Monthly Presentations

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Monthly Program

The Camas National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) in east Idaho provides resting and nesting habitat for dozens of migrating birds. It’s a birding hotspot that has suffered from drought in recent years. The May Monthly Program features Tim Doyle from Friends of Camas NWR and Lucian Davis, IBO researcher at Camas NWR.

Tim will introduce Camas NWR and provide a history from inception to today, highlighting the management challenges regarding water. He will discuss the Friends of Camas organization and the relationship and accomplishments with the USFWS Camas NWR. Tim will present information on the biotic resources of Camas, highlighting birds, and provide information on how to get there, what amenities exist on the refuge, lodging, where to look for birds, etc.

Camas National Wildlife Refuge

• May 16, 6:30 pm

• Tune in on Zoom - https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81496140138

• No registration required

State of the Great Salt Lake

Pulled back from the brink of collapse by 2023's historic snowpack, the Great Salt Lake ecosystem remains threatened by upstream water diversion and overconsumption. Over the last five years, meaningful progress has been made to reform water policy and invest in protections for the Lake. But achieving long-term restoration for this globally-important ecosystem will take much more conservation, cooperation, and commitment.

Katie Newburn is the Education & Outreach Director for FRIENDS of Great Salt Lake. Katie brings thousands of students to Great Salt Lake each year through the Lakeside Learning Field Trip program. There, she helps students understand the Lake’s unique ecosystem and their connection to it. With a degree in political science, Katie also enjoys tracking policy relevant to the Lake, communicating the organization’s perspective, and encouraging public engagement. Katie cares deeply about helping communities throughout Great Salt Lake’s watershed learn to appreciate it and contribute to its long-term restoration.

State of the Great Salt Lake

• June 11, 7:00 - 8:30 pm

• Tune in on Zoom - https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIuc-qoqT0qHdY-BttyVZsW7QDtjIKXBFTH

• No Registration required

On the 3rd Tuesday of most months, we provide our members with a chance to come and enjoy a presentation on a variety of bird-related topics. We often arrange to have local birders share their favorite birding places or experiences, biologists talk about their research, and natural resource professionals update us on wildlife and land management strategies.

In June, our regular meeting is replaced by a picnic. This is an opportunity for our members to socialize as well as welcome new Board Members coming on for the next year.