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Black-capped Vireo Monitoring: Supporting the Post-delisting Monitoring Plan
August 21 @ 12:00 am - 1:00 pm
Jim Giocomo, Ph.D.
Central Region Director
American Bird Conservancy
Webinar Description:
Through cooperation with state, Federal, NGO and individual Texas residents, the Black-capped Vireo (Vireo atricapilla) was recently designated as recovered under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. With the recent delisting of the Black-capped Vireo, conservation partners, including Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, agreed to assess abundance and productivity annually for a period of 12 years after the delisting to ensure the identified threats do not impact the long-term survival of the species. This cooperative population monitoring project is designed to meet the requirements of the Post-delisting Monitoring Plan (2017) through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. This presentation will review the results of the first several years of post-delisting monitoring.
Bio:
Jim is the Central Regional Director for the American Bird Conservancy, based in northern Illinois. Jim works to plan and build bird conservation efforts across the Great Plains from Texas to Canada. Previously, Jim worked in Texas and Oklahoma as the Oaks and Prairies Joint Venture Coordinator for 15 years. Jim did his undergraduate and Master’s degree work in Pennsylvania. Jim earned a Ph.D. in Natural Resources from the University of Tennessee, where he monitored and modeled productivity of grassland birds. Jim has also worked for Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, Audubon Pennsylvania, and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Small Game Program.
