Draft Agenda
Bird Conservation Alliance
National Meeting
The Nature Conservancy World Wide Office
Arlington, VA
October 11, 2007

Birds, Energy, and the Changing Forests

9:00 Registration/Coffee

9:30 Welcome/BCA Business – Greg Butcher, National Audubon Society and Alicia King, Director Bird Conservation Alliance

9:50 Bird-Safe Building Guidelines - Glenn Phillips, New York City Audubon

10:00 Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act Campaign – Darin Schroeder, American Bird Conservancy

10:30 Condors in Arizona and Dealing with Spent Lead Ammunition- Rick Watson, The Peregrine Fund

10:50 Is the Forest Empty? Overview of Habitat Quality Issues Faith Campbell/The Nature Conservancy Preventing Climate Change by Reducing Tropical Deforestation– Doug Boucher, Union of Concerned Scientists

12:30 Lunch

1:30 Birds in North America Joint Ventures and North American Bird Conservation Projects - Guy - Foulks, Bird Division of Bird Habitat Conservation USFWS

2:15 Cerulean Warblers –Their Protection in Colombia - Sara Lara, ProAves Colombia.

2:45 Global Warming/Climate Change – Energy and Birds Climate Change, Birds and the Role of Conservation in Securing our Future- Ellie Cohen, PRBO Conservation Science,
The Big Picture - Global Warming, Bioenergy and Land Use Change - Jane Early,
World Wildlife Fund Update on policy issues/legislation impacts – Katrina Managan – NWF Global Warming National Policy Coordinator

Adjourn to happy hour ––

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