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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
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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