Malpai Borderlands Group Annual Science Conference 2021
Friday, April 16-
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Friday April 16, 2021 Agenda
9:45-10:00 Introductions & Overview of MBG Science Projects
Richard Winkler Executive Director, Malpai Borderlands Group
Myles Traphagen Science Coordinator, Malpai Borderlands Group
10:00-10:30 Brandon Bestelmeyer USDA/ARS Jornada Experimental Range, New Mexico State University (NMSU) “Landscape change over 25 years in the Malpai Borderlands: are sustainability goals being met?”
10:30-11:00 Emily Burns Sky Island Alliance, Tucson, AZ
“Wildlife Species Richness across the San Rafael Valley”
11:00-11:30 Miguel Villareal US Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA
“A Recent Sky Island Fire History."
11:30-12:00 Mirna Manteca Wildlands Network, Cananea, Sonora, Mexico
“Road Ecology and conservation in Sonora, Mexico”
Friday, April 23-
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Friday April 23, 2021 Agenda
9:45-10:00 Introductions & Overview of MBG Science Projects
Myles Traphagen Science Coordinator, Malpai Borderlands Group
Richard Winkler Executive Director, Malpai Borderlands Group
10:00-10:30 Shelemia Nyamuryekung’e USDA Jornada Experimental Range, (NMSU)
“Precision Ranching”
10:30-11:00 Matthew McIntosh USDA Jornada Experimental Range, NMSU
“Sustainable Grazing Management in the Chihuahuan Desert: Traditional and Novel Approaches to Adapt to a Changing Climate”
11:00-11:30 Dan Taylor Bat Conservation International
“Restoring Agave for Migratory Nectivorous Bats in Arizona and New Mexico”
11:30- 12:00 Janet Fox Tucson, AZ
“Orchids in the Borderlands: Rare and cryptic plant species of the MBG Region”
12:00-12:30 Saunders Drukker Texas State University
“Understanding the Acute Effects of Wildfires on Montane Rattlesnake (Crotalus sp.) Natural History in the American Southwest, an Ongoing Project Overview |