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SUMMARY:Climate Watch Spring Season
DESCRIPTION:Climate Watch Spring Season \nClimate Watch is sponsored by the National Audubon Society (NAS) & takes place during two distinct seasons—winter (January 15-February 15) and summer (May 15-June 15). Below is the alert for any season (winter or summer) . \nLike the Christmas bird count this is a chance to help create “citizen science” for birds. Climate Watch focuses on these target species: Eastern Bluebird\, Mountain Bluebird\, Western Bluebird\, White-breasted Nuthatch\, Red-breasted Nuthatch\, Brown-headed Nuthatch\, Pygmy Nuthatch\, American Goldfinch\, Lesser Goldfinch\, Painted Bunting\, Eastern Towhee\, and Spotted Towhee. \nThese birds are easy to identify\, have an enthusiastic constituency\, and Audubon’s climate models for these species offer strong predictions for range shifts for us to test. In future years\, Climate Watch may include additional target species threatened by climate change. We believe that western bluebird and painted bunting are not normally in SD. All the other birds occur in all or parts of SD. \nVisit this page to see where these birds are in SD\, and which are near you: \nhttps://www.sdakotabirds.com/species_main.htm\nLocation Climate Watch focuses on areas of predicted change for these 12 species at each location across the continent. Audubon provides volunteers with online mapping tools with a grid of 10 km x 10 km squares showing species-specific predictions for each square based on the climate models. A Climate Watch Coordinator can help select your location and survey square. If you are participating on your own\, use the online maps to decide in which square to do your surveys. You will be able to see which squares are already “claimed”. \nHow to count Volunteers should first make sure to read through all of the materials including the full protocol manual. The Climate Watch protocol is different than any other birding program. Then using the planning done with the online maps\, volunteers survey appropriate habitat for the target species within a square and conduct 12 point counts of five minutes each within one morning\, then record the number and species of all birds seen or heard within 100 meters. Participants send the data to the National Audubon Society. \nHow data will be used  Audubon’s 2019 climate change report\, ‘Survival By Degrees\, – https://www.audubon.org/climate/survivalbydegrees – reveals that up to two-thirds of North American birds are vulnerable to extinction due to climate change. For example\, the beautiful Mountain Bluebird is vulnerable because in the vast majority of its summer range\, the climate conditions that this bird needs—temperature\, amount of rainfall\, and other environmental factors—will shift northward and eastward. This bird may be able to move into new areas over time\, or it may struggle to adapt. To test the report’s predictions\, Audubon has developed Climate Watch\, which aims to document species’ responses to climate change and test Audubon’s climate models by having volunteers in the field look for birds where Audubon’s climate models predict they will be in the 2020s. This information helps Audubon target our conservation work to protect birds. See the Climate Watch results page here to see our early reports and results from the data received by Climate Watch volunteers so far! \nLink to the Climate-watch program on the National Audubon Society web page \nhttps://www.audubon.org/conservation/climate-watch \nClimate watch instructions for participants \nhttps://www.audubon.org/news/participant-resources-climate-watch\nClimate watch for beginners webinar\, – this has much of the same info as our November meeting \nhttps://audubon.zoom.us/rec/share/xe9NAZTe6WVOf7fz2kbRAYAQMI66eaa8hCFL_fNZn0k3a8uNjHkvp4-EZzq7vlq_?startTime=1588186808000\n\n\nOur web page on community science efforts: \n https://phas-wsd.org/citizen-science/ \n 
URL:https://phas-wsd.org/event/climate-watch-spring-season/
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SUMMARY:NE Game and Parks Commission June 12-13th\, 2025 Meeting
