GeomorphIS-SDNHM to Conduct SWFL-LBVI Surveys on MCAS Miramar

GeomorphIS and team partner San Diego Natural History Museum (SDNHM) have been tasked by Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southwest (NAVFAC SW) to conduct presence/absence survey, nest monitoring, and nestling color banding for both Least Bell’s Vireo (Vireo bellii pusillus) and Southwestern Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) occurring within the riparian areas of Marine Corps Air Station, Miramar, California. These tasks will be conducted during the 2020 season, and will produce data, analysis, evaluation, reports, and activities necessary to support the stewardship requirements of the Station for threatened and endangered species, in accordance with the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (19 USC 1531 et seq.), Department of Defense Instruction 4715.3 – Environmental Conservation Program, and Marine Corps Order P5090.2A.