The Manitoba Chapter Wildlife Society Newsletter

Presidents Corner

('Boo...)

(BBQ on the Patio)

(Jack Kowalchuk)

(Rick Baydack)

The CMPS business meetings were conducted in association with our meetings.  Rick Baydack, a long time chapter member and Associate Director and Associate Professor in the Natural Resources Institute at the University of Manitoba, was elected as the new CMPS vice-president - congratulations to Rick from the Manitoba Chapter.  Rick served as Manitoba Chapter President form 1987-1989. George Vandel of South Dakota, is the new CMPS President.

The field trip held on Friday August 11th was well attended.  The trip began in Pine Falls with presentations from Vince Keenan of The Pine Falls Paper Company and Doug Schindler of Manitoba Conservation.  These organizations are cooperating with various local groups in developing long-term management plans for big game in the cutting areas. The Pine Falls Paper Company led our group into areas of the boreal forest where cutting operations and modern harvesting equipment were demonstrated.  The Pine Falls Paper Company hosted a post-field trip BBQ then it was back to Falcon Lake for continued water slide festivities.  The field trip demonstrated that wildlife management can best be delivered when input from numerous stakeholder groups are encouraged and coordinated.

The meetings were supported through generous donations from Manitoba Conservation, Ducks Unlimited Canada, Delta Waterfowl and Wetlands, Winnipeg Airport Authority, Manitoba Hydro, Manitoba Tourism, Tolko Inc., and Manitoba Habitat Heritage Corporation - thank you to all sponsors.  A gigantic thank you goes to the staff of the Falcon Lake Resort which provided superior service and meals throughout the meetings.  In fact, this has been the only meetings I've attended where a resort is willing opens up the water slides until the wee hours of the morning!!

Rhian Christie and Bob Emery, meeting co-chairs, did a tremendous job in organizing the meetings and deserve a huge round of applause from our membership.  A final thank-you goes to Brian Joynt who volunteered his time to produce the abstract program and ran the audio-visual equipment, no small task, thanks Brain. - Cory Lindgren

The Manitoba Chapter has been asked to participate in the COWCH project - "Celebrating Our Wildlife Conservation Heritage".  The goal of this project is to document the development of the profession of wildlife management by recording (video) and gathering information from those who have lived it.  A "how-to" video and standardized interview form is available for any chapter members who would like to lead this worthwhile project.
 
 

The current chapter executive has been searching the archives to find the Manitoba Chapter mission statement.   We concluded that we don't have one!  If there are members out there that remember adopting a mission statement please let us know.  The executive has formulated a working mission statement and we are looking for any comments from chapter members.  Please contact a member of the executive prior to the next AGM with your thoughts.  Working mission statement: "Manitoba Chapter of The Wildlife Society is dedicated to the conservation and protection of our wildlife resource base, through initiatives in public awareness, education and professional development while promoting and upholding responsible wildlife stewardship".
 
 

The Parent Chapter of The Wildlife Society recently announced its intention to extend the special pilot program of reduced dues for 1st year professionals.  If you were a student member of TWS this year and will graduate before the end of 2000, you are eligible for this reduced-price membership in 2001.  First year professional dues are a saving of $16 (US) off the regular membership dues.  Under this pilot program, dues for 2001 are $56US for regular members, $40US for the new 1st year professional members, and $28US for student members.

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Take note that the Manitoba Chapter of The Wildlife Society will be holding a mixer on November 17, 2000 at the Natural Resources Institute, University of Manitoba, 303 Sinnott Building, 70 Dysart Rd., from 4:00 - 8:00 p.m.  This will be a great opportunity for interested students to meet professionals in the field, network, and become part of a great local organization!

The Delta Getaway 2001 is will take place January 19th, 20th and 21st at the University of Manitoba Field Station (Delta Marsh).  The weekend getaway will be almost free to attend -  Students $36 and other members $65.  This includes all accommodations and meals.  This years getaway will have a GIS theme and presentations will focus on how various Manitoba organizations use GIS in the delivery of their wildlife management programs.  If all goes well, Don Sexton may be persuaded to treat participants to his famous midnight fish-fry !!!   Book your room early as space is limited.

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This conference will focus on key issues, information, research and trends in prairie landscape and species conservation. "Sharing Common Ground" affords divergent prairie interest groups an excellent opportunity to explore ideas and approaches to sustain landowners and users, as well as preserve the rich natural heritage that is the endowment of all prairie dwellers.

Held once every three years in a Canadian Prairie Province, this must-attend event attracts a wide audience from across Western Canada and the Midwestern United States.

