PR Number: R7127110054
Award Number: J7127110054 NAU-391
Park/NPS Unit: Multiple Parks (BAND and MEVE)
Title of Project: Part 5, Continuation of a Cooperative Partnership with Colorado Plateau Research Station at Northern
Arizona University to Assist with Bird Banding Stations at BAND and MEVE
Administered through the: (pick from drop down list): Colorado Plateau Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit
Cooperative Agreement Number H1200-09-0005
CESU Partner (pick from drop down list):
Northern Arizona University
Project Contacts
Principal Investigator: Matthew Johnson, Wildlife Biologist, Colorado Plateau Research Station, Northern Arizona
University, Box 5614, Flagstaff, AZ 86011; phone: 928-523-7764; fax: 928-556-7092; matthew.johnson@nau.edu
Co-Investigator (if appropriate): Jennifer Holmes, Wildlife Biologist, Colorado Plateau Research Station, Northern
Arizona University, Box 5614, Flagstaff, AZ 86001; phone: 928-523-7076; Jennifer.Holmes@nau.edu
Partner Administrative Contact: Judge, Office of Grants and Contract Services, Northern Arizona University, Box
4130, Flagstaff, AZ 86011; phone: 928-523-6917; cincy.judge@nau.edu
NPS Certified ATR: Stephen Fettig, Wildlife Biologist, Bandelier National Monument, 15 Entrance Road, Los Alamos,
NM 87544; phone: 505-672-3861 x 546; fax: 505-672-9706; stephen_fettig@nps.gov
NPS Technical Expert (if appropriate): Stephen Fettig, Wildlife Biologist, Bandelier National Monument, 15 Entrance
Road, Los Alamos, NM 87544; phone: 505-672-3861 x 546; fax: 505-672-9706; stephen_fettig@nps.gov
Funding Information:
Amount Funded: $10,000
Project Dates:
Start Date: May 1, 2011
Any Other Product Milestone Dates you need to include: (full dates can go in with the project description)
End Date: December 31, 2012
PROJECT ABSTRACT:
This funding continues a partnership between the Colorado Plateau Research Station at Northern Arizona University
(NAU) for the purposes of assisting with Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) bird-banding stations
at Mesa Verde National Park (MEVE) and Bandelier National Monument (BAND). This funding will be obligated in
FY2011 through an existing CESU cooperative agreement with NAU. NAU would provide a staff biologist with
experience banding birds.
The MAPS protocol involves 10 mornings of bird banding and mist netting over a three-month period at each station each
year. Results from this multi-year project will provide population demographic information (such as the number of young
produced per adult each year, the probability of a young bird surviving to its first breeding season, the probability that a
surviving young bird will breed, the number of adults that survive each year, the probability that a surviving adult will
return to the same site to breed the next year, and the probability that a surviving adult from a different site will immigrate
to the study area). This demographic information will provide land managers inside and outside the NPS with basic
where-and-when information essential to identifying the prime sources of life-cycle problems for several species
previously identified as needing conservation efforts.
Two end-of-year (EOY) requests received funding in FY09 for integrated work at BAND and MEVE are part of the same
overall project effort. This funding builds on funding scheduled for FY2011-2013 from IMR International Conservation
Office (IMRICO) funds and is an expansion of an existing Park Flight Program at Bandelier. This proposal was initiated
at the request of the Southern Colorado Plateau Inventory and Monitoring Network.