Institute for Bird Populations partnered with the DoD Legacy
Resource Management Office and DoD natural resource managers The
DoD-MAPS network (Google Earth Map) monitors the effects of
management (or wildfire) on 50+ species, but the primary target
installations include six stations on each of four installations
in NABCI Bird Conservation Region (BCR) 24 (Central Hardwoods) -
Fort Leonard Wood, MO - monitoring effects of reforestation and
wildfire prevention on 25 species including Field Sparrow. We
also conduct Cerulean Warbler surveys in riparian bottomland
forest. - NSA Crane, IN - monitoring effects of forest
management on community change (23 species), including interior
forest species (e.g. Wood Thrush and Worm-eating Warbler) and
more species (e.g. Blue-winged Warbler and Kentucky Warbler)
more associated with successional habitat. - Jefferson Proving
Ground, IN - (now Big Oaks NWR) monitoring effects of forest
management (thinning and fire) on the population dynamics of 25
species including forest-dw