SEPTEMBER 17 and 29
The Zoom videoconferencing link will be sent to participants on September 16
Our first session is designed to get to know the program participants and communities, learn how you can use the NH Wildlife Action Plan and associated maps in your work, and discuss what you learned through your preparatory work.
AGENDA
Recording of 9/17 session (does not include the breakout group discussions)
Watch
- New Hampshire's Conservation Landscape/Land Use History (17 min.)
- NH Wildlife Action Plan (WAP) and Habitat Maps (14 min.)
Optional:
- What is Wildlife Habitat Video (6 min.)
Read/Review
- Wildlife Action Plan (WAP) Maps background
- Review the Wildlife Action Plan maps and data for your town
- NH Species of Greatest Conservation Need
- Cohort 2020 projects
Optional:
- How Wildlife Select Habitats [StoryMap]
- Habitat Stewardship brochures
- Focus on Wildlife brochures
- Using Your NRI
- NH Wildlife Action Plan (know where to find it)
- Taking Action For Wildlife website
Complete
- Celebrate Your Place Activity - Prepare for introducing yourself and your community and send the requested photo to haley.andreozzi@unh.edu (due September 10)
- Community Resources Inventory (Word document in Box) - Complete the worksheet (1 per community) and send to haley.andreozzi@unh.edu (due September 10)
- Come prepared for discussion around using the NH Wildlife Action Plan maps in your conservation work.
The Zoom videoconferencing link will be sent the day of the session
This one-hour topics-focused session will include a short, in-person presentation on Wildlife Corridors (Sandi Houghton, NH Fish and Game), followed by discussion around corridors and impacts of climate change on wildlife and habitats, based on your preparatory tasks, below.
AGENDA
Please complete preparatory work below before September 29
(Final links will be posted by September 21)
Watch
- Wildlife & Climate Change presentation (23 mins)
Read/Review
- Exeter Cameras and Corridors Story (2 pages)
- 5 Ways Communities can Protect Wildlife in a Changing Climate (2 pages)
Optional:
- Connect the Coast Wildlife Corridors Project
- NH Wildlife Corridors Report (2018)
- Climate Change and Severe Weather (NH Wildlife Action Plan Chapter 4; 12 pages)
Prepare
- Bring your questions, comments and ideas for wildlife corridors and impacts of a changing climate for a rich discussion. Think about how you might use this information in your work. What do you want to find out more about?
