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Bird Conservation in the Hudson River Valley
Hudson Valley Habitat Management
Decision Tree (for managing bird habitats): Primarily
Open Landscape
Landscape that is < 50% forested or
more than half open habitats such as crop fields,
hayfields, pastures, fallow fields, old fields, and other
grassy or shrubby cover types.
Step Open-1: What is the current
condition of the property?
- Non-forested (grassland, crop field, old field, etc.);
clearable by brush hog: Go to Step Open-2
- Forested (enough trees present that brush hogging is not
possible): Go to Step Open-3
Step Open-2: What is
the size of the property to be managed?
- < 25 acres: Go to Step Open-3
- > 25 acres: Consider managing the
property for Grassland
Birds
Step Open-3: What is
the condition of the adjacent properties?
- > 50% “open” land uses
(e.g., crops, pasture, hayfields, etc.): Consider managing
the property for Shrubland
birds if the property is < 10 acres, for Early-successional
Forest birds if the property is > 10 acres but <
100 acres, or for Mature
Forest birds if the property is > 100 acres.
- > 50% forested, with most of the
forest in a relatively mature state: Consider managing for
birds that require Early-successional
Forest habitat
- > 50% forested, with most of the
forest in a relatively young (i.e. early-successional) state:
Consider managing for Mature
Forest birds.
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