Upcoming Meetings:

Informing conservation in the context of climate change:
Birds as a tool for adaptation

A joint workshop of Oregon/Washington and California Partners in Flight

The workshop will be held October 19 and 20 in Ashland, Oregon
There will be a joint business/Steering Committee meeting of California and Oregon/Washington PIF on October 18

This workshop will promote information sharing, inform ecological planning, and identify information gaps and monitoring needs related to landbirds in Washington, Oregon, and California in the context of climate change.  It is structured with 3 sections, each covering a different topic followed by a panel discussion.  The objective is to share information, discuss the application of existing knowledge, and generate ideas of what needs to be done next.  The workshop will begin with an overview of climate change science with a west-coast perspective, followed by several examples of recent studies looking specifically at birds and climate change.  The second part will focus on how we can apply existing tools to advance bird conservation within climate change planning.  During the third part of the workshop we will discuss the use of birds to inform current land management planning challenges and identify bird monitoring and conservation planning needs.  Click here for a draft agenda. 

To register, please mail a registration form (download here) and fee to Klamath Bird Observatory, PO Box 758, Ashland, OR 97520.  The registration fee includes a catered lunch on Tuesday the 19th.  Rooms are being held until September 17 at the Best Western Windsor Ashland, Oregon at the government per diem rate of $86.99.  Please call 541-488-2330 to make your reservations and mention Partners in Flight. 

Past CalPIF Meetings:

Statewide California Partners in Flight Meeting - March 19-20, 2008

Joint Statewide California Partners in Flight / Burrowing Owl Consortium Meeting
September 6-7, 2007

Statewide California Partners in Flight Meeting - August 24-25, 2006.

Executive Steering Committee Meeting - November 2, 2005. Click here for notes.

Statewide California Partners in Flight Meeting - April 6-8, 2005. Click here for notes.

Executive Steering Committee Meeting - November 15, 2004. Click here for meeting notes.

Statewide California Partners in Flight Meeting - Aug 20, 2004. Click here for meeting notes.

Executive Steering Committee Meeting - November 20, 2003. Click here for meeting notes.

Statewide California Partners in Flight Meeting - July 17, 2003. Click here for meeting notes.

Information on Upcoming Land Management Plan Revisions

Bureau of Land Management

The BLM has released for public review and comment draft resource management
plans and environmental impact statements for nearly three million acres of
public land in northeast California and extreme northwest Nevada. The plans
affect lands managed by the BLM's Alturas, Eagle Lake and Surprise field
offices in Alturas, Susanville and Cedarville.

http://www.blm.gov/ca/news/2006/04/nr/NCNews48_draft_NE_plans.html