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The Migratory Bird Habitat Initiative
The Gulf wetlands and marshes are breeding grounds for many birds. Organizations are preparing for the migratory return to the Gulf, which is home to many species. Some birds stop over and then continue their journey as far away as South America.
The Migratory Bird Habitat Initiative (MBHI) provides support from the United States Department of the Agriculture (USDA.) The government works with farmers, ranchers and other landowners to manage portions of their land to enhance the needed habitat for these migrating birds while the marches and wetlands are impacted by the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Eight states were chosen along the Mississippi River and also in the affected gulf states. These include the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Texas.
The application deadline was August 1, 2010. The Arkansas submissions will be reviewed and the winning participants will be announced at the beginning of September. There was $3.3 million allocated to the Arkansas state program.
The Migratory Bird Habitat Initiative (MBHI) is a voluntary program that provides financial and technical assistance to landowners to improve habitat conditions and food sources for migratory birds by flooding farmlands.
The farmlands of Arkansas that are rice producing wet lands are hopefully successful in providing food and habitat for this annual flight of birds. Most all of the species where already in the northward migration at the time of the oil spill in April.
NestWatch - Cornell Lab of Ornithology: NestWatch Needs Your Help
Will the Gulf Oil Spill Affect Birds That Nest in Our Backyards?"Call for Data: Birds passing through the Gulf region could carry contamination with them, creating an "oil shadow" of declines in bird reproduction hundreds of miles away from the coast. NestWatch accepts data for all North American birds. We are asking you to focus on these five backyard bird species and other birds that may use the Gulf during some part of their annual cycle and could potentially be affected by the oil spill. "
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