Klamath Bird Observatory

The Klamath Bird Observatory Operates the Longest-running Long-term Bird Banding Project in the Pacific Northwest, It Has Produced Dozens of Peer-reviewed Scientific Papers and Has Trained 120 Student Interns Over Its 32 Years of Operation. by Monitoring Bird Communities Across Time With Vital Data, This Project Produces Science That Directly Informs Not Just the Patterns But Also the Causes of Migratory Bird Population and Habitat Change. This Work Is Critically Important to Understand the Ongoing Declines of Species as Well as to Provide Informative Data to the Forest Service in Implementing Forest Management Planning Which Includes Timber Sale and Fire Mitigation Actions Across the Pacific Northwest. This Award Will Fund Klamath Bird Observatory Personnel Time and Supply Costs for Recruiting Interns, Intern Stipends, and Bird Banding Supplies and Materials for Use Throughout the Internship.