Recently, the Atlantic Coast Joint Venture (ACJV) released a new conservation plan for the Seaside Sparrow. See their message below:
For over a year, ACJV staff have been hard at work with practitioners, species experts, salt marsh ecologists, land managers, and other partners to develop a plan that outlines the highest priority strategies needed to conserve the Saltmarsh Sparrow.
The plan sets population and habitat targets at the state and regional levels with a goal of creating sufficient high quality habitat to support a long-term sustainable population of 25,000 Saltmarsh Sparrows. This plan includes strategies to 1) build resiliency of existing salt marsh; 2) facilitate the transition to future marshes in the marsh migration zone; and 3) enhance populations through practices like tide gate manipulation and predator control. Addressing each of these strategies, particularly in the breeding range, will be critical to effectively conserve this species.
An all-hands-on-deck approach to conservation is needed to fully achieve the many objectives laid out in the Saltmarsh Sparrow Conservation Plan. We are excited to share the outcome of this collective effort. With a unified conservation planning framework we hope to address the needs of Saltmarsh Sparrows and other declining high marsh dependent species.
