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Wildlife Corridors and Crucial Habitat: Meetings and Papers

 

 

Meetings

 

Dec. 5-6, 2012
Meeting Summary

Presentations

Laura Canaca, AZ GFD: Agency Partnership Using Crucial Habitat Information in Early Landscape-level Planning

Ray Suazo, AZ BLM: The Restoration Design Energy Project

Chris O'Meilia, USFWS: Application of CHATs into Federal Planning Activities

Mike Thabault, USFWS: Landscape-scale Energy Action Plan (LEAP): An Online Decision Support Tool for Energy Developers and Conservation Managers

CHAT Technical Leads: Progress on CHAT Development

Allan Cox, Montana Natural Heritage Program: Long–term CHAT Maintenance & Data Integration Discussion

James Strittholt, Conservation Biology Institute

 

May 2012
Meeting Summary


Nov. 3-4, 2011

Meeting Summary
Materials and Presentations

May 16-17, 2011
Meeting Summary

December 2010
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July 2010
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January 2010
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October 2009
Meeting Summary

July 2009
Meeting Summary

March 2009
Meeting Summary

January 2009
Meeting Summary

 


 

 

Letters/Testimony

 

Sage Grouse Task Force letter to Secretary Ken Salazar (DOI) (6/29/2012)

 

WGWC Letter to Sec. Ray LaHood (DOT) Commending Wildlife Criteria in TIGER Funding Decisions (4/3/12)

 

WGWC endorsement of ARC Wildlife Crossing Design Competition (12/23/10)

 

WGA Letter to Secretary of the Interior on implementation of June 2009 WGA-DOI/USDA/DOE Memorandum of Understanding (9/1/10)

 

Council provides comments to DOI and USDA on America's Great Outdoors Initiative (10/7/10)

 

Wildlife Council thanks Secretary of Transportation LaHood for road funding that protects the public and wildlife (7/7/10)


WGA letter to Secretaries Vilsack, Chu and Salazar on status of implementation of June 2009 wildlife Memorandum of Understanding (10/28/09)

 

WGWC testimony to House subcommittee on The Impacts of Climate Change on America's National Parks (4/7/09)

 

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WGA 2013 Annual Meeting Highlights

  • WGA-1022
  • WGA-1027
  • WGA-1057
  • WGA-1086
  • WGA-1087
  • WGA-1095
  • WGA-1104
  • WGA-1118
  • WGA-1157
  • WGA-1167
  • WGA-1231
  • WGA-1243
  • WGA-1246
  • WGA-1268
  • WGA-1344
  • WGA-1259
  • Keynote speaker T. Boone Pickens, chairman of BP Capital Management, and Utah Gov. Gary Herbert
  • Idaho Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter welcomes T. Boone Pickens
  • Native American dancers at the opening ceremony of the WGA 2013 Annual Meeting
  • Gov.Steve Bullock of Montana
  • Gov. Brian Sandoval of Nevada, incoming Vice Chairman of WGA
  • Canadian Ambassador Gary Doer
  • Gov. Otter of Idaho
  • T. Boone Pickens delivers his keynote speech
  • Gov. John Hickenlooper of Colorado, incoming Chairman of WGA
  • Nevada Governor Sandoval
  • The flags of those represented at the opening ceremony
  • Gov. Brian Sandoval, Gov. John Hickenlooper, Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, Gov. Gary Herbert, Gov. Butch Otter, Ambassador Gary Doer, Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga, and Gov. Steve Bullock
  • Utah Governor Herbert with U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell
  • Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell delivers her keynote speech
  • Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell
  • Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, WGA Executive Director Jim Ogsbury, Bureau of Land Management Deputy Directory Neil Kornze, Utah Rep. Rob Bishop