[SEMCO] Grasslands Management Workshop at Long Pasture

[Joshua Wrigley]

The Compact of Cape Cod Conservation Trusts and Mass Audubon Presents: A Grasslands Management Workshop


Date: October 9th, 2015
Time: 8:00am - 12:30pm
Location: Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary, Barnstable, MA

Who Should Attend: Members of non-profit and environmental organizations, town & other land protection professionals & volunteers, land stewardship practitioners

Cost: $20 (Space is limited, pre-registration/payment required. To pay in advance by credit card, email mark at thecompact.net for online credit card link.)

Format: 8-11am Grassland dynamics; 11-12:30pm outdoor field study

About the Workshop: Grassland birds, which feed and nest only in grasslands and hayfields are disappearing at an alarming rate. In Massachusetts, many breeding grassland birds are identified as needing urgent conservation action. As a land manager or owner, you can make a real difference in protecting these species by implementing a number of simple management practices that are greatly beneficial for grassland birds. Our aim for this workshop is to help land owners and managers understand the issue and develop sustainable management practices.

Instructors: Dr. Jon Atwood has been a practicing ornithologist and conservation biologist for 30 years, specializing in integrating behavioral studies of rare and endangered bird species with habitat conservation planning. While working at Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences during the early 1990's he collaborated in the analysis of the first 30 years of Manomet's land bird banding effort and spearheaded federal protection of the California Gnatcatcher under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. From 1998-2011 he directed the Conservation Biology Program at Antioch University where he taught classes in Ornithology, Ecological Research Design, GIS and mentored over 70 graduate students. During 2011-2013 he worked as Science Director at the Biodiversity Research Institute in Southern Maine. Currently he is a Bird Conservation Fellow with the Massachusetts Audubon Society, focusing on conservation of grassland bird species.

Lindall Kidd is a Bird Conservation Associate at Mass Audubon. Originally from Perth, Western Australia, Lindall received her Master's degree in Ornithology from the University of Oxford, UK, where she specialized in life history modeling and long-term population monitoring. Lindall has worked on a multitude of bird related studies with a particular focus on population ecology, and is interested in the processes that drive natural populations. For the past year, Lindall has been helping to coordinate the Grassland Bird Program at Mass Audubon.

Ian Ives is the Director of Mass Audubon's Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary. Ian leads the Mid and Upper Cape Sanctuaries' conservation projects aimed at protecting our local biodiversity and rare natural communities. Through a combination of conservation, education and advocacy these programs connect people and nature to inspire action. Ian is currently leading the pioneering Eastern Spadefoot Toad (Scaphiopus holbrooki) and Wetland Restoration Project at Ashumet Holly Wildlife Sanctuary. Now in its 5th year, this project involves spadefoot headstarting and translocation, comprehensive field monitoring, educational outreach and habitat

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Joshua Wrigley
Education Coordinator
MassAudubon's Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary
345 Bone Hill Rd.
Barnstable, MA 02637
jwrigley at massaudubon.org
Office: 508-362-7475 Ext. 9355
Cell: 518-810-9478
www.massaudubon.org

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