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Maryland-DC Important Bird Areas Program
Welcome
to the Maryland-DC Important Bird Areas (IBA) Program. The
program is a major bird conservation initiative carried out
as a partnership between National Audubon and Birdlife International
and is part of a worldwide program developed by Birdlife International.
The goals of the program are to identify
the areas most essential for sustaining native bird populations,
and then to focus conservation efforts on these places.
See these pages for more information on
the IBA Program in Maryland and DC.
See Audubon’s National
IBA website for information about Important Bird Areas
across the United States.
Check back on this page for updates on the IBA Program. We are still identifying sites, and will be announcing new IBAs through 2007.
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| Great Blue Herons
at Bloodsworth Island, Central Chesapeake Islands IBA.
Photo: Dave Harp |
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