How to get help: Working with site coordinators

  If you are having trouble with any part of the project, don’t panic. There is likely to be someone nearby who can help you select sites, find aerial photos or maps, or identify birds or trees. The first place to look for help is the site coordinator list provided in this binder. This list includes employees and members of state, provincial, and federal agencies; environmental organizations; nature centers, and individuals who are veterans of BFL. In many cases, these individuals also serve as the state contact for PIF. If you cannot find anyone on the list who lives close enough to help, try some of the contacts listed in Table 1. If all else fails, call us. We will do our best to link you with someone in your area.

   Many federal, state, provincial, and private land management agencies and organizations support BFL and have agreed to help participants. Their offices may be able to provide you with a variety of services, including site selection, permission to conduct surveys on their lands, use of aerial photos or maps, and assistance determining habitat characteristics (such as tree species or percentage of forest). These services will vary depending on your location and the availability of personnel.

   Some biologists and naturalists from these agencies and organizations are already participants in BFL and were participants of Project Tanager. They may be looking for birders to survey birds on the agency’s study sites. Others may not have heard of the project but may still be interested. If you find an agency or individual willing to help participants, please let us know so that we can acknowledge them and add them to our list of site coordinators.

   Link to Site Coordinator List