Precision Conservation Research & Design Forum – Pre-Workshop Webinar Series

 Multi-LCC Mississippi River Basin / Gulf Hypoxia Initiative (MRB/GHI)

Precision Conservation Research & Design Forum

Noon Tues – Noon Thurs, March 1-3, Indianapolis, IN

PRE-WORKSHOP WEBINAR SERIES

Everyone is welcome to attend the webinars, regardless of whether you will be able to participate in the R&D Forum in Indy. Webinars will be Thursdays, Jan 21-Feb 18 at 3pmET and Friday Feb 26 at 10amET.

These sessions are not mandatory but would help prepare participants for the workshop. Join us for as many as interest you and fit your schedule. Anyone is welcome to attend the webinars and participate in the R&D Forum online. Feel free to distribute this list to others who may be interested.

Connect at the scheduled time with this URL and phone number:

Webex – http://www.mymeetings.com/nc/join.php?i=747216396&p=&t=c

Audio – Dial 866-714-8353; Participant code 43553755#

Draft Presentation Schedule

Thursday, Jan 21 @ 3:00 PM EST

• Glen Salmon and Gwen White – multi-LCC Mississippi/Gulf Hypoxia Iniatiative Overview
• John Tirpak – Stitching it all together: Integrating Science and Management

Thursday, Jan 28 @ 3:00 PM EST

• Jorgen Rose – MRB/GHI Practice Sheets: status and development
• Lisa Schulte Moore – Prairie STRIPS

Thursday, Feb 4th @ 3:00 PM EST

• Ryan Drum – Performance metrics, surrogate species, and monarch landscape design
• Scott Lucas – Pollinator strategy for the Ohio DOT

Thursday, Feb 11 @ 3:00 PM EST

• Shannon Zezula – Soil health and cover crops as drivers for wildlife and water quality
• Meghna Babbar-Sebens – Watershed modeling tools

Thursday, Feb 18 @ 3:00 PM EST

• Michael Schwartz – MRB/GHI online spatial analysis: data development and delivery

Friday, Feb 26 @ 10:00 AM EST*

• Bill Richardson – Maquoketa floodplain habitat nutrient removal monitoring
• Dan Lambert – Midwest grassland bird conservation opportunities

* Note the time and date difference for this last webinar presentation 

For more information about the Mississippi/Gulf Hypoxia R&D Forum, March 1-3 in Indy, contact Gwen White at gwen_white@fws.gov or go to — http://www.tallgrassprairielcc.org/event/multi-lcc-mississippi-river-basin-gulf-hypoxia-initiative-conservation-design-research-forum.