Prairie dog working group meeting agenda attached
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Hanauska-Brown, Lauri
Feb 19, 2010, 2:45:30 PM2/19/10
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Hello all....you will see in the attached agenda (also copied below) that this is a combined meeting of sorts. The first day and a half are for black-footed ferret discussions. The second day and a half are scheduled for prairie dog discussions. Please
feel free to come and go as your schedule or interest dictate. We can adjust agendas as needed but will try to stick as closely to the Saturday schedule as possible. Most of the 'updates' are scheduled for this day to accommodate folks who can't make a M-F
meeting.
Please make hotel reservations soon if you need them. There is a basketball tournament in town and many of the hotels have few rooms left.
Hope to see you all in March.
Lauri Hanauska-Brown
March 11-13, 2010
Montana Black-Footed Ferret Working Group / Montana Prairie Dog Working Group
Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center, Great Falls
Black-Footed Ferret Working Group Meeting (day 1)
Thursday, March 11
10:00 - 10:15 Welcome and Introductions (Lauri Hanauska-Brown: MFWP)
10:15 - 11:15 Roundtable: brief updates from group members and agenda adjustments as necessary
(Lauri Hanauska-Brown)
11:15 - 11:45 CMR update (Randy Matchett: CMR)
11:45 - 12:15 Northern Cheyenne update (Jane Roybal: USFWS)
12:15 - 1:00 Light lunch provided
1:00 - 1:30 Revision of the Recovery Plan and the Road Ahead (Pete Gober: USFWS)
1:30 - 2:00 Plague vaccine update and contingency plan (Pete Gober)
2:00 - 2:30 WAFWA and BFF Exec Comm report (Lauri Hanauska-Brown and Kristy Bly: WWF)
Revised BFFRIT charter
Representative for Conservation Subcommittee needed
Representative for Education and Outreach Subcommittee needed
Resolution on Landowner Incentive Program needs
Letter to Forest Service regarding National Grasslands
2:30 - 2:45 Break
2:45 - 5:00 Montana’s direction: Groundwork (All)
Reintroduction sites, 2008 Bob Luce document
Plague monitoring
Complex 1 & 2 monitoring
Partnerships
Black-Footed Ferret Working Group Meeting (day 2)
Friday, March 12
8:30 - 11:00 Montana’s direction: Decisions and commitments (All)
-Assignments
11:00 - 11:30 Public comment and wrap up
11:30 - 12:00 Light lunch will be served between the ferret meeting and start of the prairie dog meeting.
Prairie Dog Working Group Meeting (day 1)
Friday, March 12
12:00 - 12:15 Welcome and Introductions Lauri Hanauska-Brown: MFWP)
12:15 - 1:00 Black-footed ferret and prairie dog working groups (Lauri Hanauska-Brown)
-Should they be one in the same?
-Does this current format for the meetings work (1.5 days for each, consecutive meetings?)
-Brief review of black-footed ferret meeting
1:00 - 1:15 Update on USFWS listing process and recent findings (Lou Hanebury: USFWS)
1:15 - 2:15 2009 subcommittee reports (What did we accomplish?)
-Landowner Incentives Subcommittee
-Plague Subcommittee
-Public Affairs Subcommittee
-Sport Shooting Subcommittee
2:15 - 2:30 Break
2:30 - 5:00 Making progress on what we didn’t accomplish. (All)
Separate into groups and tackle the 2009 action items that were not completed.
Desired products:
-Draft language for data sharing MOUs.
-Draft language for Conservation Easements.
-Draft plan for landowner incentives program in Montana. Do we need to revise
the 2005 document?
-Draft guidelines to FSA regarding prairie dogs versus cover.
-Draft guidelines to FSA regarding ferret survey requirements.
-Draft notice to FSA staff on options for maintaining prairie dogs.
-Draft plan to engage shooting sports community.
-Draft plan to maintain list of potential release sites and potential donor sites in
Regional FWP offices.
(We will allocate time throughout this work period to address the most pressing needs for 2010 as determined by the group. We can add or delete from the above list. Please bring supporting materials or previously
drafted language so we have a place to start.)
Prairie Dog Working Group Meeting (day 2)
Saturday, March 13
8:30 - 10:00 Brief reports from work group sessions
10:00 - 10:15 Update on State Classification of Prairie Dogs (Post HB443) (Janet Ellis: MT Audubon)
10:15 - 10:30 Break
10:30 - 11:15 Monitoring
-NAIP imagery project / Predicted distribution modeling (Bryce Maxell: MNHP & Bobby
Baker: BLM)
-Report from interstate prairie dog survey methodology workshop (Ryan Rauscher:
MFWP)
-Complex 1 & 2 Monitoring & SWG Funding opportunity (Lauri Hanauska-Brown &
Kristy Bly: WWF)
11:15 - 11:30 Cooperative Conservation Partnership Initiative project in Phillips County (Linda Poole)
11:30 - 11:45 Plague Surveillance (Jerry Wiscomb and John Steuber: APHIS)
11:45 - 12:00 White-tailed prairie dog translocations (Allison Begley: MFWP)
12:00 - 12:30 Shooting study review and discussion (Lauri Hanauska-Brown)
-FWP biometrician comments on draft study report will be discussed.
-Where do we go from here?
12:30 Public comment and wrap up
Miscellaneous
Snacks and coffee will be provided throughout the meeting.
Lunch will be provided Thursday and Friday.
The Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center is along the river on the northeast side of Great Falls.
From I-15
Take the CENTRAL AVE W exit, EXIT 280, toward US-87 N.
Turn EAST onto CENTRAL AVE
Turn LEFT onto RIVER DR N.
Turn LEFT onto GIANT SPRINGS RD.
Lodging in Great Falls
LaQuinta Inn Holiday Inn Quality Inn Ponderosa Comfort Inn
Lauri Hanauska-Brown
Montana Nongame / T & E Section Manager
PO Box 200701
Helena, MT 59620
Phone: 406-444-5209
Fax: 406-444-4952
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