Conservation Plans Community-based conservation and stewardship is a key goal of the Canadian IBA Program. To help achieve this, we continue to develop conservation plans in partnership with local stakeholders for priority Important Bird Areas. These stakeholders include landowners, naturalists, hunters, government agencies and municipalities, aboriginal groups, and scientists. Together, we have developed straightforward conservation plans that stimulate local priority conservation actions at IBA sites. Why are Conservation Plans Important? These plans provide valuable roadmaps for achieving conservation successes at Important Bird Areas. In many cases they have also stimulated the formation of local IBA conservation groups who are working to deliver the priority actions spelled out in the plans. For example, the Eastern Cape Sable Island Local IBA Committee is using ideas set out in the conservation plan to deliver educational programs to children and adults who live in or near the IBA. This IBA, the southernmost accessible point of Nova Scotia, is largely unprotected and is home to extensive shorelines used by many breeding and migrating birds, including endangered Piping Plovers. Building community awareness of the birds and habitats of the IBA is an essential element of protecting this vulnerable site. Conservation Plans Alberta Beaverhill Lake Big Lake Chappice Lake Frank Lake (North) Grande Prairie Kimiwan Lake Lac La Biche Lesser Slave Lake Sage Creek British Columbia Baynes Sound/Lambert Channel-Hornby Island Waters Fraser Lake Osoyoos Oxbows Scott Islands Skoomkumchuck Prairie Southern Vancouver Island Marine Waters and Seabird Islands Strathcona Provincial Park and Mt. Arrowsmith Area Mountains Manitoba Douglas Marsh Kinosota-Leifur Shoreline Langruth – RM of Lakeview Netley-Libau Marsh Oak Hammock Marsh Pipestone Rocks Proven Lake Riverton Sandy Bar Saskatchewan River Delta Southwestern Manitoba Mixed-Grass Prairie Whitewater Lake New Brunswick Kouchibouguac National Park - contact Nature Canada   Point Lepreau/Maces Bay Pointe à Bouleau Pointe aux Rats Musqués Restigouche Estuary Newfoundland and Labrador Labrador North Mid-Labrador Northeast Newfoundland Strait of Belle Isle and Northern Peninsula Southeast Newfoundland Nova Scotia Bird Islands Eastern Cape Sable Island Pomquet Beach Region The Brothers Ontario Cabot Head Carden Plain - contact Nature Canada   Dundas Valley - contact Nature Canada  Eastern Lake St. Clair Greater Rondeau Holiday Beach and Big Creek Marsh Lake of the Woods Sand Spit Archipelago - contact Nature Canada  Leslie Street Spit/Tommy Thompson Park Luther Marsh Matchedash Bay Napanee Limestone Plain Niagara River Corridor Port Colborne Port Franks Forested Dunes Presqu’ile Prince Edward County South Shore Spring Bay Three Sisters Islands - contact Nature Canada  Tiny Marsh Twelve Mile Creek Headwaters Wye Marsh Prince Edward Island Canavoy Area Beaches Québec Baie Comeau Baie de Gaspé et Pointe Saint Pierre et L’Île Plate Banc de Portneuf Battures aux Loups Marins Battures de Beauport Canal de Beauharnois, Marais de Saint Timothée, Marais de Saint Étienne Îles aux Perroquets L’ Île à Calculot L’ Île aux Grues Massif du Mont Gosford Sept- Îles Tadoussac Saskatchewan Chaplin, Old Wives and Reed Lakes Colgate Cumberland Marshes Galloway and Miry Bays Govenlock, Nashlyn and Battle Creek Luck Lake Manitou Lake Quill Lakes Radisson Lake Redberry Lake Sandoff Lake	Roseate Tern Photo: © Shutterstock     Harlequin Duck Photo: © Larry Kirtley     Red Knots Photo: © iStock Photo     Willet Photo: © Shutterstock     Canada goose Photo: © Shutterstock     On the lookout! Photo: © Shutterstock     Piping Plover and young Photo: © Brendan Toews     Semipalmated Sandpiper Photo: © Shutterstock

The IBA Program is an international conservation initiative coordinated by BirdLife International. The Canadian co-partners for the IBA Program are Birds Canada and Nature Canada.