• Extensive additional habitat loss or modification from development is unlikely; focusing on preservation of currently unprotected areas may yield relatively little benefit.

• Most productive to enhance the value of areas that are already developed.

• For existing or future proposed developments within montane forest habitat, minimize disturbance, edge effects and fragmentation

• Mitigate impacts of ski-area development, and telecommunications and wind power facilities.
  • “no net loss” is generally applied for any permitted montane-forest removal or alteration

• Among the most vulnerable habitats in the Northeast to climate change. Minimize and adapt to inevitable change swiftly and decisively.

• Internationally-coordinated efforts to conserve overwinter habitats are key for Bicknell’s Thrush, unknown whether there are significant threats to Blackpolls during non-breeding season.