DESCRIPTION:NE Game and Parks Commission June 12-13th\, 2025 Meeting \nNEBRASKA GAME AND PARKS COMMISSION\, County Inn and Suites Chimney Rock Room 664\,  Chase Blvd.\,  Sidney\, NE Friday\, June 13\, 2025 \nSidney is presently located at the junction of U.S. Route 385 with I-80\, and its location approximately halfway between Cheyenne\, Wyoming\, and North Platte\, Nebraska\, \nMountain lions are on the agenda for 8:15 am on 13th.  We don’t know the time zone for Sidney\, but it might be MT \nJune 12-13\, 2025\n\nhttps://outdoornebraska.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/6-13-25-Public-Hearing-notice.pdf\nAgenda:\nhttps://outdoornebraska.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2025-JUNE-General-Meeting-Agenda.docx.pdf\n\nIn accordance with Neb. Rev. Stat. 84-907\, a public hearing will be conducted by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission on June 13\, 2025\, in the meeting room at the County Inn and Suites 664 Chase Blvd. Sidney\, NE prior to consideration and/or enactment of the following: Pursuant to Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 37-301\, 37-304\, 37-308\, 37-308.01\, 37-314\, 37-228\, 37-404\, 37-405\, 37-411\, 37-426\, 37-452\, 37-473\, 37-613\, a public hearing will be held at 8:15 AM to consider amendments to Title 166 Chapter 20 (formerly Title 163 Chapter 4\, Wildlife Regulations\, Section 037)\, Mountain Lions to clarify unit boundaries and adjust harvest limits in the Niobrara and Wildcat Hills Management Units. \n\nCopies of the proposed regulations and the Fiscal Impact Statement shall be available for public inspection at the Game and Parks Commission office and on-line at the Office of the Secretary of State’s website. All interested persons may attend and testify orally or by written submission at the public hearing. Interested persons or organizations may submit written comments prior to the hearing\, which will be entered into the hearing record if they: 1) include a request to be included as part of the hearing record; 2) include the name and address of the person or organization submitting the comments; and 3) are received by 1:00 p.m. CT June 11\, 2024 by Sheri Henderson at the Lincoln office\, 2200 North 33rd Street\, Lincoln\, NE 68503-0370. Tim McCoy\, Director\n\n\nProposed rule: \nhttps://outdoornebraska.gov/about/notices/public-notices/rules-orders-regulations/ \nSee note regarding NE G&P regs at the top of the page\, then scroll to Game and Parks on the list.  Get to the Game and Parks section and scroll down towards the bottom of their section and look for line item that was posted in 05-09-2025\, ”  – 166 – 20 -New Chapter 20 June 2025″  Click on that and end up at https://rules.nebraska.gov/docket \n\nThey are adjusting boundaries at Niobrara and Wildcat Hills and \n\nincreasing the harvest limit at Niobrara – cougars both sex harvest limit changes from 4 to 6\, & for  females  harvest increase from 2 to 3 and\n\n2. reducing it at Wildcat Hills > cougars both sex harvest limit changes from 3 to 2 either sex and 2 to one for females. \nHere is NE G&P Explanation of Mt Lion season proposed changes and population info. \nhttps://phas-wsd.org/wp-content/uploads/Mountain-Lion-Booklet-June-2025-1.pdf \nLink to PHAS 2025 comments on this season – https://phas-wsd.org/wp-content/uploads/nebraska-Mt-lion-comments2025.final_.pdf \nWe are asking for no season in 2025 at Wildcat Hills and smaller harvest caps at Pine Ridge and Niobrara units. \nWe have been told of a big threat to Mt lions living  near Scottsbluff in the “Wildcat Hills” – the population has been tanking ( 21 mortalities in just 17 months) with perhaps only 6 cougars left and NE G&P proposes a 2025 hunting season of 3 lions – half the remaining population\,   Folks from NE should be objecting to the 2025 season at Wild Cat Hills (Scottsbluff)\n  \nWe also want SD and NE lion populations to be sources of emigrating lions for natural recolonization of lion populations in the east and Canada.   We suspect no state will formally reintroduce them\, so they have to recolonized by natural emigration.  While much of eastern North America is too developed with human housing to support lions\, there are some areas rural and wild enough to support them with less conflicts with humans. \n\n  \nComments are due on June 11th at 1 pm CT. I normally send them to Sheri  >  Ask Sheri  for details – \n\n“Henderson\, Sheri” <sheri.henderson@nebraska.gov>\n\n\n\n\nSheri Henderson\nAdministrative Programs Officer II\nAgency Safety Program Manager\nNebraska Game and Parks Commission\n2200 North 33rd St.\nLincoln\, NE 68503\nPhone: 402-471-5539
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