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Structured Decision Making to Prioritize Regional Bird Monitoring Needs

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  • Auriel M. V. Fournier

    (Mississippi State University, Coastal Research and Extension Center, Biloxi, Mississippi 31532; Forbes Biological Station–Bellrose Waterfowl Research Center, Illinois Natural History Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Havana, Illinois 62644)

  • R. Randy Wilson

    (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Migratory Bird Program, Southeast Region, Jackson, Mississippi 39213)

  • Jeffrey S. Gleason

    (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Gulf Restoration Team, Chiefland, Florida 32626)

  • Evan M. Adams

    (Biodiversity Research Institute, Portland, Maine 04013)

  • Janell M. Brush

    (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Gainesville, Florida 32601)

  • Robert J. Cooper

    (Daniel B. Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602)

  • Stephen J. DeMaso

    (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Gulf Coast Joint Venture, National Wetlands Research Center, Lafayette, Louisiana 70506)

  • Melanie J. L. Driscoll

    (Phoenix Rising, LLC, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70801)

  • Peter C. Frederick

    (Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 31611)

  • Patrick G. R. Jodice

    (U.S. Geological Survey, South Carolina Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29631)

  • Mary Ann Ottinger

    (Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204)

  • David B. Reeves

    (National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70898)

  • Michael A. Seymour

    (Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70898)

  • Stephanie M. Sharuga

    (Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Sterling, Virginia 20166)

  • John M. Tirpak

    (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center, Lafayette, Louisiana 70506)

  • William G. Vermillion

    (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Gulf Coast Joint Venture, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center, Lafayette, Louisiana 70506)

  • Theodore J. Zenzal

    (School of Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi 39406; U.S. Geological Survey, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center, Lafayette, Louisiana 70506)

  • James E. Lyons

    (U.S. Geological Survey, Eastern Ecological Science Center at the Patuxent Research Refuge, Laurel, Maryland 20708)

  • Mark S. Woodrey

    (Mississippi State University, Coastal Research and Extension Center, Biloxi, Mississippi 31532; Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Moss Point, Mississippi 39562)

Abstract

Conservation planning for large ecosystems has multiple benefits but is often challenging to implement because of the multiple jurisdictions, species, and habitats involved. In addition, decision making at large spatial scales can be hampered because many approaches do not explicitly incorporate potentially competing values and concerns of stakeholders. After the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, establishing baselines was challenging because of (1) variation in study designs, (2) inconsistent use of explicit objectives and hypotheses, (3) inconsistent use of standardized monitoring protocols, and (4) variation in spatial and temporal scope associated with avian monitoring projects before the spill. Herein, we show how the Gulf of Mexico Avian Monitoring Network members used structured decision making to identify bird monitoring priorities. We used multiple tools and techniques to clearly define the problem and stakeholder objectives and to identify bird monitoring priorities at the scale of the entire northern Gulf of Mexico region. Although our example is specific to the northern Gulf of Mexico, this approach provides an example of how stakeholder values can be incorporated into the coordination process of broad-scale monitoring programs to address management, restoration, and scientific questions in other ecosystems and for other taxa.

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  • Auriel M. V. Fournier & R. Randy Wilson & Jeffrey S. Gleason & Evan M. Adams & Janell M. Brush & Robert J. Cooper & Stephen J. DeMaso & Melanie J. L. Driscoll & Peter C. Frederick & Patrick G. R. Jodi, 2023. "Structured Decision Making to Prioritize Regional Bird Monitoring Needs," Interfaces, INFORMS, vol. 53(3), pages 207-217, May.
  • Handle: RePEc:inm:orinte:v:53:y:2023:i:3:p:207-217
    DOI: 10.1287/inte.2022.1154
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