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Focal Areas and Priorities
Geographic focal areas, as defined by the Goldenwinged
Warbler Working Group, are places
where the maintenance of core populations will
be important for sustaining and growing the
current distribution (Figure 3–3). Further, focal
areas with greater than 20 breeding pairs will be
particularly important for expanding the
population into adjacent areas. Eight of the 34
total focal areas contain 20 or fewer pairs and the
goal of these areas is to increase the population
to sustain the current breeding season
distribution.
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Not all parts of a focal area are appropriate for
habitat management. Places within focal areas
where applying the management guidelines from
this plan should be avoided include: 1) places
where management and protection of other rare
or imperiled resources are higher priority (e.g.,
national forest wilderness areas) or have
conflicting management needs, and 2) places
where Blue-winged Warbler populations co-occur
and management for Golden-winged Warbler
might hasten Blue-winged Warbler invasion of
Golden-winged Warbler territories, increasing the
probability for hybridization.
Figure 3–3. Geographic extent of the Appalachian Mountains and Great Lakes conservation regions containing
defined Golden-winged Warbler focal areas (yellow).