What will we do with the results?

BFL staff will analyze your data, report the results to you and other participants, distribute the findings to cooperating organizations and the media, and publish the results in scientific journals.

These results provide the basis for BFL's habitat management guidelines. Each publication in the series provides general forest management practices for improving forest-bird habitat and guidelines tailored specifically for geographic regions and species. The information is provided in easy-to-use graphs, tables, and summaries that help land mangers to evaluate site quality, prioritize management efforts, and design conservation plans.

Published in 1999, A Land Manager's Guide to Improving Habitat for Scarlet Tanagers and other Forest Interior Birds is the first publication in the Lab's management series. The publication's primary goal is to provide habitat improvement guidelines for Scarlet Tanagers in four regions -- Midwest, Atlantic Coast, Appalachian, and Northern Forest. In addition, the guide also provides information on conservation and management of other forest interior birds, such as Eastern Wood-Pewee, Ovenbird, Veery, and Wood Thrush.

Published in 2004, A Land Manager's Guide to Improving Habitat for Forest Thrushes is the second and most recent in the Lab's management series. It provides management guidelines for Veery, Swainson's Thrush, Hermit Thrush, Wood Thrush, and Varied Thrush. The guide details specific management actions needed to improve habitat in Eastern/Midwestern forests, Northern forests, and Western forests.

Other data have already been presented at several scientific meetings, in the Lab's quarterly newsletter, Birdscope, in our magazine, Living Bird (Autumn 1996), and in several scientific papers.