Woods for Wildlife: Forest Management in Wetlands and Conservation Status Focusing on Rare and Endangered Species
Webinar Details
When:
Oct 15, 2020 1:00 pm US/Eastern
Length: 01:15 (hh:mm)
Advance Registration NOT required.
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Presenter(s):
- John Ann Shearer, Partners for Fish and Wildlife Coordinator for North Carolina, US Fish and Wildlife Service
- Nathan Shepard, Eastern Regional Biologist, Natural Heritage Program, North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources
Virtual Event Format:
Group Viewing Available:
What does endangered mean? How about threatened? Are those different? What do I have to do? This webinar will describe the Endangered Species Act and define terminology for the categories of rarity and the general regulations for each. By participating in this webinar you will learn the rare species that occur in the 14-county NC Woods for Wildlife focal area. You will also become familiar with your responsibilities for those species, but more importantly your opportunities to benefit them.
Participants will also have the opportunity to put what they learn into context with a presentation focused on forest management with isolated wetlands, their ecology, and their broader connection with at risk wildlife like the Gopher Frog. Isolated wetlands are wetlands that are not directly connected to other water sources by creeks and streams. In the Southeast, isolated wetlands naturally occur as vernal pools, Carolina bays, clay-based depressions, and limesinks. The Gopher Frog is a rare species unique to the southeast that relies on isolated wetlands for its survival. The Gopher Frog’s ecology highlights the plight of isolated wetlands on the southeastern landscape and why they are important for biodiversity.
White Lake - a Carolina Bay in Bladen County, NC. Image by Robert Bardon
Presenters:
John Ann Shearer is a Certified Wildlife Biologist®. She has served as the state coordinator for the US Fish and Wildlife Service’s Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program in North Carolina since 1999. Prior to this position she worked over a 9 year period in refuge management at Wheeler Refuge in Alabama, Upper Souris Refuge in North Dakota, and Mattamuskeet Refuge in North Carolina. She has an undergraduate degree in Biology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a master’s degree in Wildlife Management from West Virginia University. John Ann currently spends most of her restoration and management work focused on longleaf pine, migratory birds, and prescribed fire.
Nathan Shepard is an Eastern Regional Field Biologist with the NC Natural Heritage Program, working on various topics related to conservation of rare and uncommon animal, plant, and natural communities within North Carolina. His main area of interest is with the natural history and conservation biology of Reptiles and Amphibians. His herp work largely focuses on species endemic to the Longleaf Pine Forest of the Carolinas. He works through agency partners and land managers to help maximize management efforts for at risk species.
This webinar is made possible by a grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation with the support of International Paper Company, The American Forest Foundation, The Orton Foundation, an affiliate of The Moore Charitable Foundation, founded by Louis Bacon and the U.S.D.A. Natural Resources Conservation Service.
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