þÿ<html xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta name=Title content="GOLUMBIA, T"> <meta name=Keywords content=""> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=unicode"> <meta name=ProgId content=Word.Document> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11"> <meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 11"> <link rel=File-List href="37_1_29-32_files/filelist.xml"> <title>GOLUMBIA, T</title> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:DocumentProperties> <o:Author>ec</o:Author> <o:Template>Normal</o:Template> <o:LastAuthor>Benjamin Saenz</o:LastAuthor> <o:Revision>2</o:Revision> <o:TotalTime>1</o:TotalTime> <o:Created>2009-10-12T16:54:00Z</o:Created> <o:LastSaved>2009-10-12T16:54:00Z</o:LastSaved> <o:Pages>1</o:Pages> <o:Words>146</o:Words> <o:Characters>837</o:Characters> <o:Company>Environment Canada</o:Company> <o:Lines>6</o:Lines> <o:Paragraphs>1</o:Paragraphs> <o:CharactersWithSpaces>1027</o:CharactersWithSpaces> <o:Version>11.1280</o:Version> </o:DocumentProperties> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:PixelsPerInch>96</o:PixelsPerInch> <o:TargetScreenSize>800x600</o:TargetScreenSize> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:PunctuationKerning/> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--> <style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Times New Roman"; panose-1:0 2 2 6 3 5 4 5 2 3; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:50331648 0 0 0 1 0;} @font-face {font-family:Arial; panose-1:0 2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:50331648 0 0 0 1 0;} @font-face {font-family:"Palatino Linotype"; mso-font-alt:Palatino; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-536870009 1073741843 0 0 415 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Palatino Linotype"; mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;} p.MsoBodyText, li.MsoBodyText, div.MsoBodyText {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:200%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Arial; mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;} table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-parent:""; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:35.4pt; mso-footer-margin:35.4pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> </head> <body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US style='tab-interval:.5in'> <div class=Section1> <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Times New Roman"'>GOLUMBIA, T.E., NYSEWANDER, D.R., BUTLER, R.W., MILNER, R.L., CYRA, T.A. &amp; EVENSON, J.R.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>2009.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>Status of Black Oystercatchers <i>Haematopus bachmani </i></span><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Times New Roman"'>in the Salish Sea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span><i>Marine Ornithology</i></span><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Times New Roman"'> 37: 29-32.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Times New Roman"'><i><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></i></span></p> <p class=MsoBodyText style='line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Collaboration across jurisdictional boundaries using common survey standards for Black Oystercatchers <i>Haematopus bachmani</i></span><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Times New Roman"'> has provided an opportunity to estimate population status in the Salish Sea. Our results indicate that the 2005-2006 breeding population of Black Oystercatchers in the Salish Sea was about 210 nesting pairs. Standardized surveys at selected locations can be useful in monitoring trends in the breeding population through time. Continued federal, state, and provincial collaboration is recommended on this and other inventory and monitoring programs for species that cross jurisdictional boundaries. The majority of oystercatcher nesting sites in the Salish Sea are protected via restricted public access and conservation-focused management, although potential threats to nesting sites remain.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </body> </html>