|
Mule Deer Foundation Hosting Western Big Game Migration Forum on Friday Feb. 4 from 1-4 pm at Western Hunting & Conservation Expo
February 2023 marks the 5-year anniversary of the signing of Department of the Interior Secretarial Order 3362 (SO 3362 – Improving Habitat Quality in Western Big Game Winter Range and Migration Corridors) at the 2018 Western Hunting & Conservation Expo. In celebration of this milestone, the Mule Deer Foundation (MDF) will be convening a forum of leaders for an in-depth discussion to review the success of SO 3362 to conserve migration, connectivity, and winter ranges for big game and outline opportunities for the future. Media and the public are invited to attend the afternoon session with a full agenda of high level speakers, as well as a 3:30 pm celebration at the MDF booth on the Western Hunting & Conservation Expo hall floor.
Who: Mule Deer Foundation Staff and Invited Speakers
When: February 3, 2022 – 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Where: Salt Palace Convention Center, Room 251 D/E, 100 S West Temple, Salt Lake City, UT 84101
Speakers:
1:00 pm — Welcome and Opening Remarks - Joel Pedersen, Mule Deer Foundation President/CEO
1:05 pm — Keynote Remarks - Tommy Beaudreau, Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior, and Robert Bonnie, Undersecretary for Farm Production and Conservation, U.S. Department of Agriculture
1:25 pm — Secretarial Order 3362 – Looking Back, Looking Forward - Casey Stemler, Senior Advisor for Western States, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
1:40 pm — State Agency Engagement on SO 3362 - Tony Wasley, Retired Director, Nevada Department of Wildlife
1:50 pm — Big Game Migration Research: What we’ve learned what we still need to know - Matthew Kauffman, Wildlife Researcher, U.S. Geological Survey
2:00 pm — Panel Discussion on Conservation and Habitat Projects Driven by SO 3362 - Moderated by Steve Belinda, MDF Chief Conservation Officer
Seth Gallagher – National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Rocky Mountain Region Program Manager
Jim Heffelfinger – Arizona Game and Fish Department Wildlife Science Coordinator, Chair WAFWA Mule Deer Working Group
Jessie Shallow, Idaho Department of Fish and Game SO 3362 State Action Plan Coordinator
Reid DeWalt – Colorado Parks and Wildlife Assistant Director for Aquatic Terrestrial, and Natural Resources
Todd Black – Eagle Mountain City, Utah, Environmental Planner/Wildlife Biologist; and Blair Stringham, Wildlife Migration Initiative Coordinator, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
2:45 pm — Closing Remarks, Ryan Callaghan, MeatEater
3:30 pm — Celebration of SO 3362 5-year Anniversary - MDF booth #1605 on the Western Hunting & Conservation Expo Floor
Contact: Jodi Stemler, jodi@stemlerconsulting.com or 703-915-1386