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California Bumble Bee Atlas 2-day Training: Part 1 - 3/30/2022

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California is home to 25 species of bumble bees, many of which face an uncertain future. Several species, including the western bumble bee, Crotch's bumble bee, the Suckely cuckoo bumble bee, and Franklin's bumble bee, have recently experienced significant declines. In order to conserve them, the Xerces Society has partnered with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife to launch the California Bumble Bee Atlas. A key aspect of this work is to train a team of volunteers equipped with nets and cameras spread throughout the state to help us understand where these species are still living, and in which habitats they thrive. This California Bumble Bee Atlas workshop is your opportunity to join the collaborative effort to track and conserve California's bumble bees!

The training will provide an overview of bumble bee ecology and conservation as well as methods to be used by project volunteers to collect information about bees found at particular sites.

*This is a 2-day training. To participate, please register for both Part 1 & Part 2 sessions.
Register for Part 2 here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_VhqsM-btTuGhQlBbsB3Jzg

Agenda:

Part 1 - 3/30/2022 @ 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM (PT)

Module 1 - Introduction to Bumble Bee Ecology
Module 2 - Bumble Bee Conservation and Status

Part 2 - 3/31/2022 @ 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM (PT)

Module 3 - How to Participate (From Grid Adoption to Data Submission)
Module 4 - Bumble Bee Identification

This workshop is supported by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Wildlife Sport Fish Restoration Program and the Bureau of Land Management.

Time

Mar 30, 2022 06:00 PM in Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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Message preview	Hi there, You are invited to a Zoom webinar. When: Mar 30, 2022 06:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Topic: California Bumble Bee Atlas 2-day Training: Part 1 - 3/30/2022 Register in advance for this webinar: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_cLyEnUEIRBKKANXbwzuZmQ After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. ---------- Webinar Speakers Leif Richardson (Endangered Species Conservation Biologist, California Bumble Bee Atlas @Xerces Society) Leif is an ecologist whose work focuses on North American bumble bees, including their ecology, taxonomy, and conservation needs. He recently joined the Xerces Society as a conservation biologist, and is running the California Bumble Bee Atlas. He previously worked as an environmental consultant, conducting regulatory studies on risk of pesticide exposure to bumblebees, and as an ecologist with the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department. Leif is the author of numerous scientific publications on bees, as well as co-author of Bumble Bees of North America: an Identification Guide (2014), the standard reference manual on this group of invertebrate wildlife in California and beyond. He is an expert in the inventory and identification of bumble bees, and has extensive experience training others to collect bumble bee distribution data in the field. Rich Hatfield (Senior Endangered Species Conservation Biologist, Bumble Bee Conservation Lead @Xerces Society) Rich is a senior endangered species conservation biologist, and leads Xerces' bumble bee conservation program. He has a master's degree in conservation biology, with a focus on the ecology and habitat needs of bumble bees. Rich has authored several publications on bumble bee conservation and taught bumble bee management and identification courses throughout North America. Rich helped develop and launch the community science website Bumble Bee Watch (www.BumbleBeeWatch.org), which has attracted over 30,000 users throughout North America, and gathered over 80,000 photo observations of North American bumble bees since 2014. He also serves as the coordinator for both the Pacific Northwest and California Bumble Bee Atlas projects. In addition to his work with bumble bees, Rich has investigated native bee pollination in agricultural systems in the Central Valley of California, and studied endangered butterflies in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado and throughout the Pacific Northwest.

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