The New Mexico Avian Conservation Partners (NMACP) is putting on a webinar about incorporating the needs of birds that use Pinion-Juniper as habitat.
Below is the Announcement from the NMACP:
The webinar will discuss actions that may help minimize negative impacts on numerous woodland bird species, including the following high priority species: Pinyon Jay, Juniper Titmouse, Gray Vireo, Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay, Virginia’s Warbler, Black-throated Gray Warbler, and Black-chinned Sparrow.
Webinar Information:
Time: Mar 10, 2020 02:00-4:00 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada); the webinar will likely not take the entire two hours
Join Zoom Meeting https://audubon.zoom.us/j/229863483 (more information at the bottom of this email.)
Recent litigation has prompted us to reach out regarding ways to incorporate bird conservation needs into forest and woodland management. Most of you are likely aware of the injunction that has ceased timber activities in New Mexico’s national forests; the injunction cites an alleged lack of monitoring to determine timber activity impacts to Mexican Spotted Owl populations. Many of you may not be aware, however, of litigation against the Utah BLM regarding some of their piñon-juniper removal practices; the plaintiffs cite impacts on the rapidly declining Pinyon Jay as one reason for their appeal. More information may be found here: https://www.grandcanyontrust.org/blog/grand-staircase-escalante-national-monument-forests.
The New Mexico Avian Conservation Partners (NMACP) steering committee believes we can prevent additional litigation in the future by working together to incorporate bird conservation needs into woodland and forest management. To help achieve this, the NMACP steering committee plans to provide the following resources over the next few months:
· Updated species accounts for high priority forest and woodland birds including: Pinyon Jay, Juniper Titmouse, Grace’s Warbler, Virginia’s Warbler, and more; for each species, these accounts will outline the best available science, as well as NMACP steering committee habitat management recommendations; for a list of all bird species of conservation concern in New Mexico, please visit: http://avianconservationpartners-nm.org/species-assessment-scores/
Webinar regarding management of bird species of conservation concern in piñon-juniper woodlands, ponderosa pine forests, and mixed-conifer forests
Examples of projects that successfully balanced bird conservation with other goals
Information regarding how to monitor for bird species of conservation concern
Please help us spread the word by forwarding this email to anyone you think may be interested. All of the above resources will be provided through this listserv, so please also encourage colleagues to sign up by doing the following: send an email message to listserv@listserv.uark.edu; then, in the subject line and the body of the message, write: Subscribe NEWMEXALLBIRDGROUP-L firstname lastname
Topic: NMACP Webinar
Time: Mar 10, 2020 02:00-4:00 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada); the webinar will likely not take the entire two hours
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https://audubon.zoom.us/j/229863483
Meeting ID: 229 863 483
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Meeting ID: 229 863 483