Park Flight coordinator Carol Beidleman (left) with Mexican colleagues: monitoring expert and professor Fernando Villaseñor Gómez and environmental educator Aída Hernández Fernández.

The coordination of the Park Flight Migratory Bird Program is made possible through the Desert Southwest CESU, hosted by the University of Arizona. Through the CESU, Research Specialist Carol Beidleman devotes her considerable knowledge, experience, and capacity to the program, the National Park Service, and the other program partners. As a former NPS employee, she understands and appreciates the NPS mission and operations. Additional experience with The Nature Conservancy and involvement with Partners in Flight honed her program coordination skills and ability to develop effective partnerships for international migratory bird conservation. The CESU model is effective in giving her the flexibility and autonomy necessary to coordinate the activities of the many program partners. Carol and her program are examples of successful international conservation efforts.

last updated 4/14/2004