Seminar: Nevada Important Bird Areas
Robin Powell will be giving a presentation on the Nevada Important Bird Areas Program, including brief descriptions and photographs of the priority Important Bird Areas and some of the program’s efforts to conserve these areas.
The Important Bird Areas, or IBAs, Program is a world-wide effort to identify the most important places for bird populations and to focus conservation efforts. Within Nevada there are 39 recognized IBAs which are sites that provide essential breeding, migration, or wintering habitat for one or more species of birds.
The Nevada IBA Program is focused on the protection, preservation, conservation, and restoration of the habitat, which is not only beneficial to the bird species, but wildlife in general. Each IBA has varying degrees of resource challenges and issues ranging from invasive plants, habitat degradation, development, and water quantity/quality. The Nevada IBA program monitors and conserves the unique habitats that make these sites Important Bird Areas.
Ms. Powell has been the Nevada Director of Bird Conservation through the National Audubon Society for over 3 years and has over 11 years experience as a conservation ecologist on various natural resource management issues throughout Nevada.
Seminar Date/Time: Saturday, March 13th, 10:30am-11:30am
