Protecting Habitats for Wide-Ranging and Migratory Species

• Kirtland's warbler ©The Nature Conservancy

  Great Lakes Program Work Setting Regional Conservation Priorities Conserving Freshwater Biodiversity Protecting Habitats for Wide-Ranging and      Migratory Species

  Protecting Migratory Birds — Hundreds of millions of birds migrate through and breed in the Great Lakes region, making this region crucial to their long-term health. The Conservancy has launched a partnership project to develop a region-wide network of protected stopover sites. The initial focus of the project is in the western Lake Erie basin.

• Saving North America’s Rarest Songbird: The Kirtland's Warbler — The Kirtland's Warbler presents a unique conservation opportunity because of its narrow habitat requirements and limited range. It breeds only in small areas of Michigan and winters almost exclusively in the Bahamas. The Conservancy has been working to protect this critically imperiled, endemic bird since 1996.

Contact Information:
Dave N. Ewert, Ph.D.,
Director of Conservation Science
Phone: (517) 316-2256
E-mail: dewert@tnc.org