Past Events: Conference
The Great Basin Consortium, the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, and Utah State University co-sponsored this conference to continue sharing the latest information and to plan for the conservation, restoration, and maintenance of resilient sagebrush ecosystems.
The North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative provided funds to Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife last year to help with integrating climate change into the Washington State Wildlife Action Plan as part of the 10-year update. Jessi Kerschner, lead scientist for EcoAdapt, led the efforts to develop this assessment. The Assessment provides narrative descriptions and rankings of the climate sensitivity of 268 species and 30 ecological systems.
This workshop will provide invited participants with an opportunity to help shape the future conservation landscape and help ensure that the conservation community’s collective voice speaks through the GCPO LCC Blueprint. Draft blueprint maps and datasets will be made available for public comment through the GCPO LCC's Conservation Planning Atlas.
The Road to Riparian Restoration: Innovations for working on public, private, and tribal lands in the arid West
Join us for Tamarisk Coalition’s 13th Annual Conference – Where students, scientists, practitioners, consultants, agencies, conservation organizations, and others in the riparian restoration field meet!
This workshop will provide invited participants with an opportunity to help shape the future conservation landscape and help ensure that the conservation community’s collective voice speaks through the GCPO LCC Blueprint.
Please join us in celebrating the work of the LCCs that overlap MAFWA and to provide input on future directions.
Tuesday, January 26
Welcome and Introduction to the Prairie Reconstruction Initiative (PRI) and the Advisory Team (PRIAT) – Pauline Drobney, USFWS Zone Biologist
Background on PRI – Rebecca Esser, Detroit Lakes WMD Biologist
PRIAT Working Groups and work products – Rebecca Esser
Purpose/Objectives
- Summarize and compare available approaches to assess geomorphic and hydraulic vulnerability, potential disruption to transportation systems and emergency services, and infrastructure optimization modeling.
- Summarize and compare available aquatic habitat connectivity prioritization/optimization decision support tools and frameworks.