WLF 419 - Waterfowl and Wetlands Ecology and Management
Lecture 18 – North American Waterfowl Management Plan
Next Time – Adaptive Harvest Management
The North American Waterfowl Management Plan (NAWMP) was international action plan adopted in 1986 to:
· Restore waterfowl populations to 1970’s level through
o Protection, Restoration, and enhancement of upland and wetland habitat
· Canada and U.S. in 1986
· Mexico joined in 1994
o 6 representatives from each country
What are 1970’s levels of waterfowl?
· 1998 Plan Update – pages 15-25
· Lynch’s/Ankney’s Comments about averages
How?
o Continental Vision – Regional/Species Actions
§ Goals – 1998 Plan Update – Page 36
§ Example: Prairie Pothole Joint Venture
o 3 Species Joint Ventures
§ Arctic Goose JV
§ Black Duck JV or BDJV - Canada
· Funding
o 1989 - North American Wetland Conservation Act or NAWCA @ DU
Where do we go from here?
· Assessment?
· Monitoring?