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American Oystercatcher Focal Species Plan American Oystercatcher Working Group Focal Species Plan: Final Draft Posted to Listserver Major Topics • Overview of conservation status • Major threats • Recommended conservation strategies and actions • Important breeding and nonbreeding sites • Detailed list of conservation actions Conservation Activities • Identification and protection of existing habitat • Creation of new habitat with dredge-spoil materials • Management of existing protected areas to reduce predation and disturbance • Control of predator populations • Monitoring of population status and trend to measure conservation effectiveness Business Plan • Based on the Focal Species Plan • Major focus on: • Threats • Priority Actions • Organizational Roles • Need to discuss major conservation priorities and roles • Start with tomorrow’s discussion of working group actions What’s a business plan? Proposed Priority Topics • • • • • • • Management of Predation Management of Disturbance Coordinated Monitoring (with SE) Banding Studies for Demography Targeted Acquisition and Protection Outreach Assessment of Contamination Weighing Priorities • Impact on population size • Can be replicated in other areas • Opportunistic considerations – key unprotected habitats Other Oystercatcher News • AMOY Working Group will be charter group for Shorebird Research Group of the Americas – website to go online soon • Rangewide AMOY Plan under development by the Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network and Birdlife International Ted Simons and Wendy Moore