track record of making conservation entities stronger Leverage diversity of expertise and create collaborations Critical habitats IWJV has identified Wetlands Sagebrush Grassland Six key elements of success (for JV state conservation partnerships) Focus on habitat delivery using latest science Don't get spread through thin Identify local champions Pool resources and generate funding towards focused investments Chairs have support of their agency leadership Track and communicate outcomes Conservation Delivery working group update (Don Kemner): bird conservation workshops, prioritizing future habitat delivery work, biologist’s network, etc. for - Boise, Idaho Three “Avian Tools Resource Managers” workshops last week Falls, Couer d'Alene. Focused on biologists focused on NEPA processes Review of Laws Tools - eBird, BBS, CBC, IPaC, etc Intro to LCCs, SGI, etc Assessment tools Habitat and management practices Incorporating all of this into NEPA process it into – “putting practice” The content and video/audio of Couer d'Alene presentations will be put online with help of IWJV. how can we affect more acres for wildlife? How “All hands” discussion (everybody) – much do we rely on the various flyway-type plans? Resource Directory - Biologist or resource manager network. Would this be useful? Steve: from consultants perspective, yet it would be valuable Paul: Important to have it up-to-date, easily and quickly available. Ali: IWJV is reworking web communication strategy, would like to link up with the IBCP outreach group - maybe we could partner. Trisha: Need to communicate our successes more readily Carrie: Had a series of meetings, each resource was responsible for communicating concerns. This resulted in a desktop guide/digest of things to consider in projects. Good to fall back on what the office had agreed should be considered. Maybe we should consider developing these from recent bird conservation training sessions. Jay: Partner Position - several organizations in other areas (e.g., Point Blue, Bird Conservancy of the Rockies) have focused on Farm numerous “partner biologists”
track record of making conservation entities stronger Leverage diversity of expertise and create collaborations Critical habitats IWJV has identified Wetlands Sagebrush Grassland Six key elements of success (for JV state conservation partnerships) Focus on habitat delivery using latest science Don't get spread through thin Identify local champions Pool resources and generate funding towards focused investments Chairs have support of their agency leadership Track and communicate outcomes Conservation Delivery working group update (Don Kemner): bird conservation workshops, prioritizing future habitat delivery work, biologist’s network, etc. Three “Avian Tools for Resource Managers” workshops last week - Boise, Idaho Falls, Couer d'Alene. Focused on biologists focused on NEPA processes Review of Laws Tools - eBird, BBS, CBC, IPaC, etc Intro to LCCs, SGI, etc Assessment tools Habitat and management practices Incorporating all of this into NEPA process – “putting it into practice” The content and video/audio of Couer d'Alene presentations will be put online with help of IWJV. “All hands” discussion (everybody) – how can we affect more acres for wildlife? How much do we rely on the various flyway-type plans? Resource Directory - Biologist or resource manager network. Would this be useful? Steve: from consultants perspective, yet it would be valuable Paul: Important to have it up-to-date, easily and quickly available. Ali: IWJV is reworking web communication strategy, would like to link up with the IBCP outreach group - maybe we could partner. Trisha: Need to communicate our successes more readily Carrie: Had a series of meetings, each resource was responsible for communicating concerns. This resulted in a desktop guide/digest of things to consider in projects. Good to fall back on what the office had agreed should be considered. Maybe we should consider developing these from recent bird conservation training sessions. Jay: Partner Position - several organizations in other areas (e.g., Point Blue, Bird Conservancy of the Rockies) have numerous “partner biologists” focused on Farm
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