Vision, Mission, Values and Objectives
The Boreal Avian Modelling Project (BAM) was created to develop the best predictive bird-habitat models possible from existing data, with the goal of meeting immediate conservation needs and informing future research and monitoring efforts.
Conservation of North American boreal-breeding birds and their habitats is guided by rigorous, credible, and collaborative science. BAM believes that North American bird populations can be recovered and sustained through thoughtful actions based on data-driven science.
BAM develops high quality scientific information, products, and guidance addressing pressing management needs. We pursue our vision of conserving North American boreal-breeding birds by providing data-driven science that fills information gaps to guide conservation action. We seek to understand species’ large-scale habitat needs and the impacts of human activities, informing both regional and continental conservation.
Transparency: We strive to produce content that is accessible to a broad range of decision makers.
Scientific excellence: We provide high-quality content, holding ourselves to the highest scientific standards.
Innovation and creativity: We embrace continuous improvement, exploring new ideas to develop and identify better ways of achieving avian conservation goals.
Collaborative and connected: We achieve conservation outcomes through partnerships and community.
Resourceful: Through creative methods, our research provides useful information from heterogeneous datasets.
Proactive: We consider potential research and information needs and pursue related work accordingly.
The objectives of the Boreal Avian Modelling Project are to:
- ASSEMBLE, harmonize, and archive standardized boreal bird survey data.
- DEVELOP or refine statistical methods to analyze these data, to:
- PROVIDE reliable information on boreal bird distributions, abundances, trends, and habitat associations;
- FORECAST population consequences of human activity and climate change;
- CONTRIBUTE to conservation, management, and monitoring of boreal birds and their habitats.
- BUILD SUPPORT for boreal bird conservation via collaborations and outreach.
- FACILITATE further research efforts by generating testable hypotheses about key mechanisms driving boreal bird populations.
- ENCOURAGE public awareness and support education.