Management Plans and Prioritization
A management plan is important to guiding conservation efforts and can be used to set goals, identify actions, coordinate efforts among partners, identify priorities, and define measures of success. PRC staff have been writing management plans for over 20 years and are experts in using structured decision-making tools to assist with complex and difficult management decisions. We use this experience to help partners determine conservation goals and priorities, develop long-term management plans, and implement short-term work plans.
152 Prioritization of restoration needs for seabirds in the US Tropical Pacific. PRC wrote a comprehensive assessment and prioritization plan for seabirds in the U.S. Tropical Pacific, which included actions for the species at greatest risk and best locations to undertake such actions.
Identification of Important Birds Areas (IBAs) in the Hawaiian Islands. In collaboration with the National Audubon Society (https://www.audubon.org/important-bird-areas) and BirdLife International (https://www.birdlife.org/focus-areas/sites/), Eric VanderWerf identified and described Important Bird Areas of the Hawaiian Islands. Report 59
Climate Change Addendum for the USFWS Pacific Regional Seabird Conservation Plan. This peer-reviewed update provided a synthesis of available information on existing and potential effects of climate change on seabirds and seabird habitats in the Pacific Region. Partners: USFWS, University of Hawaii Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit, Farallon Institute and Oregon State University.
Hawaiian Bird Conservation Action Plan. The purpose of this plan was to draw attention to the plight of Hawaiian birds, increase awareness of their conservation needs, and ultimately, increase the amount of funding available for their conservation. It was intended to complement similar documents written by the Partners in Flight Program (https://partnersinflight.org/ ), which focused on the Americas and did not include Hawaii. Each profile provides a brief summary of a particular species (or group of species), its status, the threats it faces, and conservation actions that are needed and can be implemented in the next five years. You may download the complete report or species profiles individually here. Partners: USFWS Migratory Birds Division. HBCAP PDF report
‘Alalā (Hawaiian Crow) release plan. PRC was contracted by to write a restoration plan for the ‘Alalā or Hawaiian Crow. Since 2002, the ‘Alalā had been extinct in the wild but over 100 birds existed in captivity. In 2017, 11 ‘Alalā were released into the wild, followed by an additional 10 birds in 2018. The plan provided comprehensive methods to guide habitat restoration and management, releases of ‘Alalā back into the wild, and post-release monitoring and management, with the goal of restoring a self-sustaining wild population. Partners: the Hawai’i Division of Forestry and Wildlife, USFWS and San Diego Zoo Global.
During his time with the USFWS in the early 2000s, Eric VanderWerf was the lead author for recovery plans encompassing Hawaiian Forest Birds and Hawaiian Waterbirds that are still in use today.
39 Decision analysis to guide recovery of the Po’ouli, a critically endangered Hawaiian honeycreeper.
