Upcoming Special Events

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April 16, 2021

 Malpai Borderlands Group Annual Science Conference 

The links for the Zoom Meeting are below and highlighted. A few minutes before the meeting Place your cursor over "Click here" click and join the Science Conference.  It will take you to the Zoom meeting.  You will enter the passcode of mbg2021 if prompted.


Friday, April 16- 

To join meeting click here and enter passcode: mbg2021 9:45-10:00 


Introductions & Overview of MBG Science Projects
Richard Winkler                             Executive Director, Malpai Borderlands Group
Myles Traphagen                          Science Coordinator, Malpai Borderlands Group

10:00-10:30  Brandon Bestelmeyer         USDA/ARS Jornada Experimental Range, New
Mexico State University (NMSU)
“Landscape change over 25 years in the Malpai Borderlands: are sustainability goals being met?”

10:30-11:00  Emily Burns                        Sky Island Alliance, Tucson, AZ “Wildlife Species 
Richness across the San Rafael Valley”

11:00-11:30  Miguel Villareal                   US Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA “A Recent Sky 
Island Fire History."

11:30-12:00 Mirna Manteca                     Wildlands Network, Cananea, Sonora, Mexico “Road Ecology and conservation in Sonora, Mexico”




Friday, April 23- 

To join meeting click here and enter passcode: mbg2021 9:45-10:00  



Introductions & Overview of MBG Science Projects
Myles Traphagen                          Science Coordinator, Malpai Borderlands Group
Richard Winkler                             Executive Director, Malpai Borderlands Group

10:00-10:30  Shelemia Nyamuryekung’e USDA Jornada Experimental Range, (NMSU) “Precision Ranching”

10:30-11:00 Matthew McIntosh               USDA Jornada Experimental Range, NMSU “Sustainable Grazing Management in the Chihuahuan Desert: Traditional and Novel Approaches to Adapt to a Changing Climate”

11:00-11:30  Dan Taylor                          Bat Conservation International
“Restoring Agave for Migratory Nectivorous Bats in Arizona and New Mexico”

11:30- 12:00  Janet Fox                           Tucson, AZ
“Orchids in the Borderlands: Rare and cryptic plant species of the MBG Region”

12:00-12:30  Saunders Drukker               Texas State University
“Understanding the Acute Effects of Wildfires on Montane Rattlesnake (Crotalus sp.) Natural History in the American Southwest, an Ongoing Project Overview”

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April 17, 2021

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May 5, 2021

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Thanks to you know what, not too many community activites scheduled these days.

© Howard Topoff 2011