Community Farming & Grassland Birds: A Local Conservation Strategy
Monday, July 24
12:00pm – 1:00pm
Online

Join VT Coverts as we host Noah Perlut sharing the stories of individual grassland birds and their young, aiming to inspire Vermont landowners and communities to work together to halt the declining populations of these birds. Many Bobolinks and Savannah Sparrows born in and around Shelburne Farms return to breed near where they were born – generation to generation. This allows the Perlut Lab to uniquely tell the stories of bird families: where each was born, who its parents, siblings, and cousins were, where it migrated, where it returned, and its breeding success. Noah Perlut, Ph.D., Professor & Assistant Academic Director School of Marine and Environmental Programs at University of New England will discuss how the timing and intensity of haying affects these birds, how climate change interacts with birds and agriculture, and how management opportunities among Vermont's farming and landowner community can balance bird and farmer needs.

Register here:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYsf-ivqjsoGtzKG4TAKqEGDXzRl1aPQ0IO#/registration

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