Important Bird Areas (IBAs) in CT
约炮视频's Important Bird Areas (IBA) Program is a global effort to identify and protect habitats that will sustain populations of birds. The IBA Program allows 约炮视频 and other conservation partners to make sound conservation decisions in the face of considerable uncertainty from the changing climate, the economy, and gaps in our knowledge of the abundance and distribution of our highest priority species.
As the U.S. partner for , 约炮视频 spearheads an ambitious effort to identify, monitor, and protect the most important places for birds. We also collaborate with 19 international partners to extend a web of protection throughout the Western Hemisphere.
To date 约炮视频 has identified 2,758 IBAs covering 417 million acres of public and private lands in the United States. Among them are high-priority Global IBAs鈥攑laces like Connecticut's Lyme Forest Block, areas within Alaska鈥檚 Arctic Slope, and coastal bird sanctuaries in Texas.
IBAs marked with an asterisk* indicate their status as Globally Important.
- Aton Forest, Inc., Norfolk, Colebrook
- Bafflin Sanctuary Complex, Pomfret
- Barn Island Wildlife Management Area, Stonington *
- Bent of the River 约炮视频 Center, Southbury
- Connecticut College Arboretum, Waterford, New London
- Couch Hill Preserve, Redding
- Cove Island Park, Stamford
- District of Willimantic Chimney Swift Roosts, Windham *
- East Rock Park, New Haven
- Falkner Island Unit of McKinney NWR, Guilford
- Good Hill Farm Preserve, Woodbury, Roxbury
- Great Captain's Island, Greenwich
- Greenwich 约炮视频 Center (including Quaker Ridge), Greenwich
- Greenwich Point Park, Greenwich
- Hammonasset Beach State Park, Madison *
- Lighthouse Point Park, New Haven
- Mamacoke Island, Waterford
- Menunketesuck and Duck Islands, Westbrook
- Milford Point/Wheeler Marsh, Milford *
- Naugatuck State Forest, Naugatuck, Beacon Falls
- Northwest Park, Windsor
- Quinnipiac River Tidal Marsh, North Haven, New Haven, Hamden *
- Salt Meadow Unit of McKinney NWR, Westbrook *
- Sandy Point, West Haven *
- Silver Sands State Park and Charles Island, Milford
- Station 43, South Windsor
- Stratford Great Meadows Area, Stratford *
- TNC's Devil's Den, Weston, Redding
- Topsmead State Forest, Litchfield
- West River Memorial & Edgewood Park, New Haven
- White Memorial Foundation, Litchfield, Morris *
- Wimisink Preserve, Sherman
- Woodbury Chimney Swift Roost, Woodbury *
Landscape-Scale Important Bird Areas include state-owned as well as privately held lands.
- Great Meadows: This IBA includes lush farmland and forested wetlands along an 8-mile stretch of the Connecticut River in Wethersfield, East Hartford, Glastonbury, and Rocky Hill.
- Lyme Forest Block: This area includes lands in several towns within Middlesex and New London Counties. Among state lands in this IBA are: Devil鈥檚 Hopyard State Park, Babcock Pond Wildlife Management Area, Zemko Pond Wildlife Management Area, Eightmile River Wildlife Management Area, Nehantic State Forest, Seldon Neck State Park, and Beckett Hill State Park. Landowners and residents in the Lyme Forest Block are invited to participate in the Lyme Forest Block Conservation Project鈥攕elect here to learn more.
- Macedonia Forest Block: This area is located in Kent and Sharon. It includes 约炮视频 Sharon and Macedonia Brook State Park.
- Meshomasic Forest Block: This area covers lands in Hartford and Middlesex County, including Meshomasic State Forest and Gay City State Park.
- Miles Wildlife Sanctuary and Housatonic State Forest Block: This area is located in Sharon and Lakeville, and includes Housatonic State Forest and the 约炮视频 Miles Wildlife Sanctuary.
- Mouth of the Connecticut River: This area is located in Old Lyme and Old Saybrook. It includes the Roger Tory Peterson Wildlife Management Area and the Ragged Rock Creek Wildlife Management Area.
- Shepaug Forest Block: This area includes forested lands along a 15-mile stretch of the Shepaug River in Washington and Roxbury, Connecticut.
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