Prairie and Wetlands Focus Area Strategic Plan
Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory and Prairie and Wetlands Focus Area Committee. 2005. Prairie and Wetlands Focus Area Strategic Plan
Wetland Focus Areas were initiated in Colorado in the 1990s to implement the North American Waterfowl Management Plan (NAWMP) and to facilitate wetlands conservation in the Colorado Division of Wildlife (CDOW) Wetlands Program. In 1996 the Arkansas River/Playa Lakes Wetlands Focus Area Strategic Plan was written. The plan encompassed five counties in southeastern Colorado (Las Animas, Baca, Bent, Prowers, and Kiowa). These were the same counties incorporated in the Playa Lakes Joint Venture (PLJV) boundary. In 2002, the Southeastern Colorado Wetlands Focus Area boundary was expanded to include most of eastern Colorado south of the South Platte River drainage, corresponding to an expansion of the PLJV boundary. In 2004, the name of the focus area was changed to the Prairie and Wetlands Focus Area to better represent the full extent of the vision and mission for the area. The PWFA Committee was created to facilitate the development of prairie and wetland conservation projects that provide ecological, wildlife, and societal benefits.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory; Prairie and Wetlands Focus Area Committee
- Date of Issue
- 2005-03
- Units
- SAND
- Keywords
- and Sloughs, Artificial Wetlands and Shallow-water Impoundments, Birds, Central Great Plains, Colorado Division of Wildlife Wetlands Program, conservation plans, Emergent Marsh, Habitat Joint Ventures, Lakes and Reservoirs, Landbirds, North American Bird Conservation Initiative, North American Waterbird Conservation Plan, North American Waterfowl Management Plan, Partners in Flight, Physical Characteristics, playa lakes, Playa Lakes Joint Ventures, Prairie and Wetlands Conservation, priority species, Raptors, Riverine Wetlands/Riparian Areas, Rocky Mountain and Forest Region, Shorebirds, Springs, Submerged Aquatic Wetland, United States Shorebird Conservation Plan, upland game birds, Warm Water Seeps, waterbirds and marshbirds, waterfows, Western Great Plains, wet meadow, Wetland Focus Areas, Wetlands Habitats within the Prairie and Wetlands Focus Area, Wetlands Monitoring and Evaluation Project