Who is HMN

​The Hummingbird Monitoring Network (HMN), founded in 2002 with nonprofit status by 2004, began addressing hummingbird conservation issues, then a missing niche in bird conservation, and has since gained international recognition as a primary contributor. It is a unique organization that combines collaborative research, community involvement and training, with a view to understanding and appreciating the importance of hummingbirds and their conservation in a changing climate.

HMN has been successful at developing a tri-national (Canada, Mexico, USA), science-based monitoring program with partners from federal and state agencies, nonprofit organizations, universities, and individuals who work as volunteers or citizen scientists; is one of four organizations funded to determine and predict the impact of climate change on hummingbird diversity and abundance; one of two organizations tasked with the development of hummingbird field techniques; and is a founding partner of Borderlands Restoration L3C that seeks to restore physical processes (e.g. hydrology, fire), enhance nectar landscapes for pollinators, and engage borderland communities (Mexico/USA) in conservation work. Further, HMN initiated an after school employment program that engages high school students in science and developed an internship program for Latin American college students to learn hummingbird field study techniques. In 2014, its sixth year, interns came from Mexico, Ecuador, and Bolivia.
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