Goals and Objectives

• Quantify habitat by type within Indicated Breeding Pair Survey Plots (IBP).
• Compare with surrounding habitats across provincial landscape and identify gaps in representation of IBP plots.
• Refine population estimates based on waterfowl densities and distribution of wetland habitat.
• Assess waterfowl population objectives in relation to this new information.
• Assess the provincial Habitat Relationship Matrix in relation to this new information.
  

Activities

• Using GIS, characterize the availability of breeding habitat on the IBP Plots in relation to wetland availability across NB.
• Compare estimates with existing estimates.
• Correct population estimates based on new data and set more accurate waterfowl population goals.
• Correct provincial Habitat Relationship Matrix (HRM) estimates based on new data and to set more accurate waterfowl habitat relationships.
  
  

Benefits to Wildlife and Relevance to Habitat Planning, Decision Making and/or Management

• More accurate population estimates will improve management for waterfowl.
• Will provide more refined population objectives for the NB EHJV to develop habitat objectives in NB.
• Will provide baseline data to monitor changes in wetland habitat in relation to population trends over time.
• Will provide a more accurate HRM to se habitat objective for waterfowl population objectives in NB.
  

Project Location
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Project Contact
For more information on this project, please contact Todd Byers, New Brunswick Eastern Habitat Joint Venture Coordinator, New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources, Fish and Wildlife Division, Fredericton, New Brunswick.