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Best Management Practices for Golden-winged Warbler Habitat on Utility Rights-of-way in the Appalachians
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This is a supplemental document that provides information on managing utility rights-of-way in the Appalachians to develop and restore habitat for Golden-winged Warblers. This guide should be used in conjunction with the Best Management Practices for Golden-winged Warbler Habitats in the Appalachian Region, which includes general information that applies to all habitat types in the Appalachian region.
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Best Management Practices for Golden-winged Warbler Habitat in Forest and Shrub Wetlands of the Appalachians
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This is a supplemental document that provides information on managing forest and shrub wetlands in the Appalachians to develop and restore habitat for Golden-winged Warblers. This guide should be used in conjunction with the Best Management Practices for Golden-winged Warbler Habitats in the Appalachian Region, which includes general information that applies to all habitat types in the Appalachian region.
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Golden-Winged Warbler Habitat: Best Management Practices for Forestlands in Maryland and Pennsylvania
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This document presents management prescriptions to forestland managers interested in providing breeding habitat for Golden-winged Warblers through management actions associated with timber harvesting.
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Best Management Practices For Golden-winged Warbler Habitats in the Great Lakes Region: A Guide for Land Managers and Landowners
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This guide is intended to provide land managers and landowners with regional, habitat-specific strategies and techniques to begin developing and restoring habitat for Golden-winged Warblers. This document includes general information that applies to all habitat types in the Great Lakes region and should be used along with supplemental documents dedicated to the management of specific regional habitat types (deciduous forests, aspen parkland transition zone, abandoned farmlands, utility rights-of-way, forest and shrub wetlands) most important to Golden-winged Warblers.
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Best Management Practices for Golden-winged Warbler Habitat in Deciduous Forests of the Great Lakes
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This supplement for Deciduous Forests accompanies Best Management Practices for Golden-winged Warbler Habitats in the Great
Lakes Region, which includes general information that applies to all habitat types in this area. Users should refer to both documents
to develop a comprehensive management strategy for Golden-winged Warbler. The following are guidelines and not absolute
rules for the creation of breeding habitat, thus prescriptions that fall outside the numerical ranges presented can provide habitat,
too. Consult a Golden-winged Warbler or young forest habitat expert for assistance in tailoring a management plan to your property,
and, if available, follow forest management guidelines for your state or province.
Historically, young forest in this region was generated by natural disturbances such as wind, ice, insect outbreaks, flooding, beaver
activity, and fire. Today, much habitat is created through commercial management of deciduous forests, which is the focus of this
habitat guide. Deciduous forest management opportunities exist throughout the Great Lakes on public, private, and tribal lands.
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Best Management Practices for Golden-winged Warbler Habitat on Utility Rights-of-way in the Great Lakes
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Utility ROWs consist of long, linear corridors that are often
managed in a way that can provide habitat for Golden-winged
Warbler and other shrubland birds. Many landscapes within
the Great Lakes region are traversed by extensive and growing
networks of electric transmission lines and gas pipelines (Figure
1), and in some of these the utility corridors are the principal
sites of extensive shrubland habitat. Only a small proportion of
these utility ROWs are managed for Golden-winged Warbler;
therefore, substantial opportunities exist to benefit this species
while still meeting the vegetation management goals of utility
companies and working within acceptable budgets.
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Best Management Practices for Golden-winged Warbler Habitat on Abandoned Farmlands in the Great Lakes
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Since the early 20th century, abandoned farmland has become
an important component of the Great Lakes landscape.
When crop and pasture lands become inactive, they begin
succeeding into their pre-agricultural state, which is often
deciduous forest. The span of time from field to forest takes
decades, during which there is a period of years where the ratio
of herbaceous vegetation, shrubs, and young trees on a given
site can potentially create habitat for breeding Golden-winged Warblers (Figure 1). Without active management, this is a temporary
condition that typically persists for less than a decade.
Throughout the region there is an excellent opportunity, especially on private lands, to create habitat for Golden-winged Warbler
on abandoned farmlands. Perhaps the best opportunities exist on poorly drained soils that are too wet for pasture or crops.
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Best Management Practices for Golden-winged Warbler Habitat in Shrub Wetlands of the Great Lakes
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Shrub wetlands are extensive in the region, particularly in
the western Great Lakes. Not all shrub wetlands are occupied
by Golden-winged Warbler for a variety of reasons including
high water levels, lack of desired woody and herbaceous
vegetation patchiness, lack of scattered canopy trees, and
distance to upland deciduous forest. Dense mature stands of
unbroken woody shrub cover over large areas often are unsuitable.
Reduced flooding and beaver activity may be partially
responsible for these conditions and restoration of these
natural disturbance regimes could improve habitat quality. In
other cases, mechanical treatments provide the mechanism
for creating or restoring breeding habitat (Figure 1) and are
the focus of the included guidelines.
For this insert, shrub wetlands are defined as palustrine
wetlands dominated by broad-leaved deciduous woody vegetation
less than 20 feet tall. The species include true shrubs,
young trees, and scattered trees of varying size. See Table 1
for common dominant shrub and tree species.
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Best Management Practices for Golden-winged Warbler Habitat in the Aspen Parkland Transition Zone of Canada
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The Aspen Parkland Transition Zone comprises the contact
zone between the prairie parkland and the greater boreal
ecosystems (Figure 1). Whereas the prairie biome is dominated
by grasses and the boreal biome by coniferous tree species and
mixed woods, the Aspen Parkland Transition Zone is dominated
by deciduous trees, especially Trembling Aspen (Populus tremuloides)
and Bur Oak (Quercus macrocarpa), in complex mosaics
with grassland and wetlands.
The Aspen Parkland Transition Zone is the only remaining
large area within the Golden-winged Warbler range where
Blue-winged Warbler does not occur. Thus, maintaining healthy
populations of Golden-winged Warbler in this area is critical.
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Thinning Forests to Save the Birds
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An interesting and informative 8-minute video that explains how tree harvests are critical to saving a host of bird species that rely on young forest habitat for part of their annual life cycle.
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