Klamath Bird Observatory and USDA Forest Service Redwood Sciences Laboratory work with many partners to establish and promote standardized bird monitoring networks that provide information needed to integrate Partners in Flight bird conservation objectives with land management programs.  These efforts have received national recognition. Our partnership received the Joint Fire Sciences Program's Best Scientist Manager Partnership Award for our continued research on the use of birds as indicators of the ecological effects of disturbance. We received the Ducks Unlimited/US Forest Service Taking Wing Award for increasing understanding of wetland ecosystems and habitat relationships through excellence in science and management applications. CJ Ralph and John Alexander, the Data Center's principal investigators, have both received the Partners in Flight Leadership Award for their outstanding contributions to bird conservation.

Klamath Bird Observatory and Redwood Sciences Laboratory developed a model for building bird monitoring networks from which the Klamath Bird Observatory -Redwood Sciences Laboratory Avian Data Center has emerged. The Avian Data Center currently hosts three nodes of the Avian Knowledge Network:

. Landbird Monitoring Network of the Americas (LaMNA),
. Klamath Bird Monitoring Network, and
. Klamath-Siskiyou eBird.

In cooperation with PRBO Conservation Science, we developed the Landbird Monitoring Network of the Americas node to serve banding data collected from throughout the Americas to the Avian Knowledge Network (AKN). The Klamath Bird Monitoring Network, a regional partnership, is now serving as an AKN node with datasets that span the Klamath-Siskiyou Bioregion of southern Oregon and northern California. Klamath-Siskiyou eBird represents a partnership between local Audubon Chapters within the Klamath-Siskiyou Bioregion that promotes local birding community involvement with and contribution to the Klamath Bird Monitoring Network. 

 Klamath Bird Observatory (www.KlamathBird.org)
Klamath Bird Observatory (KBO) advances bird and habitat conservation in the Americas through science, education, and partnerships. KBO conducts scientific studies to monitor and inventory bird populations, contributing towards the Partners in Flight International Bird Conservation Program's efforts to keep common birds common. Working in the Klamath-Siskiyou Bioregion of southern Oregon and northern California, and beyond, we provide information to help federal, state, and local land managers better protect and enhance bird populations and their habitats.

Contact:
John D. Alexander
Klamath Bird Observatory
PO Box 758
Ashland, Oregon, 97520
(541) 201-0866

 Redwood Sciences Laboratory (http://www.fs.fed.us/psw/rsl/)
The Redwood Sciences Laboratory is operated by the USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station. Since 1976, the two-story Laboratory houses research hydrologists, geologists, wildlife and fisheries biologists, plant ecologists, and biometricians, research technicians, and support personnel who are conducting watershed, wildlife, and fisheries research applicable to the Pacific Northwest from Alaska to California. The Laboratory is located on the Preston Forest Research Site, a wooded, 3-acre site on the Humboldt State University campus in Arcata, California. Avian research at the Redwood Sciences Laboratory is focused on various aspects of
avian ecology, restoration of bird habitat and bird populations of critical species, and avian population ecology in general.

Contact:

C. John Ralph
US Forest Service Redwood Sciences Laboratory
1700 Bayview Drive
Arcata, California 95521
(707) 825-2992