New Mexico Project
Modeling raptor population status, trends, and take rates
March 2023 - December 2026
Personnel
- Abby Lawson, Co-Principal Investigator
- Fitsum Gebreselassie, Principal Investigator
- Jay Gedir, Co-Principal Investigator
Participating Agencies
- National Raptor Program, Migratory bird Management
Evaluating sustainable take rates for raptor species, primarily bald and golden eagles, is necessary to inform incidental take permits issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to proposed and existing wind-energy facilities. The take rates are informed by predictive models that incorporate species vital rates (e.g., survival), environmental effects, and anthropogenic hazards (e.g., wind turbines). The project focuses on developing models that inform incidental take permits, and also improve the models themselves to better reflect predicted changes in climate.