Our nation's military has a strong and too often unknown conservation mission across tens of millions of acres. Some of the most prominent and successful efforts nationally and at individual installations are focused on birds.  This presentation will discuss the broad efforts and mission nationally and regionally and dive deeper into the birds of Camp Edwards - an Army National Guard training area on Cape Cod - and the extensive avian monitoring, research, and habitat management at the site.

Jake McCumber is the Natural Resources & Training Lands Manager for the Massachusetts Army National Guard (MAARNG).  He specializes in conservation planning, endangered species management, pine barrens ecology, and landscape scale restoration.  Birds were his spark in college that led to his career path and remain a significant focus.  Jake and his MAARNG conservation team restore and manage healthy pine barrens and sandplain habitats at Camp Edwards using forestry, fire, and extensive research and monitoring to support these unique natural communities, including numerous rare and declining bird species.

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