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<span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#403635">COLLABORATIVE CONSERVATION AND ADAPTATION STRATEGY TOOLBOX<br>
Grassland Restoration and Management: Panel-Discussion Series<br>
Fire as a Tool for Grassland Restoration and Management<br>
Tuesday November 9th - FREE!<br>
1:00 MST/12:00 PST/3:00 CST<br>
Zoom Registration: <a href="https://arizona.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwkdu6grDwvHtxJ9_2vhV-NJ1jiiaPdhOLv" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:#496E49">https://arizona.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwkdu6grDwvHtxJ9_2vhV-NJ1jiiaP...</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#403635">Presentations<br>
Prescribed fire compatibility with semi-desert grassland habitat rehabilitation for masked bobwhite quail<br>
Steve Sesnie (<a href="mailto:steven_sesnie@fws.gov"><b><span style="color:#496E49">steven_sesnie@fws.gov</span></b><span class="element-invisible"><b><span style="color:#496E49;text-decoration:none">(link sends e-mail)</span></b></span></a>) is a spatial ecologist
with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. His background is in remote sensing, tropical and temperate forest ecology, and data science applications in conservation biology. His work looks at the impact of land use on tropical, temperate, and desert ecosystems.
Steve’s team examined the application of fire to restore a frequent fire regime on the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge to rehabilitate grassland habitat for the masked bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus ridgwayi).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#403635">Fire as a management tool in Chihuahuan Desert grassland<br>
Scott Collins (<a href="mailto:scollins@unm.edu"><b><span style="color:#496E49">scollins@unm.edu</span></b><span class="element-invisible"><b><span style="color:#496E49;text-decoration:none">(link sends e-mail)</span></b></span></a>) is a professor at the University
of New Mexico who researches the role of disturbance in ecological communities, fire and grassland ecology, and plant community dynamics. The seasonal timing of a burn can affect outcomes. Managers historically burned in June, before summer monsoon, but fire
teams are often occupied at this time. Scott’s team established a long-term seasonal fire experiment in the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge to determine the effects of burning in March, June or November. Results suggest that managers can achieve many of
their goals with dormant season burns when wildfire activity is less common.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Jeff Adams (<a href="mailto:jeffrey_adams@fws.gov"><b><span style="color:#496E49">jeffrey_adams@fws.gov</span></b><span class="element-invisible"><b><span style="color:#496E49;text-decoration:none">(link sends e-mail)</span></b></span></a>)<br>
Jeff is a Fire Management Specialist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service with a background in GIS and spatial fire planning. Jeff will share lessons learned from his experience planning and implementing prescribed burns and working with the FWS refuges
fire programs and discuss strategies and tools to make decisions, overcome barriers, and apply fire to meet management objectives in Grasslands.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#403635">CCAST Webinar Series<br>
This webinar series is one way the CCAST partnership is increasing communication to help our agencies and partners address shared conservation challenges. If you would like to learn more about CCAST or get involved, please contact Matt Grabau<br>
(<a href="mailto:matthew_grabau@fws.gov"><b><span style="color:#496E49">matthew_grabau@fws.gov</span></b><span class="element-invisible"><b><span style="color:#496E49;text-decoration:none">(link sends e-mail)</span></b></span></a>) or Genevieve Johnson (<a href="mailto:gjohnson@usbr.gov"><b><span style="color:#496E49">gjohnson@usbr.gov</span></b><span class="element-invisible"><b><span style="color:#496E49;text-decoration:none">(link
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:#538135">Elise S. Gornish<br>
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:#538135">Cooperative Extension Specialist in Ecological Restoration<br>
The University of Arizona<br>
School of Natural Resources and the Environment<br>
Office: N317 in ENR2<br>
Phone: 520-621-3307<br>
Fax: 520-621-8801<br>
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</span><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:#538135">Lab webpage: https://gornish.arizona.edu/<br>
AZ Restoration Portal: https://ecorestore.arizona.edu/</span><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:#538135"><br>
Twitter + Instagram: @RestoreCAL<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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