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Presenter Matt Allshouse with Peregrin Falcon |
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Dave Lawrence - BRPE |
Birds of SLO, 2020, Part 1
Program Coordinated and Presented by David Keeling
With music by RD Clark and Jack Collins
Monday, March 15th, 7:00 PM
Join Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 850 1320 5771 Passcode: MorroCoast
2020 was a remarkable year for birding in SLO, with a number of rare vagrants. It could be called the year of the grebe; with a breeding plumage Horned Grebe and a Red-necked Grebe, and the breeding Clark’s and Western Grebes at Santa Margarita Lake.
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Tom Slater - WTSP |
Birds of SLO – 2020 Part 1, the Zoom Edition, is a two-part slide show featuring outstanding images of over 200 species of birds taken during the first half of last year by seventeen of the finest nature photographers in San Luis Obispo County, with a special section highlighting the grebes. The photos are amazing and their impact is heightened by the live piano accompaniment provided by Oliver Glynn. If you enjoy birds and birding, you’ll enjoy the evening. It will be great entertainment and motivation to get out and bird more often in our county.
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Alice Cahill - SEOW |
All MCAS Zoom Community Programs are free and open to the public. As always, all ages are welcome.
For more info, email mcas@morrocoastaudubon.org or leave voicemail msg at 805-772-1991.
Full Title: “Climate Smart Solutions for Grassland Birds: Conservation Ranching California”
February 15, 2021, 7:00-8:30
Zoom info at bottom.
Summary: “Grassland bird conservation is inextricably linked to management practices on millions of acres of rangelands, the vast majority of which are privately owned. Significant grassland habitat enhancement can only be achieved through cooperative approaches that work with ranchers that live and work on these lands. Audubon’s Conservation Ranching Program uses an innovative, market-based approach to connect conservation-conscious consumers to ranchers who employ bird-friendly management practices in raising their livestock. The program addresses loss in ecosystem function and health through the conservation of focal bird species and the habitat they depend upon. It incentivizes bird-friendly livestock management practices, emphasizing regenerative grazing approaches that improve soil health, diversify habitat structure, and ensure environmental sustainability that benefits pollinators and other grassland wildlife.”
Bio: Matt Allshouse came to Audubon California from Wyoming and has been the Conservation Ranching Program Manager for the state since September 2019. As a rangeland ecologist, he has 13 years of experience associated with land policy, management, and science. Previously, Matt served as Ranch Manager for Antelope Springs Land and Cattle in Wyoming, as a Biologist for the Peregrine Fund in Belize and Guatemala directing conservation field research, and as Ecologist with the consulting firm Trihydro Corporation focusing on restoration ecology. Matt holds a dual Bachelor’s degree in Environment and Natural Resources, and Rangeland Ecology and Watershed Management from University of Wyoming.
https://www.audubon.org/news/what-world-conservation-ranching
https://www.audubon.org/magazine/spring-2017/how-cattle-ranchers-are-helping-save-western
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85013205771?pwd=cUJzNEIwSkgvY240VGlDd1N1NFhhdz09
Meeting ID: 850 1320 5771
Passcode: MorroCoast