Geological Survey Seeks Bird Watching Data Renewal
Published Date: 4/11/2025
Notice
Summary
The U.S. Geological Survey wants to keep collecting info for the North American Breeding Bird Survey and is asking for public feedback by May 12, 2025. This survey helps track bird populations across the continent, affecting bird watchers, scientists, and conservation groups. There are no new costs or big changes, just a smooth renewal to keep the bird data flowing!
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 2 costs, 0 mixed.
Voluntary bird-count collection time and cost
If you volunteer responses for the North American Breeding Bird Survey, each response takes about 11 hours on average. The collection is done annually with an estimated 1,650 individual respondents providing 2,600 responses per year, adding up to 28,600 total burden hours and a total estimated annual non‑hour cost of $182,000.
Public comments and potential disclosure of PII
Comments submitted to the notice are public and may include your address, phone number, or email; the agency warns that personally identifiable information (PII) in comments may be made publicly available. You can ask the agency to withhold PII from public review, but the agency says it cannot guarantee it will be able to do so.
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