GRASSLAND BIRD CONSERVATION IN SONORA, M

The Sky Island Alliance will collaborate with local ranchers, Comision Nacional de Areas Naturales Protegidas (CONANP), and ProFauna A.C. to conduct wintering grassland bird surveys and habitat restoration actions within the Sonoita Grassland Priority Conservation Area (GPCA) in Sonora, Mexico.

Objectives include: 1) Collect data on the abundance and distribution of target species within the Sonoita GPCA in Sonora to support the Chihuahuan Desert Grassland Conservation Investment Strategy; 2) Enhance capacity of CONANP to monitor grassland birds within the Sonoita GPCA and Flora and Fauna Protected Area: Bavispe Zona de Influencia; 3) Improve the quality of target species habitat by implementing restoration activities across a minimum of 6 ranches within the Sonoita GPCA (333 acres); and 4) Empower community members and land stewards to participate in grassland conservation.

Partners will accomplish this through avian monitoring, habitat protection and restoration, and education and outreach.