About Partners in Flight
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Partners in Flight British Columbia and Yukon
 Partners in Flight BC and Yukon was formed in 1998 to plan and implement coordinated landbird conservation activities in BC and Yukon through multi-sector partners that include academia, First Nations, conservation groups, consulting firms, industry, local, regional, and federal governments, and interested individuals.
The mission of Partners in Flight BC and Yukon is:
To conserve landbirds and their habitats in British Columbia and Yukon through multi-interest partnerships.
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The goals of partners in Flight BC/Yukon are to:
- Ensure the long-term viability of birds and their habitats throughout their annual cycles.
- Base conservation action on science-based information and Traditional Ecological Knowledge.
- Integrate, evaluate, and improve data on status and population trends of birds and their habitats.
- Support bird conservation initiatives in management practices, including actions that support other taxa.
- Address issues before birds become endangered.
- Reduce the negative impact of human activities on birds and their habitats.
- Establish working partnerships in the areas of research, monitoring, education, management, and international cooperation with multicultural, academic, government, industry, and conservation groups/individuals.
- Enhance opportunities for communication and education that promote the value of birds and their habitats.
The strategies of Partners in Flight BC/Yukon:
- Within a planning unit, identify a priority species pool and group those birds into habitat-based suites.
- Determine habitat needs and responses to land use practices of species suites and assess the status of needed habitat conditions within planning units.
- Set population objectives and determine habitat strategies to achieve those objectives.
- Implement regional plans.
- Measure progress.
- Ensure linkage between planning, implementation and evaluation (research and monitoring).
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