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Private Work with Wildlife and People in the United States

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This digital collection includes presentations given at the 8th International Wildlife Ranching Symposium held in 2014 for the symposium theme: Private Work with Wildlife and People in the United States.

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    A legacy of ranching and conservation
    (Colorado State University. Libraries, 2014-09) Davis, Russell, speaker; Morgan, Ken, moderator; International Wildlife Ranching Symposium, producer
    Russell Davis, a rancher, has been at the forefront of private lands wildlife conservation for the past 12 years, beginning with his involvement in mountain plover research and continuing with short grass prairie conservation. His family was awarded the Landowner of the Year Award from Colorado Parks and Wildlife and the Sand County Foundation Leopold Stewardship Award. Russell will be discussing his involvement with Colorado programs and his involvement with Partners for Conservation. Partners for Conservation is a private landowner organization which communicates and collaborates on conservation partnerships for working landscapes to benefit present and future generations. To date, the organization has 90 partners, representing 18 states and has hosted six Annual Private Lands/Partners Day conferences bringing together landowners and agency partners.
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    Black-Footed Ferret Recovery Program
    (Colorado State University. Libraries, 2014-09) Hughes, John, speaker; Morgan, Ken, moderator; International Wildlife Ranching Symposium, producer
    Despite a successful captive propagation and reintroduction program, the black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) remains one the most endangered mammals in North America due to widespread lethal control of prairie dogs (Cynomys spp.), diseases such as sylvatic plague and canine distemper, and conversion of rangeland to row crop agriculture. Black-footed ferrets have been reintroduced at 22 separate sites throughout the Great Plains and Intermountain West, primarily on public lands. Private rangelands throughout the Great Plains, the historic core of black-footed ferret range, represent a unique opportunity to recover the species, provided that regulatory concerns, financial incentives, disease management, and prairie dog management issues can be addressed to the satisfaction of private landowners, agricultural producer groups, and local governments. We provide an update on the implementation of the Black-footed Ferret Programmatic Safe Harbor Agreement in the Great Plains, its potential future use, and an update on ongoing challenges to black-footed ferret recovery rangewide.
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    Building connections to wild places with remote viewing technologies
    (Colorado State University. Libraries, 2014-09) Ramsey, Alan, speaker; Stone, Kate, speaker; Ramsey, Phil, speaker; Larkin, Beau, speaker; Morgan, Ken, moderator; International Wildlife Ranching Symposium, producer
    Remote viewing technologies allow new ways to maintain connections between people and wild places. In this presentation we will discuss a suite of technologies that enable viewers to learn about conservation efforts and research underway at MPG Ranch, near Florence, Montana. MPG Ranch is a conservation philanthropy devoted to improving restoration practice and developing ecological knowledge. Web interfaces, live view cameras, and motion sensing cameras are used to share the information we learn and gain insights into the habits of wildlife.
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    Colorado habitat exchange
    (Colorado State University. Libraries, 2014-09) Fankhauser, Terry, speaker; Morgan, Ken, moderator; International Wildlife Ranching Symposium, producer
    The Colorado Habitat Exchange gives ranchers a new return on investment for stewarding wildlife and land resources. To address the issue of moving toward energy security without doing irreparable damage to wildlife and the landscapes on which they depend, the Colorado Habitat Exchange will create the incentives needed for all parties to act now and avoid the need to list wildlife species. The program enables those who impact habitat to create financial opportunities for those who can provide or improve habitat. The Colorado Habitat Exchange establishes a structured, transparent infrastructure for those types of habitat exchanges to work. The objectives are to provide a standardized set of tools and protocols to quantify habitat and species benefits from restoration activities provide a registry that tracks benefits and reports on progress towards achieving permit requirements and conservation goals, establish a trading platform for credits and to provide regulatory assurances for participating private landowners and development interests.
