From Grasslands to Shoreline – Manitoba’s Most Endangered Birds, The Burrowing Owl and Piping Plover - Nature Manitoba

Discovery Evening

Event Date: Monday, February 4, 2013

Start Time: 7:30 pm

Location: Franco-Manitoban Cultural Centre, 340 Provencher Blvd on second floor – Salle Antoine-Gaborieau.

Presenter: Ken De Smet, Species at Risk Biologist, Manitoba Conservation Project Manager, Piping Plover Program & Alexandra Froese, Project Manager, Manitoba Burrowing Owl Recovery Program

Admission: $2 for members and $3 for non-members.

This presentation will focus on conservation initiatives for two of Manitoba’s most endangered birds – the Piping Plover and Burrowing Owl. Manitoba Conservation has been involved in monitoring conservation initiatives for these two species since the late 1980s. The presenters will provide a brief history on the changing status of the two species, and relate some success stories and less successful initiatives that have and are being employed to assist in their recovery.