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Bird City Wisconsin
Making Our Communities Healthy For Birds…and People
Steve Kupcho
Wisconsin Society for Ornithology
Carl Schwartz,
Bird City Wisconsin
Coordinator
Tree City USA – What a Certified Community Receives
Tree City USA
Saukville -- 22 years
West Bend – 26 Years
Flag
Plaque
Bird City Wisconsin
Has Developed
Similar Recognition
Highway Sign
Bird City Wisconsin Timeline
2002 -- Bird City idea emerges in WBCI
April 2009 – Steering Committee Formed
May 2009 – Proposal Submitted to TogetherGreen
August 2009 – Awarded $8,000 Planning Grant
October 2009 –Coordinator Hired
Fall-Winter 2009/10 – Criteria, Structure Developed
February 2010 – Web Site Launched
March 2010 – Application Process Opens
April 2010 – Aiming to Interest 5 Communities
November 2010 – Awarded $31,700 in TG Funding
Dec. 2, 2010 – Inaugural Class of 15 Bird Cities
March 1, 2011– Next deadline for BCW applications
Stevens Point and Green Bay Accept Recognition
Stevens Point Mayor Andrew Halverson and
Aldo Leopold Audubon member Kent Hall
accept Bird City recognition from coordinator
Carl Schwartz.
Mayor Jim Schmitt accepts a plaque
recognizing Green Bay as one of the state's
first Bird City communities .The ceremony
was held Dec. 23 at Bay Beach, a 700-acre
urban wildlife refuge.
Bird City Wisconsin – Communities are
able to select criteria from 5 categories
To be recognized as a Bird City Wisconsin community, 3 items must
be met from the first category and 1 item from each of the other four
categories.
• Creation and Protection of Habitat
• Participation in Program Promoting Effective Forest Management
•Limiting or Removing Hazards to Birds
•Public Education
•International Migratory Bird Day
Bird City Wisconsin – Habitat Criteria
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Compliance with Wisconsin’s Smart Growth law.
Park system with bird habitat.
Existing habitat is legally protected.
Provide additional bird habitat.
Wild or natural lawns and landscaping allowed.
Offer property owners invasive plant control information.
• Community contains a segment of the Great
Wisconsin Birding and Nature Trail or an
Important Bird Area.
Tree City USA participant
Bird City Wisconsin – Public Education Criteria
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Compliance with Wisconsin’s Smart Growth law.
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Park system with bird habitat.
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Existing habitat is legally protected.
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Provide additional bird habitat.
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Wild or natural lawns and landscaping allowed.
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Offer property owners invasive plant control information.
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Contains segment of GWB&NT or an IBA.
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Local business group involved in planning for bird habitat.
Participate in the Tree City USA program.
Urban Forest Management
Other._________________________________________
Educate about cat danger to birds.
Hazard
Provide info on protecting birds from window strikes_____
• Participate in Flying WILD.
Flying WILD, a program of the
Council for Environmental Education,
introduces students to bird conservation
through standards-based classroom activities
and environmental stewardship projects.
Flying WILD encourages schools to work
closely with conservation organizations,
community groups, and businesses involved
with birds to implement school bird festivals
and bird conservation projects.
http://www.flyingwild.org/
Bird City Wisconsin – Public Education Criteria
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Compliance with Wisconsin’s Smart Growth law.
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Park system with bird habitat.
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Existing habitat is legally protected.
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Provide additional bird habitat.
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Wild or natural lawns and landscaping allowed.
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Offer property owners invasive plant control information.
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Contains segment of GWB&NT or an IBA.
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Local business group involved in planning for bird habitat.
Participate in the Tree City USA program.
Urban Forest Management
Other._________________________________________
Educate about cat danger to birds.
Hazard
Provide info on protecting birds from window strikes.____
Flying WILD.
Provide info on backyard bird habitat.
Provide links to organizations with backyard bird info.
• Community is represented in at least 1
bird monitoring program.
