This symposium will showcase conservation based projects associated with the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area. This is the second symposium of the Birds of Prey NCA Science Working Group.
Symposium theme: Lessons Learned: Synthesizing the best available data for planning, conservation, and restoration of NCA wildlife and habitat
The emphasis of the symposium is outreach and education of the NCA restoration, resources and uses through short project summaries and interactions with local agencies, NGO, private corporations, and the general public. The target audience is current and future conservation and restoration professionals, and citizen scientists.
Topics include: Soils, vegetation, restoration, erosion control, wildfire/fuels, wildlife, policy, cultural resources, technology use, land use management (military, recreation, livestock…), climate, and more.
Date: October 30, 2017
Hours: 8:00 am – 4:30 pm Symposium and 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Poster Session
Location: Simplot Ballroom, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho (MAP)
Cost: Free
Registration: Register Now
Presentation Deadline: 10/1/2017
Sponsors:
Willing to sponsor? contact Lucas Spaete (lucasspaete@boisestate.edu)
Preliminary Symposium Agenda
| Time | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00-8:30 | Coffee / Social | |
| 8:30-9:00 | Michael Kochert | Keynote: Changes in emphasis of ecological research and monitoring in the NCA during the last 50 years |
| 9:00 – 9:15 | Stephanie Hudon | Developing a Telomere Length Measurement Assay for Raptor Biology |
| 9:15 – 9:30 | Charles Peterson | Using Crowdsourced Data to Determine Amphibian and Reptile Distribution in the Morley Nelson BOP NCA |
| 9:30 – 9:45 | Justin Welty | Planning for the future by studying the past: the Land Treatment Planning Tool |
| 9:45 – 10:00 | David Pilliod | Status of Lizards and Snakes on the NCA |
| 10:00-10:15 | Jennifer Foreby | Making plants and wildlife in the NCA “valuable” to the public |
| 10:15-10:30 | Coffee / Social | |
| 10:30-10:45 | Lejo Flores | A 30-year, convection-permitting scale climate model reconstruction for hydrologic and ecological applications in the Snake River Basin |
| 10:45-11:00 | Talia Jolley/Kassandra Townsend | Breeding Ecology and Habitat Suitability of Ferruginous Hawks (Buteo Regalis) in Southern Idaho |
| 11:00 – 11:15 | Megan Gallagher | Google Earth Engine for Remote Sensing at the NCA |
| 11:15 – 11:30 | Stephen Novak | Ventenata dubia (Poaceae): an emerging problem in our region |
| 11:30 – 11:45 | Jeff Ott | Forage kochia spread from seeded areas in Southwestern Idaho |
| 11:45 – 12:00 | Karen Steenhof | Challenges in long-term monitoring of nesting Prairie Falcons |
| 12:00-1:00 | Lunch (on your own) | |
| 1:00-1:30 | Matt Germino | What can be learned for BOP NCA from observing the Soda Fire response? |
| 1:30 – 1:45 | Michelle Jeffries | Land treatment trends in and around the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area |
| 1:45 – 2:00 | Stuart Hardegree | Iterative management and contingency based restoration planning in a variable environment |
| 2:00 – 2:15 | Caitlin Davis | The Interactive Effects of Fire and Recreation on Golden Eagles |
| 2:15 – 2:30 | Robert Arkle | Non-native plant communities on the NCA: Changes through time and relationships to weather and fire |
| 2:30 – 2:45 | Charlie Baun | The Orchard Combat Training Center: A Five Year Summary of Conservation, Coordination, and the Net Benefit of Military Training on the Resources of the NCA |
| 2:45 – 3:00 | Todd Katzner | Origins of lead in wild raptors |
| 3:00 – 3:30 | Panel Discussion – Lessons Learned: Synthesizing the best available data for planning, conservation, and restoration of NCA wildlife and habitat | Joe Sirotnak, David Pilliod, Julie Heath, Charlie Baun, Steve Alsup, Mike Kochert, Stuart Hardegree, Nancy Glenn |
| 3:30 – 5:30 | Poster Session | |
| Posters: Laura Barbour Hamid Dashti Josh Enterkine Stephanie Hudon Tom McGinnis Karun Pandit Silvia Perritte Charles Peterson David Pilliod Marcelo Serpe Joseph Weldon Justin Welty |