10:00-10:10 Introductions: Mary Read,
BLM Wildlife Biologist; 2014 Report
10:10-10:30 Greater Sage-Grouse Lek Monitoring-2016 Field Season: Mary Read
10:30-11:15 2015 Annual Progress Report - Response of Pronghorn Population Productivity in the Red Desert, Wyoming to Anthropogenic and Environmental Change: Adele K. Reinking, M.S.
Candidate, University of Wyoming
11:15-12:00 2016 Fence Modification Based on Results in the EIS Project Areas: Andy Warren, BLM Supervisor Rangeland Management
Specialist and Cheryl Newberry, BLM Rangeland Management Specialist
12:00-1:00 LUNCH – on own
1:00 – 2:00 T&E Species Updates & Programmatic Raptor Permit for Nest Removal: Nathan Darnell, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)
Wildlife Biologist
2:00-3:30 Atlantic Rim EIS Performance Goals – with a Focus on the Big Game Migration Performance Goal; 2007-present Mule Deer Migration/Stop Over Sites Research; and Implementation of the Adaptive Management Mitigation:
Frank Blomquist, BLM Wildlife Biologist
3:00 – 3:15
Break
3:15 - 4:15 Greater Sage-Grouse DDCT Process: Nicholas Graf, Wyoming Geographic Information Science Center (WyGISC)
4:15 – 5:00 Future Analysis: the group needs to discuss future steps encompassing the CD/C, Desolation Flats & Atlantic Rim Natural Gas Fields & Choke Cherry/Sierra Madre Wind
Project - - for monitoring, mitigation implementation & analysis