Join Us Virtually for the Kirtland’s Warbler Conservation Team 2022 Spring Meeting
February 8, 2022
10am-4:00pm (ET) via Zoom
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February 8, 2022
10am-4:00pm (ET) via Zoom
Register in advance for this meeting:
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AGENDA*
10:00am – Welcome, Introductions and Meeting Overview (Dr. Carol Bocetti, KWCT Chair)
SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS
10:10am – 10:45am Human Dimensions Subcommittee (Bill Rapai, Chair)
10:45am – 10:50am: 5-Minute Break
10:50am – 2:00pm Breeding Range Subcommittee Discussion (Facilitator: Keith Kintigh, Chair)
12:15pm – 1:00pm: 45-Minute Lunch Break
- Report on Breeding Range Work Plan Outcomes
- Outcome 1: Ensure Adequate Habitat to Support a Minimum of 1,300 Kirtland’s Warbler Pairs.
- 2021 Habitat Accomplishments – MDNR, USFS CNNF, ONF, HNF, HMNF, WI DNR, USFWS
- Agency Habitat Planning: 2022 and Beyond/Status Updates
- Outcome 2: Improve Marketability, Program Costs and Habitat Biodiversity.
- Update on Experimental Habitat Projects
- Red Pine Interplanting
- JP Stocking Density (Including MSU and Kashian-Inspired Projects)
- Non-Commercial Mastication
- Update on Experimental Habitat Projects
- Outcome 3: Evaluate and Implement Management Goals Outside of the Core Breeding Range.
- Update from Expanding Breeding Range Workgroup (Lopez, Donner, Adams)
- Outcome 4: Cowbird Management Program.
- Cowbird Monitoring Plans for 2022
- Develop and Keep Current a List of Breeding Range Research Needs and Implement a Feedback Loop to Integrate Research Results into Habitat Management Practices.
- Brief Discussion on Status of Breeding Range Research Needs List (Kintigh)
- Outcome 1: Ensure Adequate Habitat to Support a Minimum of 1,300 Kirtland’s Warbler Pairs.
- Post-Delisting Monitoring Plan (PDMP) (Chris Mensing) (45 minutes)
- Annual Plan for Managing Cowbirds
- Areas Where Cowbird Management Is Adaptively Managed
- Cowbird Management Results Report
- Cowbird Breeding Bird Survey Results Review
- Acres and Stand Details of Habitat Regenerated
- Current Breeding Habitat Summary
- Analysis of Jack Pine Market
- Adjacent Harvest or Regeneration Coordination
2:00pm – 2:05pm: 5-Minute Break
2:05pm – 2:55pm Nonbreeding Range Subcommittee Discussion (Dr. Dave Ewert, Chair)
- Non-Breeding Work Plan Updates in Progress (Dave Ewert)
- KW Monitoring on Eleuthera Goat Pastures (Giselle Deane)
- Development of a Bahamian Nursery for Black Torch & White Sage (Mike Akresh)
- KW Calendar (Giselle Deane)
- Potential Bahamas trip (Dave Ewert)
- Non-breeding season research program review (Dave Ewert)
2:55pm – 3:30pm Monitoring and Research Updates
· Ad-Hoc Monitoring Committee Updates (Dr. Nathan Cooper, Chair)
· Update on Evaluation of Point Counts to Estimate Kirtland’s Population Size
· Using BBS to Estimate Changes in BHCO Abundance
· 2022 Agency Plans
3:30pm – 4:00pm Updates
- Recovering America’s Wildlife Act (Dan Kennedy)
- Kirtland’s Warbler Alliance (Bill Rapai)
- Fundraising/Spring Donor Trip Updates (Lynne Mecum)
- Fall Meeting Format Change (Dr. Carol Bocetti)
4:00pm – Adjournment
*Agenda is subject to change
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