
Migratory Bird Management
1011 E Tudor Rd, MS 201
Anchorage, AK 99503
United States
About Jim A Johnson
Jim A. Johnson, began his career with Migratory Bird Management in 2000 as a graduate student focused on the breeding bird communities of Southeast Alaska鈥檚 major mainland river systems. In 2003, he began a full-time position assisting the MBM鈥檚 Shorebird and Landbird programs. Since then, Jim has directed his attention to understanding the breeding and migration ecology of some of North America鈥檚 most imperiled species, including the McKay鈥檚 Bunting, Gray-headed Chickadee, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Rusty Blackbird, Red Knot, and Lesser Yellowlegs. Jim is also committed to large-scale monitoring programs; he coordinates the Breeding Bird Survey program in Alaska as well as the Alaska Landbird Monitoring Survey program on National Wildlife Refuges and military lands. He is an active participant in Boreal Partners in Flight and Alaska Shorebird Group and helped develop these groups鈥 conservation plans. Jim鈥檚 commitment to applying effective bird conservation measures extends beyond Alaska鈥攈e followed two Alaska breeding shorebirds, the Hudsonian Godwit and Whimbrel, to their nonbreeding area on Chiloe Island, Chile, where he and partners initiated a successful conservation program.