2021 Transboundary Grasslands Partnership Workshop
Global Vision : Local Action
The 2021 TGP Workshop was held online. For those that missed it or those that need to view the sessions again they are recorded and can be found below.
AGENDA
Tuesday, October 19th, 2021 – Global Vision
Welcome, Transboundary Grasslands Partnership (TGP) History and Present – Kevin Ellison, TGP Chairperson
Central Grasslands Roadmap – A Collaborative Conservation Strategy
Tammy VerCauteren, Bird Conservancy of the Rockies and Christian Artuso, Canadian Wildlife Service (Environment and Climate Change Canada)
The science and technology behind USDA NRCS’s first–ever grassland biome conservation framework – Dirac Twidwell, University of Nebraska
Prairie Partnerships: The Pan–Canadian Approach to Transforming
Species at Risk Conservation – Rachel Turnquist, Conservation Coordinator, Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Wednesday, October 20th, 2021 – Local Action
Welcome
Montana: Ranching, Conservation and Communities – A Winning Team! – Martin Townsend, Ranchers’ Stewardship Alliance
Saskatchewan: Conservation Challenges of Native Grasslands in Southwest Saskatchewan – Diego Steinaker, South of the Divide Conservation Action Program
Alberta: Grassland Capital X: A Conservation Market Pilot
Western Stock Growers’ Association
Thursday, October 21st, 2021 – Indigenous Perspectives
Welcome
Montana: The Path Back: Bison Restoration at Fort Peck Reservation in Montana, Dennis Jorgenson, Bison Program Manager, World Wildlife Fund and Northern Great Plains Program and Jonny BearCub Stiffarm, Fort Peck Tribes
Saskatchewan: Witaskîwin (Allyship) Through Conservation
Philip Brass, Anishnabek / Nêhiyewak Artist, Hunter and Ceremonial Knowledge Carrier from the Peepeekisis Nêhiyewak Nation and Kristen Martin, Assistant Conservation Science Coordinator, Nature Conservancy of Canada
Alberta: Iinnii Rematriation Bio Monitoring
Alvin First Rider, Environmental Technician, Blood Tribe Land Management and Justin Bruised Head, Blood Tribe Land Management