Join Us Virtually for the Kirtland’s Warbler Conservation Team 2022 Spring Meeting
February 8, 2022
10am-4:00pm (ET) via Zoom
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMvduGuqzkjEtTsD_x85LW7q1syo_D2Qxjl 

 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
    • 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)
  • 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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