Transcript Wisconsin`s Wildlife Action Plan and Citizen

Wisconsin’s Wildlife Action Plan
and Citizen-Based Monitoring
Tara L.E. Bergeson
Wildlife Action Plan Implementation Coordinator
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
SUCCESS = Vision + Action
Quincy Bluff
© Loren Ayers
© Loren Ayers
Why a Wildlife Action Plan?
• Required to remain eligible for federal funding
through State Wildlife Grants
• Set priorities and provide
guidance for future
conservation work
Wood Turtle
© A.B. Sheldon
• which native wildlife species are most at risk,
• what habitats they are associated with,
• where they occur across the state, and
• priority conservation actions to help “get them
off and keep them off” any
Endangered/Threatened species lists in the future.
Species of Greatest Conservation Need
• Birds, fish, mammals, amphibians, reptiles,
and invertebrates
• All state threatened and endangered species
• Species that fall through the cracks…..
– in Wisconsin or adjacent states
– specific threats to habitat
– status unknown, but thought vulnerable
Cerulean Warbler © Dennis Malueg
Protection of SGCN and their Habitats
• SGCN
– threats
– conservation actions
• Natural Communities
(e.g. boreal forest, dry prairie, ephemeral pond)
• Ecological Landscapes
– land classification system
– 16 ecological landscapes in Wisconsin
Protection of SGCN and their Habitats
Ultimate
Question:
Are we keeping
species off the
Endangered or
Threatened list?
Monitoring and the Wildlife
Action Plan
• Species,
• Natural Communities, and
• Effectiveness of Conservation Actions
Citizen-Based Monitoring for the
Wildlife Action Plan
DNR’s Role:
• Identify appropriate opportunities for citizens,
• Provide support (training, funding), and
• Ensure that data are scientifically sound so
they will be used.
Opportunities for Citizen-Based
Monitoring for the WAP
• Information gaps for species & habitats
• Specific threats to a species’ habitat
• Property-based monitoring
Importance of
Citizen-Based Monitoring
Citizen-Based Monitoring Programs
Wisconsin NatureMapping
WI Breeding Bird Atlas
Christmas Bird Count
Wisconsin e-Bird
Wisconsin Frog and Toad
Survey
Wisconsin Odonate Survey
Great Lakes Worm Watch
Clean Boats Clean Waters
Self-help Citizen Lake
Monitoring Network
Water Action Volunteers
Winter Track Count
Support for Citizen-Based Monitoring
• State Wildlife Grants
• Water Monitoring
Strategy
• Citizen-based Monitoring
Partnership Program
SUCCESS = Vision + Action
Quincy Bluff
© Loren Ayers
© Loren Ayers
Wildlife Action Plan Website:
http://dnr.wi.gov/org/land/er/WWAP
Wildlife Action Plan Implementation Coordinator
Tara Bergeson 608.245.0618 [email protected]
Regional Ecologists
West Central Region – LaCrosse
Armund Bartz 608.785.9019 [email protected]
Northern Regional Ecologist – Spooner
Ted Gostomski 715.635.4153
[email protected]
Southeast Regional Ecologist – Milwaukee
Owen Boyle 414.263.8681 [email protected]
South Central Regional Ecologist – Fitchburg
Vacancy
Northeast Regional Ecologist – Green Bay
Vacancy