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Pre-Convention Workshop

Wildlife Management

Preconvention Workshops

A Shared Stewardship: Connecting Forestry and Wildlife Conservation

Wednesday, October 25, 2023
8:00am - 3:00pm PST
Location: A8
CFE 5 / ISA CEU 5.25 / ESA CEU 1.3
Wildlife conservation goals are integral to forestry and balancing multiple sustainable forestry objectives. We will describe forestry and wildlife management goals, focusing on commonalities and collaborative conservation to reach these goals. We will encourage interaction from participants while highlighting the utility of considering biodiversity conservation at multiple spatial scales.

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand the objective of wildlife management and how the needs of wildlife species can be balanced.
  • Apply knowledge of wildlife needs to forest management practices to achieve desired outcomes for individual species or groups of species.
  • Evaluate how forest management can influence the way biodiversity patterns across forested landscapes.
  • Assess the role of collaborative efforts in the management of wildlife populations.
  • Understand that forestry can be beneficial to wildlife conservation.