Wild turkeys play an important ecological role in 34 of the 67 Bird Conservation Regions across North America.
Bird Conservation Regions (BCRs) are ecologically distinct regions in North America containing similar bird communities, habitats and resource management issues.
BCRs can be broken into smaller ecological units when finer scale evaluation is necessary. At the same time, BCRs can also be combined to facilitate conservation partnerships throughout the annual range of migratory species, which use multiple BCRs throughout their annual life cycle.
BCRs facilitate domestic and international cooperation in bird conservation because these areas of relatively homogeneous habitats and bird communities that traverse state, provincial and national borders.
BCR boundaries are a dynamic tool that can change over time as new scientific information becomes available.
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The primary purposes of BCRs are to:
facilitate communication among bird conservation initiatives
systematically and scientifically divide the United States into conservation units
facilitate a regional approach to bird conservation
promote new, expanded or restructured partnerships
identify overlapping or conflicting conservation priorities
As integrated bird conservation progresses in North America, BCRs should ultimately function as the primary units where biological issues are resolved, configuration of sustainable habitats is designed and priority projects originate.
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Wild turkeys play an important ecological role in 34 of the 67 Bird Conservation Regions across North America.
