The combined November/December monthly management/monitoring coordination meeting will be held December 9th, 2015 from 9:30am to 11:30am at the USGS, in the downstairs conference room. A luncheon will immediately follow and is open to all attendees.

What: SDMMP Monitoring/Management Coordination Meeting

Date: Wednesday December 9, 2015

Location: USGS, 4165 Spruance Rd, San Diego, 92101 conference room 103

Time: 9:30am-11:30am + Annual Luncheon 11:30am – 1pm

Highlights:

Land Managers will have a chance to share their 2015 management and monitoring activities. The following speakers scheduled to give an 8-minute presentation each:

Emily Howe, San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research, Lake Hodges Coastal Sage Scrub Restoration Project.

Rebecca Schwartz, San Diego Audubon, Project ReWild

Anna Bennett, Recon Environmental, TBD

Jess Norton, San Dieguito River Valley Conservancy, San Dieguito Citizen Science Monitoring Program - Year 1 Results

John Martin, USFWS, San Diego National Wildlife Refuge, Least Bell’s Vireo Project

Hans Sin, California Department of Fish & Wildlife, Preliminary Findings of Methods Comparing Point Counts for Grassland Birds Versus Acoustic Recordings

Don Scoles, Jim Rocks, & Christina Schafer, San Diego Habitat Conservancy, Introduction to SDHC Program, Preserves, and Management Highlights

Cheryl Goddard, Eric Lardy, County of San Diego, North County Plan, Quino Checkerspot, and Update on County Parks Management and Monitoring Efforts.

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