Point Blue Conservation Science

Point Blue Conservation Science

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Founded	1965
Type	501 c(3)
Focus	reduce impacts of climate change, habitat loss and other environmental stressors while promoting climate-smart, nature-based solutions for wildlife and people
Location	3820 Cypress Drive #11 Petaluma, California
Area served	Alaska to Antarctica
Method	science, partnerships, outreach
Key people	President and CEO Ellie M. Cohen
Budget	$10.2 million
Employees	140 staff and seasonal scientists
Slogan	At Point Blue, we advance conservation of birds, other wildlife and ecosystems through science, partnerships and outreach.
Website	www.pointblue.org
Newsletter: The Observer/Point Blue Quarterly

Point Blue Conservation Science, founded as the Point Reyes Bird Observatory (PRBO), is a California-based wildlife conservation and research non-profit organization. PRBO was founded in 1965 to study the birds migrating along the Pacific flyway, and has the longest running population study of landbirds in North America west of the Mississippi river (continuous since 1966) located in Marin County, north of San Francisco, as well as maintaining a year-round research presence on the Farallon Islands since 1969. PRBO, namesake of the Point Reyes peninsula which is protected as the Point Reyes National Seashore, is headquartered in Petaluma, California with several active field research stations and sites throughout California. Their field station in Bolinas, Ca offers environmental education, guided tours of the mist-netting process used to study birds, and seasonal interns are there all year learning about banding/studying birds. In June 2013, the organization changed its name to Point Blue Conservation Science.

Point Blue Conservation Science employs 140 staff and seasonal biologists as well as 14 education and outreach staff, who focus on scientific research, conservation biology, and outreach. Point Blue has published over 1400 scientific papers, and numerous scientific outreach and education tools. Point Blue's science has influenced policy makers, conservation organizations, and ecosystem managers throughout the west. Most of the research is conducted in the western United States, but it can reach as far Japan, Alaska and Antarctica.

Initiatives

Point Blue's top priorities are to understand and project the effects of climate change and other environmental stressors on nature and wildlife in order to benefit birds, other wildlife and people.

Point Blue's 6 major initiatives include 1) Secure Water and Wildlife on Working Lands; 2) Protect Our Shorelines; 3) Conserve Ocean Food Webs; 4) Climate-Smart Restoration; 5) Make Natural Resource Plans and Policies Climate-Smart; and 6) Train the Next Generation

In collaboration with Conserve.IO (EarthNC), Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary and Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary, Point Blue has developed the “Whale Aware” program, a new system for gathering near-real-time data on where whales are congregating so marine management agencies can alert ship operators and help prevent collisions with endangered whales in the San Francisco and Channel Islands regions.

External links

• Point Blue Conservation Science official web site
• California Avian Data Center