Please find the invitation below to participate in the Crossing the Medicine
Line Spring Forum on April 12th & 19th, 2011. This year's forum is in webinar
form and focuses on grassland bird conservation. Feel free to forward the
invitation to any colleague's you feel might be interested in participating.
"Border Grasslands"
Spring Forum 2011
Grassland Bird Conservation in the Northern Mixedgrass
We invite you to participate in our Spring Forum on the afternoons of April 12
&
19, 2011 to share information and discuss opportunities focusing on border
grassland conservation issues.
This year we have elected to use a webinar format for the spring forum due to
Inter-jurisdictional travel restrictions that would prevent many potential
participants from travelling to attend a workshop. The purpose of these
webinars
is to share research and planning innovation in grassland bird conservation,
and
to further coordination and cooperation between political jurisdictions.
The April 12th webinar will focus on what we have learned about grazing
management and grassland birds in the northern mixed-grass in recent years.
The April 19 th webinar will focus on Sprague's Pipit conservation planning in
both
the US and Canada including a discussion on how we can coordinate cross-
border conservation for this species.
To register for one or both of the webinars, simply email
[email protected]. Details on how to access the webinar will be sent
out
by email prior to the forums.
The Crossing the Medicine Line Network is a network of organizations working to
share information, promote partnerships and coordinate efforts on
transboundary grassland conservation issues.
For more information on the CML Network, visit
www.crossingthemedicineline.net Crossing the Medicine Line Network: Spring
Forum
Dates: April 12 & 19, 2011
Grassland Bird Conservation in the Northern Mixed-grass
Forum Purpose: First Nations used the Medicine Line to evade the armies and
police of
the United States and Canada. Today international and inter-provincial
boundaries still
influence the flow of information and management of ecosystems. The Crossing
the
Medicine Line Network is interested in improving the flow of information and
facilitating
cooperation in the management of the mixed grass prairie ecosystems that
straddle the
borders of Saskatchewan, Alberta, and Montana. The annual forum is designed to
focus
attention selected conservation topics.
Agenda
WEBINAR I - Tuesday, April 12, 2011 13:00 to 16:00 hrs
Grassland Birds and Grazing Management
13:00 - 13:30 Grazing Management and Grassland Birds -Dr. Kevin Ellison,
Wildlife
Conservation Society
13:30 - 14:00 Winter grazing and Grassland Birds at OneFour - Brenda Dale,
Canadian
Wildlife Service
14:00 - 15:00 Grazing and Grassland Bird Research at Grasslands National Park
- Maggi
Sliwinski, Alexis Richardson and Emily Pipher, University of Manitoba
15:00 - 15:30 Vegetation Heterogeneity Goals for Grazing Management - Marisa
Lipsey,
University of Montana & Shawn Cleveland, The Nature Conservancy
15:30 - 16:00 Questions and Discussion
WEBINAR II - Tuesday, April 19, 2011 13:00 to 16:00 hrs
Sprague's Pipit Conservation
13:00 - 13:30 Critical habitat modelling for Sprague's Pipit in Canada - Dr.
Stephen
Davis, Canadian Wildlife Service
13:30 - 14:00
Sprague's Pipit Data and predictive distribution model summary for Montana -
Dr. Bryce
Maxell, Montana Natural Heritage Program
14:00 - 14:30 Recovery planning for Sprague's Pipit in Canada - Dr. Stephen
Davis,
Canadian Wildlife Service
14:30 - 15:00 Proposed Northern Plains Migratory Bird Habitat Initiative -
Pete Husby,
Natural Resources Conservation Service
15:00 - 16:00 Directed discussion - joint planning
