Next Monday, May 10, at 7:30 p.m. will be the next monthly meeting of the Cayuga Bird Club. Jeffrey Wells, Ph.D., Vice-president of Boreal Conservation for the National Audobon Society, will present a webinar entitled, "The Biggest Bird Conservation Story You've Never Heard - the Boreal Forest of North America". One of the world’s last large, intact forest regions is the Boreal Forest of North America stretching from Alaska east to Newfoundland. Supporting between one and three billion birds, the Boreal Forest is aptly named North America’s Bird Nursery. While few people have heard the news, some of the world’s largest land conservation actions to protect birds and their habitat are underway in the Boreal, led by Indigenous governments and communities forging new, exciting partnership and stewardship models. Much of the migratory and winter bird life of New York comes from the Boreal Forest. Come hear about some innovate ways National Audubon’s Boreal Conservation program is working to conserve the Boreal Forest including through some innovate collaborative models with Indigenous peoples and modern research with partners like the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Jeffrey Wells, Ph.D., is the Vice-president of Boreal Conservation for the National Audubon Society. Dr. Wells works from a satellite office in Gardiner, Maine. He has had a wide-ranging career in science and bird conservation. After receiving his undergraduate degree in biology from the University of Maine at Farmington in 1988 he went on to earn a Master’s (1992) and Ph.D. (1995) in ecology and evolutionary biology from Cornell University. He went on to work for the National Audubon Society, first as Bird Conservation Director for the New York State office, then as the National Director of Bird Conservation. During his first tenure with Audubon, Dr. Wells was located at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, where he continues as an Associate of the Lab. After leaving Audubon and Cornell, Jeff became the Senior Scientist for the International Boreal Conservation Campaign and Boreal Songbird Initiative, leading their science efforts for almost 20 years during which he published and spoke frequently to media about the globally significant conservation values of the Boreal Forest. As part of this work in 2011, he completed the book Boreal Birds of North America: A Hemispheric View of Their Conservation Links and Significance (University of California Press).
Register in advance here: https://tinyurl.com/cbc202105mtg Cayuga Bird Club meetings start at 7:30 pm on the second Monday of each month, September through June, and are open to the public. Each virtual meeting will begin with the speaker's presentation, followed by club business. Colleen Richards Corresponding Secretary Cayuga Bird Club ____________________________________________________________ Sponsored by https://www.newser.com/?utm_source=part&utm_medium=uol&utm_campaign=rss_taglines_more Trump: Social Media Firms 'Must Pay a Political Price' http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/60931469b845e1469591dst04duc1 House's No. 2 Comes Out Against Liz Cheney http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/60931469db77f1469591dst04duc2 CIA Goes 'Full Woke' in New Recruitment Ads http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/6093146abb351469591dst04duc3 -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
