Presenters: Idaho Fish and Game Wildlife Biologists Lacy Robinson and Michael Lucid
Date and Time: June 23, 2015 5:30 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
Location: Sandpoint Community Hall, 204 South First Avenue, Sandpoint, Idaho
Contact: Michael Lucid, (208) 830-1451, michael.lucid@idfg.idaho.gov
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Presentation Partners: Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness, Kaniksu Land Trust, Idaho Conservation League, Selkirk Outdoor Leadership and Education, Sandpoint Parks and Recreation
Schedule:
5:30-6:00: Coffee and Snacks
6:00-7:00: Forest Carnivore Survey Results 7:00-7:10: Break
7:10-8:00: Survey Results: Amphibians, Slugs and Snails, Micro-climate
From 2010-2014 the Idaho Department of Fish and Game led a group of 12 partner organizations in the implementation of the Multi-species Baseline Initiative (MBI). MBI is a collaborative of organizations which conducted thousands of wildlife and micro-climate surveys across the Idaho Panhandle and adjoining mountain ranges. Nearly 200 species were detected during this project which focused on forest carnivores, amphibians, snails and slugs. These baseline wildlife and climate data will be used to inform conservation and management of these species for years to come.
The greater Sandpoint area community played an important role in this project. Three not-for-profit organizations (Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness, Idaho Conservation League, and Selkirk Outdoor Leadership and Education) joined forces to raise funds and enlist hundreds of local community members as volunteer Citizen Naturalists. Volunteers ran remote winter forest carnivore 'bait stations' in some of the most remote portions of the Panhandle, searched for tiny snails, and looked for frogs that haven't been found in the region for decades.
Please join us to celebrate community participation in the project by learning about wildlife and climate monitoring in our local mountains. Coffee and snacks will be provided.
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