Idaho Bird Conservation Partnership fall 2016 meeting notes: November 15 & 16, 2016 Boise, Idaho Attendees: In person: Steve Alsup - Bionomics/Snake River Bird of Prey NCA Partnership Sandy Amdor - Idaho Power Company Deniz Aygen - Idaho Department Fish and Game (IDFG) Laura Bond - Boise State University (BSU) Bill Bosworth - IDFG Jake Briggs - Citizen Scientist, unaffiliated J. Blair Briggs - Citizen Scientist, unaffiliated Greg Burak - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Jay Carlisle - Intermountain Bird Observatory (IBO); IBCP Coordinator Bonnie Claridge - Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Stephanie Coates - IBO/BSU Chris Colson - Ducks Unlimited Sylvia Copeland - IDFG Trisha Cracroft - NRCS Ali Duvall - Intermountain West Joint Venture Ethan Ellsworth - BLM Sean Finn - Great Northern LCC June Galloway - Payette National Forest Robin Garwood - Sawtooth National Forest Gifford Gillette - Wildlife Management Institute Caleb Hansen - IBO Jeremy Halka - IBO Heather Hayes - IBO Carrie Hugo - BLM Greg Kaltenecker - IBO Don Kemner - IDFG Jeff Knetter - IDFG Sonya Knetter - IDFG Paul Makela - BLM Colleen Moulton - IDFG Rob Miller - IBO Lisa Nutt - Boise National Forest Sal Palazzolo - IDFG Matt Proett - IDFG Tempe Regan - IBO Bryce Robinson - Raptor Biologist, unaffiliated Angie Schmidt - IDFG Eve Thomason - Citizen Scientist, unaffiliated Natalie Turley - Idaho Power Company Allyson Turner - USFWS Martha Wackenhut - IDFG Nicki Wade - IDFG Heidi Ware - IBO Joe Weldon - BLM On phone: Todd Katzner - USGS Rema Sadak - USFS R4 Karen Steehhof - retired biologist Charles Swift - Biologist/Citizen Scientist, unaffiliated Beth Waterberry - IDFG Annette deKnijf - USFWS, Deer Flat NWR
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