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Report: Upper Columbia Swallow Habitat Enhancement Project - Year 1 (2021-2022) COL-F22-W-3479
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The Upper Columbia Swallow Habitat Enhancement Project (UCSHEP) is a five-year (2021-2026) project providing landscape level benefits using a multifaceted approach to conserve and enhance habitat for two at-risk swallow species in the North and Upper Columbia.
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Author: Rachel Darvill
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Old Reference Number: COL-F22-W-3479
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Old Reference System: FWCP - Fish Wildlife Compensation Program Columbia
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Date Published: Apr 2022
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Report ID: 60025
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Audience: Government and Public
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The main overarching goals of the project are to: a) erect artificial nesting structures (ANS) for swallows to increase habitat availability, b) complete effectiveness monitoring (in 2022-2026) at ANS, restoration and enhancement sites, c) build increased awareness for swallow species and their conservation status; d) coordinate citizen-scientists and Indigenous members to inventory/monitor swallow nests; e) establish a Motus Wildlife Tracking System (with Indigenous involvement) with project partners in the Columbia Valley to track bank swallow movements around local breeding colonies and during large-scale migration.
Populations of birds that catch insects on the wing (avian aerial insectivores) have been declining for decades. Conservation actions must be put into place to help halt and reverse this trend. Bank swallows have been facing one of the fastest population declines for a species in Canada with an estimated 98% population loss in Canada over a recent 40-year period. With only 2% of their population remaining in Canada, this species requires urgent conservation action. Reasons for the significant decline are not well understood, but are thought to be cumulative and include the loss of breeding, foraging and winter habitat, widespread pesticide use, climate change and destruction of nest sites (Berzins et al., 2020; COSEWIC, 2013). Similarly, barn swallows have an overall population decline of an estimated 76% in Canada over a recent 40-year period. Reasons for barn swallow population declines are also not well understood, but are attributed in part to losses of important types of artificial nests sites (e.g., open wooden barns) (COSEWIC, 2011). There is a need to conserve and restore habitat conditions in the North Columbia and Upper Columbia that are deemed important for the recovery of bank and barn swallows.
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