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    Habitat partnership program: "Local solutions to local problems"
    (Colorado State University. Libraries, 2014-09) Tucker, Pat, speaker; Morgan, Ken, moderator; International Wildlife Ranching Symposium, producer
    The Habitat Partnership Program, since the early 1990's has been utilizing local committees to reduce wildlife conflicts, particularly those associated with forage and fences to assist the Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) in meeting game management goals. The program develops partnerships between landowners, land managers, sportsmen, the public and CPW. Local committees are made up from local representatives from the livestock and crop producer community, a sportsman representative, an employee from each of the following agencies; U.S Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, Colorado Parks and Wildlife, and other local specialists. HPP is authorized by the Colorado State Legislature and the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission.
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    Partners for fish and wildlife program
    (Colorado State University. Libraries, 2014-09) Noonan, Bill, speaker; Morgan, Ken, moderator; International Wildlife Ranching Symposium, producer
    The Partners program, since the mid-1980's, has been developing and maintaining positive working relationships with landowners to benefit fish and wildlife resources. Such activities have resulted in tremendous on-the-ground habitat restoration and enhancement accomplishments that contribute to the Service's federal trust resource mission and instill in our partners an even greater appreciation for fish, wildlife and the habitats upon which they depend. All of this is being accomplished in a voluntary manner. The program provides both technical and financial assistance to private landowners to achieve on-the-ground habitat restoration projects.
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    Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory: stewardship, education, science
    (Colorado State University. Libraries, 2014-09) Gallagher, Seth, speaker; Morgan, Ken, moderator; International Wildlife Ranching Symposium, producer
    Originating in 1999 as Prairie Partners, the program was to address declining bird trends on a landscape used for agricultural production. Private landowners own or manage a considerable percentage of this land. Their involvement in conservation efforts is essential to the future of grassland and sagebrush birds. The mission of the program is to coordinate voluntary, cooperative partnerships with landowners to address the management of declining bird species and other resource conservation issues. In 2003 Stewardship began working with landowners and resource agencies to implement on-the-ground habitat projects. These projects include stream-bank restoration, shallow water restoration, woody-invasive species control, prescribed burning, restoration of native vegetation, fence marking and rotational grazing.
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    Three Rivers Alliance
    (Colorado State University. Libraries, 2014-09) Andrews, Don, speaker; Schneider, Troy, speaker; Morgan, Ken, moderator; International Wildlife Ranching Symposium, producer
    The Three Rivers Alliance (TRA) was formed on July 9, 2008 as a Colorado non-profit corporation by landowners in the Republican River basin of Colorado. The goal of the organization is to preserve and strengthen the local ecosystems and the agricultural viability of their community. TRA advocates for landowners on the Republican River basin to help them gain access to resources to remove invasive species, replant vegetation, and protect wildlife on riparian and range land areas. In addition, TRA is demonstrating its ability to convene important discussions and to get people to pull together in the same direction on the same issues: to agree on problems and to seek ways to pursue constructive solutions; to find common ground; and to proceed to solve difficult issues facing the Republican River system.
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    Using bird populations to evaluate activities, promote ecological awareness, and prompt action on private lands
    (Colorado State University. Libraries, 2014-09) Ramsey, Philip, speaker; Stone, Kate, speaker; Mummey, Dan, speaker; Morgan, Ken, moderator; International Wildlife Ranching Symposium, producer
    Private landowners allocate significant resources towards restoration activities, yet have few ways to demonstrate the ecological effectiveness of their actions. As a group, birds are well suited to serve as response variables to management actions due to their abundance, relatively small territories, association with specific vegetative features, and our ability to passively monitor them. The MPG Ranch studies bird populations using a variety of methods, including: point counts, direct observations of target species, fine-scale mapping of bird occurrence, and tracking devices. The information gathered allows us to evaluate the success of restoration projects, including large-scale activities such as landscape conversion and small-scale activities such as building enclosures and shrubby draw enhancement. Our studies also allow us to document basic distribution and life history information on little-known species. We share data with local conservation groups, our state's Natural Heritage Program, and national bird monitoring efforts such as "eBird", "HawkCount", and "Hummingbirds at Home." Though our main goal is to apply data towards our own on-the-ground restoration activities, collaborative and community outreach efforts broaden its application to larger topics, including regional land-use planning efforts and setting management guidelines for species of concern. Our hope is that our research will prompt other private landowners to invest in formal and/or informal bird monitoring efforts on their properties.