Updated agenda (below) for the Bird Conservation Alliance meeting for next week.
Alicia Frances King Director, Bird Conservation Alliance American Bird Conservancy 1731 Connecticut Ave. NW Washington, DC 20009 office: 202-234-7181, ex 201 http://www.birdconservationalliance.org Bird Migration Matters Building Support for Migratory Bird Conservation The Nature Conservancy Worldwide Headquarters in Arlington, VA - November 12, 2008 8:45 a.m. Registration/Coffee 9:00 a.m. Opening Comments /Introductions 9:15- 9:50 a.m. Keynote: Lynn Scarlett, Deputy Secretary of the Department of the Interior - Preview of the USFWS' State of the Birds Report Panel: Addressing the need for Migratory Bird Conservation: Threats, Gaps, and Examples 9:50 - 10:10 a.m. Dr. Jeff Wells, Senior Scientist, Boreal Songbird Initiative - Seeing birds as part of a bigger picture, including their environment , and our responsibility for ensuring the survival of Neotropical migratory birds. 10:10- 10:30 Doug Ryan, USFWS - Opening doors for migratory bird conservation work through the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act (NMBCA). 10:30- 10:50 Bob Altman, Pacific Coast Joint Venture Science Coordinator, American Bird Conservancy- How to Strategically Develop Conservation Projects. Building a Project base Through the NMBCA. 10:50 - 11:15 Craig Thompson Chair, Wisconsin Bird Conservation Initiative International Committee Golden-wing Warblers - Connecting Breeding Habitat Conservation with Wintering Habitat. 11:15 - 11:30 Panel discussion 11:30 - 12:00 Sharing Time - BCA Member Organizations 12:00 -12:45 Lunch/Networking Panel: Monitoring and Building Our Accessible Knowledge 12:45 - 1:00 Dan Froehlich, Institute for Bird Populations - How Monitoring Avian Productivity Adds to the Knowledge Base of Bird Conservation. 1:00- 1:20 Dan Lambert, Northeast Bird Monitoring Coordinator - Northeast Coordinated Bird Monitoring Partnership; Northeast Avian Data Center; Practitioner's Guide to Monitoring for Bird Conservation in the Northeast. 1:20 - 1:35 Panel Discussion Panel: Capacity Building/Future Work for Bird Conservation 1:40 - 2:15 Diane Granfors, USFWS- Beyond Strategic Habitat Conservation; Unrealized Promises? 2:15 - 2:40 Tom Will, USFWS PIF - Expanding the Conservation Paradigm: Sharing Continental and Life-cycle Responsibility. 2:40 - 3:15 Ashley Dayer, Education and Outreach Director, Klamath Bird Observatory - Building Capacity Through Education And Outreach to Advance Bird Conservation Action. 3:15 - 3:45 Panel Topic Review and Discussion - Moving forward: Building our Message through our Work. 3:45 Wrap up / 4:00 - Happy Hour Register at http://www.birdconservationalliance.org Contact Alicia King 202-255-5816 - cell 202-255-5816 - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Southern University)
