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F -- NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRD PROJECT SOL R6-97-839 POC Contact, Procurement and Property Management, 503/326-3581 The USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, intends to negotiate a noncompetitive contract with The Institute for Bird Populations for the continuation of sample trend monitoring of the survivorship and productivity of breeding birds (focused on neotropical migratory birds) on National Forest lands in Oregon and Washington. The work required follows a strict process protocol called MAPS (Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship) as part of a nationwide/international effort to monitor and assess neotropical migratory birds. This work is highly specialized; the MAPS effort was developed by intended contractor and is the only one of its kind in North America. Objectives are to monitor MAPS sites and assess data in relation to other MAPS sites in the western United States, nationally and internationally; to provide information to assist in the determination of the value of National Forest lands to breeding neotropical migratory birds; and to provide information to assist in the determination of the effect of land management practices on neotropical migrants that use Oregon and Washington National Forests. See Numbered Note 22. (0065)

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