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Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Plan (CWCP) and Citizen-based Monitoring

Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Plan (CWCP) and Citizen-based Monitoring. Signe Holtz Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Plan. Required to remain eligible for federal funding through State Wildlife Grants

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Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Plan (CWCP) and Citizen-based Monitoring

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  1. Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Plan (CWCP) and Citizen-based Monitoring Signe Holtz Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

  2. Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Plan • Required to remain eligible for federal funding through State Wildlife Grants • Set priorities and provide guidance for future conservation work • “Species of Greatest Conservation Need” (SGCN)

  3. Species of Greatest Conservation Need • Birds, fish, mammals, amphibians, reptiles, and invertebrates • Includes threatened and endangered species • Low or declining populations D. Malueg A. Sheldon

  4. Protection of SGCN and their Habitats • Species • Habitats • Ecological landscapes B. Smith

  5. Ultimate Question: Are we keeping species off the list?

  6. MonitoringSpecies and Natural Communities • DNR’s role • Citizen’s role WDNR R. Read

  7. Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) • 39 years • International monitoring program • Provides baseline data on abundance and distribution of species

  8. Wisconsin Frog and Toad Survey (DNR) • 25 years • Surveys run entirely by volunteers • Surveys all frog species and almost every county in Wisconsin

  9. Additional Surveys/Programs Bobcat Hunter/Trapper Survey Bowhunter Wildlife Survey Christmas Bird Count Fur Trapper Survey Incidental Wolf Observations Nature Mapping Ruffed Grouse Drumming Survey Winter Track Count WI Statewide Small Mammal Inventory

  10. E. Padley CBM Partnership Program • $100,000 in 2006 • Initiate or expand monitoring programs • Aquatic and terrestrial plants • Animals and their habitats • CWCP and Water Monitoring Strategy

  11. Project Limitations in Citizen Monitoring • Hazardous activities/unnecessary risks • Financial constraints • Complex training • Equipment availability • Rare species • Regulatory work

  12. CWCP and Citizen Monitoring • Numerous opportunities for conservation groups • Citizen-based Monitoring Partnership Program • Regional ecologists • Application ideas • Contract questions

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