Bird Studies Canada Unknown database http://www.bsc-eoc.org http://www.bsc-eoc.org/mmpmain.html Through the efforts of many dedicated and skilled volunteers who survey amphibians, marsh birds, or both, the Marsh Monitoring Program (MMP) contributes to the conservation of wetlands and wetland dependent wildlife in the Great Lakes region. The MMP was established by Bird Studies Canada and Environment Canada in 1994 and is intended to run well beyond the year 2010. The program was designed to provide information on marsh bird and selected amphibian populations, and to contribute to our understanding of their habitat needs. Along with the essential role played by MMP volunteers, the program receives important support from Environment Canada, TD Friends of the Environment Foundation, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Reports and publications are available online at http://www.bsc-eoc.org or by contacting Ryan Archer at the below address. Trends are available. Local citizen groups are using Marsh Monitoring Program (MMP) data to help understand and maintain wetlands in their neighbourhoods, regional governments and others are making use of MMP data for planning, and federal governments and others are making use of MMP data to help assess the health of Great Lakes wetlands and the bird communities at the scale of individual lake basins and for the region as a whole. To gather data on long-term population trends and habitat associations for birds and amphibians of coastal and inland wetlands. The Marsh Monitoring Program data have been reported at State of the Lakes Ecosystem Conferences and the data collected are being used as indicators of Great Lakes health. 1994 2007 ground condition In work Annually Great Lakes basin and St. Lawrence watershed, United States and Canada. Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Québec, and Wisconsin. -98 -65 51 40 None monitor monitoring population trends habitat associations wetlands None Canada United States USA US Great Lakes St. Lawrence River Illinois IL Indiana IN Michigan MI Minnesota MN New York NY Ohio OH Ontario ON Pennsylvania PA Québec QC PQ Wisconsin WI BCR 8 Bird Conservation Region 8 BCR 12 Bird Conservation Region 12 BCR 13 Bird Conservation Region 13 BCR 22 Bird Conservation Region 22 BCR 23 Bird Conservation Region 23 None summer May June July None multiple species birds waterbirds amphibians frogs toads American Ornithologists' Union 1998 Seventh book http://www.aou.org/checklist/index.php3 The check-list is revised and updated on an annual basis by the American Ornithologists' Union. Revisions are published in The Auk. Observers have pre-existing knowledge of bird identification or they use published field guides. Primarily marsh-nesting birds (waterbirds). Also amphibians. Kingdom Animalia animals Phylum Chordata chordates Subphylum Vertebrata vertebrates Class Amphibia amphibians Class Aves birds None. Data are available if formally requested from Bird Studies Canada (BSC). (BSC approval required). None Kathy Jones Bird Studies Canada Aquatic Surveys Volunteer and Data Coordinator mailing

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Port Rowan ON N0E 1M0 Canada 888-448-2473 ext.212 519-586-3532 aqsurvey@bsc-eoc.org Lead institution: Bird Studies Canada. Partner institution: Environment Canada. Funding sources: Wildlife Habitat Canada, Environment Canada, US Environmental Protection Agency, Great Lakes Protection Fund, the Great Lakes 2000 Cleanup Fund, and TD Friends of the Environment Foundation. The skills, interests, and enthusiasm of hundreds of volunteer Citizen Scientists are essential to the success of the project. SQL database maintained by Bird Studies Canada. Some data are also available through the Avian Knowledge Network (AKN) <http://www.avianknowledge.net/>. Crewe T.L., S.T.A. Timmermans, and K.E. Jones. 2006 document 28pp. http://www.bsc-eoc.org/mmp10yrpt.html Crewe, T. L., and S. T. A. Timmermans. 200503 document Project # WETLAND3-EPA-01 Technical Report. http://www.bsc-eoc.org/mmpGLCWCreport2005.html Timmermans, S., and J. McCracken. 2004 document Port Rowan, ON Bird Studies Canada http://www.bsc-eoc.org/mmpmarshhavens.html Ducks Unlimited Canada. 2003 BROCHURE Ducks Unlimited Canada Fact Sheet. 2pp. Timmermans, S. 2002 journal article Wildlife Watchers. 8:4. Tozer, D.C. 2002 THESIS M.Sc. thesis, Trent University, Peterborough, ON. 162pp. Tozer, D. 2002 journal article Ontario Birds. 20:95-97. Weeber, R.C., and M. Vallianatos (editors). 2000 document Port Rowan, Ontario. Bird Studies Canada Bird Studies Canada, Port Rowan, Ontario. 47 pp. TECHREPORT Francis, C.M., and R.C. Weeber. 1999 PROCEEDINGS Pages 31-32 In: Proceedings of the Marsh Bird Monitoring Workshop, Patuxent Research Refuge, Laurel, Maryland, 26-28 April 1998. Weeber, R.C., J.D. McCracken, and C.M. Francis. 1999 PROCEEDINGS Pages 51-52 In: Proceedings of the Marsh Bird Monitoring Workshop, Patuxent Research Refuge, Laurel, Maryland, 26-28 April 1998. Kirk, D.A., M. Csizy, R.C. Weeber, C.M. Francis, and J.D. McCracken. 1999 document NP_PUBL http://www.bsc-eoc.org/mmphabitat.html The Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) outlines the methods used to ensure that information collected through the MMP is of the highest possible quality. The document includes descriptions of volunteer training, standardized survey and other protocols, and data handling and storage. The QAPP was prepared in response to a requirement of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, a key supporter of the MMP. This document may also be of interest to those who use MMP data or others interested in quality assurance and control for monitoring programs. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approved the MMP's QAPP in March 2000. See http://www.bsc-eoc.org/mmpqualplan.html not applicable Started in 1994 in Canada; 1995 in the United States. Over 6000 stations since 1994 with approximately 650 stations surveyed each year. Field None point counts playback Bird survey routes with 1-8 listening stations 250 m apart. Listening stations were 100 m fixed-distance point counts. Two visits, 10 days apart between 20 May and 5 July. Broadcast tapes used for 5 minutes followed by a 5 minute silent listening period. Non-random, user selected wetlands, wetlands in Areas of Concern. Conway, C. J., and S. T. A. Timmermans. 2005 document USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-191. http://www.bsc-eoc.org/MMPNAmericaprotocolrpt.html Field Amphibian surveys use an "unlimited distance" semi-circular sampling area. Amphibian stations should be separated by at least 500 metres (550 yards) in order to minimize the possibility that individuals or choruses are sampled twice. Each amphibian survey route is visited on 3 nights, no less than 15 days apart, during the spring and early summer. Routes are surveyed in their entirety, in the same station sequence, starting at about the same time on all visits. The first visit should coincide with minimum night-time air temperatures of at least 5 C (41 F) and the first or second warm spring shower. Night-time air temperatures should be at least 10 C (50 F) for the second survey and 17 C (63 F) for the third survey. Each station is surveyed for 3 minutes and one of three Call Level Codes is used to categorize the intensity of calling activity for each species. In southern and central regions, surveys should begin one half hour after sunset and end before midnight. All surveys should be conducted in weather conducive to monitoring amphibians (i.e. on a warm, moist night with little or no wind). No process steps have been described for this data set Unknown Point Bird Studies Canada Kathy Jones Aquatic Surveys Volunteer and Data Coordinator mailing

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