Connecting Migratory Waterbirds and Working Lands in South-Central Nebraska
Webinar Details
When:
Jan 21, 2015 2:00 pm US/Eastern
Length: 01:17 (hh:mm)
Advance Registration NOT required.
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Presenter(s):
- Aaron Pearse, Research Wildlife Biologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center, Jamestown, ND
- Andy Bishop, Program Coordinator, Rainwater Basin Joint Venture, Grand Island, NE
- Ele Nugent, Biologist and Geographic Information Systems Analyst, Rainwater Basin Joint Venture, Wood River, NE
CEU Credits/Certificate Offered:
- Conservation Planner (CP) - 1.5 hour Conservation Planning Credit
- The Wildlife Society - Certified Wildlife Biologist®/Professional Development Certificate Program - 1.5 hour TWS Category 1 Credit
Virtual Event Format:
Group Viewing Available:
Participants will learn about the importance of central Nebraska for migratory birds, the suitability of agricultural working lands for accommodating migratory birds, and partnership efforts to create habitat to achieve bird conservation goals.
In Nebraska, the Central Platte River Valley (CPRV) provides stopover habitat for over 500,000 sandhill cranes while the Rainwater Basin wetland complex (RWB) needs to support 8.6 million waterfowl and an estimated 1.7 million shorebirds to meet continental population objectives outlined in the North American Waterfowl Management Plan and United States Shorebird Plan. The mid-latitude juxtaposition of Nebraska’s stopover habitat makes it critical to the health of wetland dependent waterbird populations by supplying energetic resources that replenish nutrient and lipid reserves for continued migration and increased reproductive success. Habitat losses and conversion of land to agriculture have led to decreased food and habitat resources available to migrating waterbirds. This webinar will discuss (1) habitat needs, food requirements, behavior, and linkages between agricultural lands and sandhill cranes in the CPRV, (2) the energetic production for waterfowl and shorebirds in RWB wetlands and how production has changed since 2004, both in the RWB as a whole and on the long-term conservation estate (i.e., Waterfowl Production Areas, Wildlife Management Areas, long-term Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) sites, and other long-term easement wetlands), and (3) programs available that benefit producers and migrating waterbirds. Updated estimates of the contribution of WRP wetlands in meeting the needs of migrating waterbirds, generated through a Rainwater Basin Joint Venture and NRCS Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) partnership, will be presented.
This webinar is sponsored by the USDA NRCS National Wildlife Team located at the Central National Technology Support Center.
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