Whooping Cranes (USFWS)
Horicon National Wildlife Refuge (USFWS)
The Important Bird Areas (IBA) program is a global initiative that links local
and state conservation efforts to national and international efforts to protect
essential habitat for all birds. The IBA program is a voluntary, cooperative initiative
that aims to identify and protect those sites that are most important to birds
at any stage in their life cycle (breeding, feeding, wintering, or migration).
These sites are considered to be exceptionally significant for bird conservation,
and their protection is one important approach to the conservation of many bird
species. Although the program places special emphasis on birds, the designation
of a site as an IBA can also benefit many other species that share the same habitat.
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