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• Biological Resources Division, US Geological Survey Includes the National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) which provides information on and access to biological databases, information products, directories, and guides maintained by federal, state, and local government agencies, and private organizations.
• Bureau of Land Management The BLM administers public lands within a framework of numerous laws (the most comprehensive of these being the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976). Its mission is to sustain the health, diversity and productivity of the public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations.
• National Environmental Monitoring Initiative Linking large-scale survey information and remote sensing with ecological process research at a network of multi-resource, intensive monitoring areas for greater understanding of what controls ecosystem health at the regional scale, where resource management decisions are made. Development of this initiative is under the leadership of the Committee on the Environment and Natural Resources, in the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy.
• National Park Service Website has extensive info about NPS, its mission, its history, how it's organized, a listing of all the parks, regional offices, criteria for becoming a national park, planning policy, projects, opportunities.
• Partners in Flight (PIF) Launched in 1990 in response to growing concerns about declines in many landbird species populations. Initial focus was on species that breed in the North America and winter in the Neotropics, but includes most landbirds and other species requiring terrestrial habitats. A cooperative effort involving partnerships among federal, state and local government agencies, philanthropic foundations, professional organizations, conservation groups, industry, the academic community, and private individuals.
• PIF Monitoring and International Working Groups One of eight working groups in PIF. Aims to help standardize protocols for monitoring populations, and establish communication between researchers interested in monitoring issues. The International Working Group publishes the newsletter La Tangara to increase communication throughout the bird community in the Western Hemisphere.
• PIF–Canada Formerly the Canadian Landbird Conservation Program. Its goal is "to ensure the long-term viability of populations of native Canadian landbirds across their range of habitats." This will be mplemented at several levels; national, regional and local. A working group, that includes representatives from government and non-government conservation agencies, industry, academics, and other interested stakeholders, has been created to work at the national level.
• Teaming With Wildlife A cooperative effort between state fish and wildlife agencies, state parks, and the customers and businesses of the outdoors. It will provide much needed funding for every state to implement important conservation strategies and to provide greater recreational and educational opportunities for millions of Americans.
• US Fish and Wildlife Service is a bureau within the Department of the Interior. Their mission is to conserve, protect, and enhance fish and wildlife and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people. Major responsibilities include: migratory birds, endangered species, certain marine mammals, freshwater and anadromous fish, the National Wildlife Refuge System, wetlands, conserving habitat, and environmental contaminants.
• USDA Forest Service is a Federal agency within the Department of Agriculture that manages public lands in national forests and grasslands. Established in 1905, it is the largest forestry research organization in the world, and provides technical and financial assistance to State and private forestry agencies. National forests encompass 191 million acres of land. The Forest Service mission is to achieve quality land management under the sustainable multiple-use management concept to meet the diverse needs of people. Forests Services offices are organized into four levels: national (Washington Office), region (9), national forest (155 national forests and 20 grasslands), and ranger district (more than 600 each with a staff of 10 to 100).
• US National Biological Service Office of Inventory and Monitoring. Administers the North American Bird Banding Program jointly with the Canadian Wildlife Service. Their respective banding offices have similar functions and policies and use the same bands, reporting forms and data formats. Joint coordination of the program dates back to 1923. In the US, the Bird Banding Laboratory (BBL) at Laurel, Maryland, functions as a service and administrative center for those who use the banding technique or banding data in their work.

Wildlife/Conservation Organizations

• Appalachian Mountain Club Founded in 1876, the AMC is America's oldest conservation and recreation organization. Its 85,000 members are devoted to the protection and enjoyment of the mountain, rivers and trails of the Northeast. The AMC offers educational workshops, maintains trails and facilities, and advocates for the conservation of open spaces and key habitats.
• Nature Conservancy Aims to preserve habitats and species by buying the lands and waters they need to survive. It operates the largest private system of nature sanctuaries in the world – more than 1500 preserves in the United States alone. Some are postage-stamp size, others cover thousands of acres.
• National Fish & Wildlife Foundation A non-profit established by Congress in 1984 and dedicated to the conservation of fish, wildlife, and plants, and the habitat on which they depend. Its goals are environmental education, natural resource management, habitat protection and restoration, and conservation policy development. The Foundation meets these goals by creating partnerships between the public and private sectors and strategically invests in conservation and sustainable use of natural resources. The Foundation does not support lobbying, political advocacy, or litigation.
• National Wildlife Federation Focuses its efforts on five core issue areas (Endangered Habitat, Water Quality, Land Stewardship, Wetlands, and Sustainable Communities), and pursues a range of educational projects, and activist, advocacy, and litigation initiatives, within these core areas.
• Project Bird Watch (PBW) is a California Based 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to saving the endangered Moluccan Cockatoo and the other wildlife on the Indonesian Island of Seram. They do so by facilitating birdwatching and ecotourism.
• Student Conservation Association (SCA) Offers more than 1,000 expense-paid volunteer opportunities in resource management, including ones related to birds. Website contains a searchable listing of such opportunities.

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