Bird Population Trends and Climate Effects in Southwestern National Parks
Join the Forest Stewards Guild and Southern Rockies Foresters for the Birds tomorrow, Tuesday, May 14, from 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. MT for a webinar on the impacts and influences of climate change on avian populations in the Southwest!
Climate change is considered a major driver of recent avian population declines, particularly in the drought-stricken southwestern United States. Predicting how bird populations will respond requires understanding the climatic drivers influencing population density across the region’s diverse habitats. In this webinar from the Forest Stewards Guild, Harrison Jones of The Institute for Bird Populations discusses his research modeling breeding-season densities of 50 bird species in relation to spring and summer drought and the timing of North American monsoon rainfall.
Additional webinars on wildlife:
Tuesday, May 21, 2024, 12:30-2:00p.m. MT: Wildlife and Fire: From Borders to Biota, Monitoring at Multiple Scales
In the second webinar of a yearlong Wildlife and Fire series from the Southwest Fire Science Consortium and partners, a panel of experts will discuss monitoring and collaboration at multiple scales at the intersection of fire and wildlife. Topics include the study of how fire and thinning may impact several important soil organisms that support forested wildlife habitat, large-scale monitoring of border infrastructure impacts on wildlife, stories from habitat recovery within large wildfire footprints, collaborations to manage sage grouse and their habitat, and observations on intra-agency differences coordinating wildlife management and fire recovery. Register to learn more about monitoring at multiple scales on May 21!