For travel plans:
 
Passes & Permits:

Other guides/references that are useful:

Protected/Managed Lands in the United States:

Birding Trails/Maps, Important Birding Areas, and Wildlife Guides/Areas of each state divided into regions:

Pacific Ocean States (Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California, Hawaii)

	Birding Trail/Map	Important Birding Areas (IBA)	Wildlife Guides & Areas
Alaska	Alaska Coastal Wildlife Viewing Trail (Department of Fish & Game) – online guide or available via phone or email		Alaska Wildlife Viewing Guide (Department of Fish & Game) – online guide or available for purchase; also Anchorage and Fairbanks Wildlife View Guides – online
Washington	Great Washington Birding Trails (Audubon) – available for purchase or online 6 loops: Olympic, Cascade, Coulee Corridor, Southwest, Sun & Sage, Palouse to Pines Birdweb birding sites - divided into 9 ecoregions	Washington IBA: pdf Region 1 – Introduction, Criteria, Conservation and Pacific Coast Region 2 – Western Lowlands Region 3 – Cascade Mountains Region 4 – Columbia Basin	Washington Wildlife Viewing Guide (Department of Fish & Wildlife) – 5 guides - online and pdf or available with Watchable Wildlife Package Wildlife Management Areas (Department of Fish & Wildlife) – online guide
Oregon	Oregon Birding Trails (visitor/tourism association) – Cascades Birding Trail (5 loops) – pdfs Oregon Coast Birding Trail (4 regions) – pdf or available by online form Basin & Range Birding Trail (2 maps)  - online guide Klamath Basin Birding Trail – online guide Willamette Valley Birding Trail, - under development Oregon Bird Watching (Department of Fish and Wildlife) - online guide	Oregon IBA: online map/list	Viewing Wildlife (Department of Fish & Wildlife) – online guide
California	Birding the San Francisco Bay Trail (San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory) - pdf Central Coast Birding Trail (Audubon) – online guide 4 counties: Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura Eastern Sierra Birding Trail (Audubon et al.) – online guide or available via email	California IBA: downloadable maps	California Wildlife Viewing Guide – online map California Watchable Wildlife (CA Watchable Wildlife Project)- online guide Watchable Wildlife (Department of Fish & Game) – online guide
Hawaii

Rocky Mountain States (Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Nevada, Utah, Colorado)

	Birding Trail/Map	Important Birding Areas (IBA)	Wildlife Guides & Areas
Idaho	Idaho Birding Trail (Department of Fish & Game) – online guide or copy available via mail 4 loops: North, Southeast, Southwest, East Central		Idaho Wildlife Viewing Guide (Department of Fish & Game) – available for purchase Wildlife Management Areas (Department of Fish & Game) – online guide
Montana	Montana Birding Trail – online guide or available via phone, mail, email 2 counties: Glacier & Missouri River Custer County Russell County	Montana IBA - online map and guide	Wildlife Management Areas (Department of Fish, Wildlife & Parks) – online guide
Wyoming		Wyoming IBA: online map/list	Wildlife Viewing Tour Guide (Game & Fish Department) – available for purchase Wildlife Habitat Management Access (Game & Fish Department) – online guide
Nevada	Nevada Birding Map (Lahontan Audubon Society, et al.) – available via mail	Nevada IBA: online map/guide also available for purchase	Wildlife Management Area (Department of Wildlife) – online guide
Utah	Utah Birding Trails (Audubon) – online guide or available for purchase 3 maps: Great Salt Lake, Southwest, Eastern		Access to Wildlife Lands of Utah (Division of Wildlife Resources) – guide available for purchase or pdf
Colorado	Great Pikes Peak Birding Trail (Audubon, et al.) – online guide 3 regions: Eastern Plains, Rocky Mountains, Western Colorado	Colorado IBA: online map/guide	Colorado Wildlife Guide (Division of Wildlife Resources) –  online guide Colorado State Wildlife Area (Division of Wildlife Resources) – online guide or available for purchase

Desert States (Arizona, New Mexico)

	Birding Trail/Map	Important Birding Areas (IBA)	Wildlife Guides & Areas
Arizona	Southeast Arizona Birding Trail (SE AZ Bird Observatory, et al.) - order online Southeast Arizona Bird Observatory Online Guide to Birding Hot Spots	Arizona IBA: online list	Arizona Watchable Wildlife Guide (Game and Fish) –  available for purchase Arizona Wildlife Areas (Game and Fish) - online guide
New Mexico	Southwest New Mexico Birding Trail (Game and Fish) - pdfs available Northcentral New Mexico Birding Trail (Audubon) - (page missing 8/12/10) online map Southwest New Mexico Birding Trail (Audubon) - (page missing 8/12/10) online map	New Mexico IBA: online map or list	New Mexico Wildlife Viewing Guide (Game and Fish) – pdfs available  New Mexico Wildlife Management Area (Game and Fish) - online guide (under construction)

Great Plains (Oklahoma, Texas)

	Birding Trail/Map	Important Birding Areas (IBA)	Wildlife Guides & Areas
Oklahoma	Great Plains Trail of Oklahoma – online guide or order online		Wildlife Management Area (Department of Wildlife Conservation) - online guide
Texas	Texas Wildlife and Birding Trail (Parks and Wildlife Department) – online guide also available for purchase 8 maps: Heart of Texas West, Heart of Texas East, Prairies and Pineywoods West, Prairies and Pineywoods East, Panhandle Plains, and Texas Coast (Upper, Central, and Lower)		Texas Wildlife and Birding Trail (Parks and Wildlife Department) – online guide also available for purchase 5 maps: Heart of Texas Wildlife Trail – East and West, Panhandle Plains Wildlife Trail, Prairies and Pineywoods Wildlife Trail – East and West Texas Wildlife Management Area (Parks and Wildlife Department) - online guide

MidWest (North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas)

Canadian National IBA – online lists
National Parks
Nature Conservancy Land
Protected Areas Network (Environment Canada) – online guide to National Wildlife Areas & Migratory Bird Sanctuaries