ha in area) in each state, that within 5-10 years, habitat management can achieve prescribed bobwhite densities. Population responses of a suite of grassland/shrubland birds are also measured. In this presentation we review progress across NBCI Focal Tier landscapes, including: 1) Acres of management achieved via outside funding as reported by state agencies in the NBCI Inventory; 2) A novel NBCI-specific funding program facilitated by Georgia Department of Natural Resources, and 3) NBCI Focal Area growth in >12 states. Through the multi-faceted NBCI, state agencies and partners are achieving conservation results for bobwhites and other species.