Topics to be addressed include the following:

• Prairie habitat and land use
• Prairie population issues
• Global pressures on the prairies
• Sharing common ground

Participation is encouraged to ensure that this conference presents relevant up-to-date information and technology that will be worthwhile and of interest to attendees. The program has been designed to allow oral presentations of 20 minutes, with 10 minutes for follow-up discussion.

Authors intending to offer a poster or oral presentation are requested to submit abstracts of no more than 350 words (about one page). The abstracts must include the following:
 

• Paper or oral presentation
• Title of the paper
• Each author's name
• Author's agency, department and business address
• Telephone and fax numbers
• E-mail address

Abstracts for oral or poster presentations should be submitted by November 17, 2000 in electronic format to Rick Baydack. Send the abstract in the body of the message or as a WordPerfect or Microsoft Word document attachment. Abstracts may
also be sent on a 3½-inch floppy disk to:

Full registration brochure and information will be available sometime in November 2000. To ensure that you receive a registration package, e-mail your name and mailing address to:

TWS  Reno/Tahoe 2001 8th Annual Conference of The Wildlife Society Reno/Tahoe, NevadaSeptember 25-29, 2001 Deadline: February 15, 2001

The Wildlife Society will hold its 8th Annual Conference in Reno/Tahoe, Nevada, September 25-29, 2001.  The meeting will include symposia, workshops, contribute papers (oral presentations), and posters.  Submissions of technical papers and posters on topics of wildlife science, management, education or policy within the theme of Excellence in Wildlife Stewardship through Science and Education are encouraged.  For more information, vists http://www.wildlife.org/2001callpapersposters.html

• The purpose of the Important Bird Areas Community Action Fund is to provide funding support for high-priority projects that contribute to the conservation of bird species and their habitats within an Important Bird Area.
• Emphasis of the fund is local conservation action.
• All projects must be conducted within an officially recognized Important Bird Area (IBA), contribute to the conservation of the birds and habitats for which the site has been identified, and implement activities where a clear need is demonstrated (priority will be given to activities identified during a conservation planning process).  The Canadian Nature Federation will provide a list of eligible IBA sites for each new funding cycle.
• Maximum annual grant is $5,000. A 1:1 match is required, which may be cash, in-kind (eg. materials and/or volunteer time), or a combination of both.  Matching funds must be in place prior to the disbursement of the first installment. Grants up to $10,000 may be approved for exceptional projects where the proponent has secured a 2:1 cash match.
• All applications will be subject to external review.
• Application deadline for 2001-2002 funding cycle is January 19th, 2001.
• While multi-year projects may be approved in principle, funding is awarded on an annual basis.  Proponents must submit a final report and reapply for grants in subsequent years.

This volume is part of a series intended to summarize bird banding results for Canada. The series will include data on birds banded in Canada or encountered in Canada. Although limited in geographic scope, the data depict movement patterns that are typical for North America as a whole.  The current volume deals with small landbirds (passerines and near  passerines). A full species account is given for each species; banding and encounter statistics for all species banded in Canada are summarized in an appendix.

Species accounts consist of:
1) one or more encounter maps showing lines joining points of banding and encounter;
2) a narrative discussing results and movement patterns and recapping any major analyses of band encounters already published for the species;
3) a list showing details of selected encounters;
4) a table giving summary statistics such as encounter rate and mean distance moved; and
5) an effort map showing  frequency of banding by geographic location.

The information presented here should be of interest not only to banders and students of migration, but also to managers and conservationists wanting to know more about the wintering destinations and migration routes of Canada's birds.

For more information, visit http://www.cws-scf.ec.gc.ca/nwrc/bbo/atlas/
 
 

Links The Alberta Chapter of the Wildlife Society. http://www.albertadirectory.com/actws/ Advanced Telemetry Systems. http://www.atstrack.com/index.html The Prairie Conservation Action Plan (PCAP) website. http://www.pcap-sk.org Garrison - Dakota Water Resources Act and Devils Lake Outlet - Manitoba's Concerns http://www.gov.mb.ca/environ/pages/news/devlake/issues.html BBS Canada - A Newsletter for Cooperators in the Breeding Bird Survey of Canada (you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader, get it here) http://www.cws-scf.ec.gc.ca/nwrc/pdf/2000eng.pdf Ecological gifts: a checklist for donating ecologically sensitive land in Canada http://www.cws-scf.ec.gc.ca/ecogifts/ Waterfowler Heritage Days. http://www.cws-scf.ec.gc.ca/heritage/intro_e.html

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