Fact Sheets – DoD Partners in Flight (DoD PIF)

DoD Bird Conservation Focus Areas

This fact sheet describes the materials, procedure, application, and results of Osprey captured and marked as part of the Assessing BASH Risk Potential of Migrating and Breeding Osprey in the Mid-Atlantic Chesapeake Bay Region project. This is a collaborative multi-agency effort where breeding adults and nestlings were live-captured, fitted with satellite transmitters, and released from nest locations surrounding Langley Air Force Base in the Back River on the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay of Virginia.

West Nile Virus – Minimizing the threat to humans and birds

International Conservation – DoD’s Connection to Neotropical Migrants in Latin America and the Caribbean

Important Bird Areas – DoD lands benefit priority bird species

Stewardship

Partnerships and Cooperation

BASH (Bird/Animal Aircraft Strike Hazard)

Species of Concern Database

Habitat and Species Management

Research

Monitoring

Encroachment Minimization

Communication and Education