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New Jersey; the Outer Banks of North Carolina; and the Washington coast. Recommendations made in Version 1.0 of this document are based mainly on the International Shorebird Survey data scheme (emphasis on United States) and, as such, are incomplete. Future versions of this Sanderling Conservation Plan will expand geographically to include other data sets for a more comprehensive perspective. In response to the recognized need for standardized survey efforts, the Program for Regional and International Shorebird Monitoring (PRISM) was launched as the blueprint for shorebird monitoring efforts in the United States and Canada. It is intended to provide reliable information on the distribution, abundance, and population trends of shorebirds. A top priority for Sanderling conservation continues to be to improve monitoring schemes, in order to enable robust estimates of population trends; PRISM is a crucial (and substantial) step in that direction, although it does not replace existing schemes (i.e., ISS). However, ideally, other sites should continue to be monitored (albeit in a more standardized fashion) to supplement PRISM efforts and to provide wider coverage throughout the nonbreeding range. An option that merits consideration is to organize and refocus non-PRISM monitoring efforts (such as ISS, or other) to incorporate a rotating panel design. In such a design, a set number of ‘key’ sites are monitored every year, and additional rotating sets are identified for monitoring at lower frequencies (e.g., every few years). Such a set-up would require greater logistical investment up front (to coordinate participant efforts), but once up and running, would offer critical improvements over the current (non-PRISM) set-ups, because it would provide consistent sampling in space and time, increasing confidence in both population trend analysis and the identification of important sites. CONSERVATION TIMELINE By 2010 • Create a Sanderling Working Group that includes participants from across the Western Hemisphere; • Develop a plan to revisit and evaluate ISS sites that were important to the Sanderling at some point in the past, but have not been surveyed since the 1990s; WHSRN – Sanderling Conservation Plan, February 2010, v1.1 66
• Explore feasibility of, and then develop, a continent-wide monitoring scheme (by flyway) and monitoring schedule for improving population trend detection and site identification. This could be done perhaps by employing a rotating panel of ISS and other sites. Monitoring should occur during migration and winter; • Develop strategy for better managing human disturbance at beaches where Sanderlings occur, including a think-tank approach to finding creative solutions (including nontraditional partners); • In conjunction with a strategy for managing human disturbance, develop educational messages and materials, and (at/near important shorebird/Sanderling sites) explore creative approaches and new opportunities for involving and engaging the public in learning about and caring for shorebirds and their habitats. Launch several new annual shorebird/waterbird festivals (or other combined events related to wildlife including shorebirds) in each flyway. By 2011 • Implement an improved monitoring scheme in the United States (along Pacific, Atlantic, and Gulf coasts, as well as in the interior) for migration and winter; • Launch specific studies or surveys that shed light on important “unknowns” identified in this plan – including research in South America; • Designation by WHSRN and Ramsar of more sites in North and South America that are important to the Sanderling, with special emphasis on coastal sites or any others that face significant and immediate threats. • Continue building public support for shorebirds (at/near important shorebird/Sanderling sites), through educational materials, citizen science, and other activities that involve and engage the public in learning about and caring for shorebirds and their habitats. By 2012 • Conduct specific threat-abating activities/education with landowners at important sites; • Explore the feasibility of, and support the development of, increased monitoring for shorebirds in South America, during migration and winter (e.g., by revising and expanding ISS monitoring scheme); WHSRN – Sanderling Conservation Plan, February 2010, v1.1 67
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CONSERVATION PLAN FOR THE SANDERLIN
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TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Sanderling (C
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for Sanderlings will benefit other
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RESUMEN EJECUTIVO El Calidris alba
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Los C. alba comparten hábitat con
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PURPOSE This document focuses on th
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Individuals differ in extent of sit
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North America, where data are suffi
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Page 41 and 42: CONSERVATION THREATS Sanderlings fa
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Page 57 and 58: Educational messages Educational co
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