U.S. Fish Wildlife Service Acting Director Rowan Gould signed two Memoranda of Understandings on Monday, one with National Park Service Director Jon Jarvis, and another with the Bureau Land Management Deputy Director Mike Pool.
The FWS said the Memoranda of Understandings (MOUs) are designed to strengthen coordination for migratory bird conservation. The MOUs help identify and implement strategies to complement and support existing efforts, and facilitate new collaborative migratory bird conservation partnerships and comprehensive planning strategies for migratory birds.
This agreement will help us conduct landscape-level planning and develop additional conservation measures to benefit migratory bird species across public and private lands, said Gould. The conservation of birds will help sustain ecological integrity and ecosystem services, including insect control, pollination, and seed dispersal. Migratory bird conservation also meets the growing public demand, and need, for outdoor education and recreation.
This cooperative agreement provides a tremendous opportunity for our agencies to unite our efforts to more effectively protect migratory birds, said Jarvis. Migratory birds are an important and fragile resource of our planet and what we have done here today is just the first step in this combined effort to strengthen migratory bird conservation.
Addressing the conservation needs of migratory birds on public lands is crucial to many species, said Bureau of Land Management Director Bob Abbey. Were pleased to work closely with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to restore and enhance critical habitat and improve conservation through public education.
This agreement will help us conduct landscape-level planning and develop additional conservation measures to benefit migratory bird species across public and private lands, said Gould. The conservation of birds will help sustain ecological integrity and ecosystem services, including insect control, pollination, and seed dispersal. Migratory bird conservation also meets the growing public demand, and need, for outdoor education and recreation.
This cooperative agreement provides a tremendous opportunity for our agencies to unite our efforts to more effectively protect migratory birds, said Jarvis. Migratory birds are an important and fragile resource of our planet and what we have done here today is just the first step in this combined effort to strengthen migratory bird conservation.
Addressing the conservation needs of migratory birds on public lands is crucial to many species, said Bureau of Land Management Director Bob Abbey. Were pleased to work closely with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to restore and enhance critical habitat and improve conservation through public education.
