AT23-030 Webinar Wildlife Diversity Webinars: Houston toad Safe Harbor Agreement

Webinar Title: Wildlife Diversity Webinars

AT-VMS: AT: Texas Parks and Wildlife (Enter AT#, Class Title as posted, Location, and Presenter)
Comments: AT23-030 Webinar Wildlife Diversity Webinars: Houston toad Safe Harbor Agreement, Presenter(s): Jared Messick (AT-1h)

Webinar Date: 2/15/2023
Webinar Time: 12:00p-1:00p

This is a monthly series with new topics each month.

Webinar Summary:
This monthly webinar series highlights research and conservation efforts in Texas

Webinar Description:

2/15/2023 – Population status assessments of four plant species in Big Bend National Park

3/15/2023 – Ground Truthing the Species Distribution Model of Bachman’s Sparrow

4/19/2023 – TBA

5/17/2023 – Post delisting monitoring of Concho water snake

6/21/2023 – Reintroduction of the Texas Horned Lizard

7/19/2023 – Western Chicken Turtle Updates: This webinar will provide updates on long-term research partnerships between TPWD and Texas A&M University’s Natural Resources Institute geared toward better understanding Western Chicken Turtles, their status in Texas, and their conservation needs. The webinar will summarize several studies completed at various geographic scales and synthesize what we learned from that research into a path forward for conservation and management of the species in Texas.

8/16/2023-Houston toad Safe Harbor Agreement: Testing communication strategies to increase Houston toad Safe Harbor Agreement enrollment:  Given that the critically endangered Houston toad’s (Bufo houstonensis) habitat falls primarily within private lands, private landowner engagement is needed to increase the quantity and quality of available habitat. This research aims to increase private landowner enrollment in Houston toad Safe Harbor Agreements (SHAs) by designing and implementing strategic communication strategies. To do this, we will survey private landowners in Houston toad range to a) create typologies of landowners for use in targeted messaging, b) identify the most salient content, content framing, and communication delivery mechanisms for future messaging, and c) determine optimal Safe Harbor Agreements that best match the preferences of each typology of landowner. Using the results from this research, TPWD will be able to target their communications to the public, leading to improved attitudes towards SHAs, a higher likelihood that landowners will enroll in SHAs, and stronger landowner-TPWD relationships.

11/15/2023 – Trans-Pecos Riparian Breeding Birds

Cost: no charge

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Presenter:
Jared Messick

Contact Information:
Ross Winton
ross.winton@tpwd.texas.gov

Organization Website:
https://tpwd.texas.gov/huntwild/wild/wildlife_diversity/webinars/?utm_campaign=govdelivery-email&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery

Sponsoring Organization:
Wildlife Diversity Program, TPWD