Bird City Wisconsin – Habitat Criteria
Wisconsin Christmas
Bird Count Locations
1-16 NORTHERN REGION
17-31 WEST-CENTRAL REGION
2 3
4
5
DOUGLAS
1
BAYFIELD
7
6
BURNETTE
17
POLK
SAWYER
WASHBURN
BARRON
ASHLAND
IRON
8
12
VILAS
PRICE
CENTRAL REGION
LAKE MICHIGAN REGION
HINTERLAND EAST REGION
SOUTH-CENTRAL REGION
91-100 SOUTH-WEST REGION
11
9
ONEIDA
14
10
RUSK
23
32-44
45-60
61-76
77-90
15
13
FOREST
FLORENCE
MARINETTE
LINCOLN
TAYLOR
24 25
32
LANGLADE
16
51
50
SHAWANO
46 49 DOOR
27
EAU CLAIRE
PIERCE
42 43
34
28
21
48
WOOD
41
WAUCLARK
37
PACA
47 52
35
44 62BROWN KEWAUNEE
PEPIN 20
TREMPEALEAU JACKSON
40
36PORTAGE
6753
29
39 63
BUFFALO
MANITOWOC
38
66
54
WAUSHARA
68
64
MONROE
30
ADAMS
79 78
LA CROSSE 31
77 65 69 55
97 JUNEAU MARQUETTE
VERNON
SHEBOYGAN
80
98
81 82 70
93
RICHLAND
56
SAUK
85 84 83 71
OZAUKEE
CRAWFORD 96
94 DANE
WAUK72
57
JEFFMILWAUKEE
95 92 86 87 ERSON ESHA
73 58
99 GRANT
IOWA
88
89
74
91
ROCK
100
75 59 RACINE
LA FAYETTE GREEN
90
60 KENOSHA
76
18
19 ST.CROIX
CHIPPEWA
DUNN
22
26
MARATHON
33
MENOMINEE
61
OCONTO
45
Bird City Wisconsin – Public Education Criteria
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Compliance with Wisconsin’s Smart Growth law.
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Park system with bird habitat.
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Existing habitat is legally protected.
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Provide additional bird habitat.
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Wild or natural lawns and landscaping allowed.
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Offer property owners invasive plant control information.
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Contains segment of GWB&NT or an IBA.
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Local business group involved in planning for bird habitat.
Participate in the Tree City USA program.
Urban Forest Management
Other._________________________________________
Educate about cat danger to birds.
Hazard
Provide info on protecting birds from window strikes.____
Flying WILD.
Provide info on backyard bird habitat.
Provide links to organizations with backyard bird info.
Represented in at least 1 bird monitoring program.
• Community sponsors an annual bird festival.
Bird City Wisconsin – Public Education Criteria
Bird City Wisconsin – Public Education Criteria
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Compliance with Wisconsin’s Smart Growth law.
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Park system with bird habitat.
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Existing habitat is legally protected.
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Provide additional bird habitat.
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Wild or natural lawns and landscaping allowed.
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Offer property owners invasive plant control information.
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Contains segment of GWB&NT or an IBA.
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Local business group involved in planning for bird habitat.
Participate in the Tree City USA program.
Urban Forest Management
Other._________________________________________
Educate about cat danger to birds.
Hazard
Provide info on protecting birds from window strikes.____
Flying WILD.
Provide info on backyard bird habitat.
Provide links to organizations with backyard bird info.
Represented in at least 1 bird monitoring program.
Community sponsors a bird festival.
• Community has program involving schools, garden
clubs, etc. in bird conservation activities.
Bird City Wisconsin – Public Education Criteria
Bird City Wisconsin – Public Education Criteria
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Compliance with Wisconsin’s Smart Growth law.
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Park system with bird habitat.
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Existing habitat is legally protected.
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Provide additional bird habitat.
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Wild or natural lawns and landscaping allowed.
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Offer property owners invasive plant control information.
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Contains segment of GWB&NT or an IBA.
T
Local business group involved in planning for bird habitat.
Participate in the Tree City USA program.
Urban Forest Management
Other._________________________________________
Educate about cat danger to birds.
Hazard
Provide info on protecting birds from window strikes.____
Flying WILD.
Provide info on backyard bird habitat.
Public
Provide links to organizations with backyard bird info.
Education
Represented in at least 1 bird monitoring program.
Community sponsors a bird festival.
Involve schools, garden clubs, etc in bird conservation.__
• Recognize International Migratory Bird Day.
Bird City Wisconsin – IMBD Criterion
www.birdcitywisconsin.org
BCW offering more guidance now
Some features will be found nowhere else
What Bird Cities Get
Donation Form Seeks
‘Bird City Backers’
Sustained Flight Awards
Communities that maintain their Bird City status in
subsequent years will receive an updated insert
annually for their recognition plaque.
Stickers for updating street signs will be supplied tp mark
5, 10 & 15 year achievements and for each year thereafter.
High Flyer Awards
Special recognition decals and updated plaques will be
awarded to each community achieving this status.
A prominent announcement on BirdCityWisconsin.org
and press releases to appropriate media.
All you need
to know
to get the
process
started
can be found @
WWW.BIRDCITYWISCONSIN.ORG