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Renfrew, R. 2013. Second Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Vermont, 2003-2007. Vermont Center for Ecostudies – Vermont Atlas of Life. Retrieved from http://val.vtecostudies.org. DATE ACCESSED. 

  • Forests in Vermont have been maturing, and the amount of habitat available to interior forest birds is probably greater now than at any point in the past 150 years.
  • The subdivision of forestland into smaller pieces with multiple ownerships poses a significant risk to this group.
  • Managing for interior forest birds is best accomplished on a landscape scale.
  • Maintain large contiguous forest tracts, which have a higher proportion of core habitat (the amount of forest >200 m from any edge).
  • Prioritize forests that are either connected to, or in close proximity to, other forest patches.
  • Minimize the size of forest openings.
  • Minimize isolation of forest patches by promoting reforestation of gaps between disconnected forest tracts.
  • At a local scale, openings that are circular, square or rectangular plots create less edge than long, narrow strip cuts.
  • Collaborative projects in Vermont are taking landscape scale approach to conservation.
  • In order to help preserve large blocks, Linking Lands Alliance, led by VFWD’s Community Wildlife Program, provides resources (maps, etc.) for planners.
  • The hope is to provide economic and cultural benefits as well as protection of critical interior forest habitat.
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