IWMM Website Update
This winter provided an opportunity to make some long-awaited updates to the IWMM website. New content was added, links were updated, and the entire site reorganized to make information easier to find. A few pages were broken up to make [...]
Annual Reporting Leads to Better Management
Heavy equipment prepares a site for moist-soil vegetation. USFWS Annual reports can be a great way to “take stock” of refuge resources on a consistent basis. By tracking the same parameters over time, such as vegetation coverage, water [...]
IWMM on Cold Springs National Wildlife Refuge
Map of Cold Spring [...]
IWMM mobile app (IMA) – Year 2 Report
Biologist performing a wetland delineation. Wildnotes Connection Blog In the first year of use (2018-19), nearly one-quarter (23%) of the total participants used the app for at least some of their data collection. Several new features and user [...]
IWMM Mobile App (IMA) – Year 1 Report
IWMM provides tools to deliver effective management of migrating waterbirds - including waterfowl, waders, and shorebirds - during the non-breeding season. In response to recent interest from field stations, the IWMM team spent several months developing a mobile software application [...]
IMA Version 2.0 is Now Available!
The Integrated Waterbird Management and Monitoring (IWMM) program is excited to announce an update to the IWMM mobile app - just in time for the 2019/2020 non-breeding season! New features include improved organization and user flow, in-form instructions to assist [...]
IWMM and Mattamuskeet NWR
Wendy Stanton, Refuge Biologist Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR), located in northeastern North Carolina, was established by Executive Order 6924, dated Dec. 18, 1934 as a refuge and breeding ground for birds and wild animals and for use as an [...]
Introducing Alex Kumar – 2019 DFP Fellow
In May 2019, Alex Kumar joined the USFWS Natural Resource Program Center (NRPC) in Fort Collins to complete a short-term project as part of the Directorate Resource Assistants Fellows Program (DFP). Alex came to NRPC from the University of Montana [...]
Optimized Sampling for Waterbirds – Summer 2019 DFP Project
Accurate waterbird counts help inform science and management for many stations in the NWRS but can be time- and resource-intensive to collect. This summer, IWMM initiated a special project with help from Alex Kumar, a Directorate Resource Assistants Fellows Program [...]
Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge
Oh the Places You Should Go! Darrin Welchert, Refuge Wildlife Biologist Have you ever wondered what a flock of one million snow geese actually looks like? Darrin Welchert, Wildlife Biologist at Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge (LBNWR) can tell you. [...]