August 1-2, 2023 at Crex Meadows Wildlife Area
in the Northwest Sands of Wisconsin
This Summit was co-hosted by the North American Grouse Partnership and Wisconsin Sharp-tailed Grouse Society. It’s primary purpose was to serve as a forum for professionals to share management and research information, learn from one another, and initiate a more collaborative approach to determine and implement strategies to sustain and recover greater prairie-chicken and sharp-tailed grouse populations across the ecoregion. About 40 managers, researchers, agency, and society members attended. The program (with abstracts and speakers’ emails), a summary, and presentations (pdfs) can be found below. Click on the titles to open them.
Program
Presentations
Updates from State DNRs and Societies
MN DNR – Sharp-tailed Grouse and Greater Prairie Chicken – Kyle Arola, Chris Balzer
MN Sharp-tailed Grouse Society (MSGS) – Bill Berg, Mike Chalich
MN Prairie Chicken Society (MPCS) – The 50 Year History and Some Conservation Concerns - Dan
Svedarsky
WI DNR – Highlights of Wisconsin’s Draft Sharp-tailed Grouse Mgt. Plan – Bob Hanson
Highlights of Wisconsin’s New Greater Prairie-Chicken Management Plan - Lesa Kardash
WI Sharp-tailed Grouse Society (WSGS) and Social Media Use (2 separate presentations) – Ken Jonas,
Trevor Bellrichard
WI Greater Prairie-Chicken - Lessons from the Power (and Pitfalls) of Partnerships – Sharon Schwab,
Dane County Conservation League
MI DNR – Status and Update on Michigan Sharp-tailed Grouse - Adam Bump
MI Sharp-tailed Grouse Association (MSGA) – Marty Sarrault (no powerpoint)
The Common Issue - Fragmented Habitat and Populations
tailed Grouse – Jodie Provost, NAGP
Populations Mgt. (the birds)
Moquah Barrens Translocation – Lessons Learned & Considerations for the Future - Brian Heeringa,
USFS
The Mixing Pot: A Case Study of Hybridization of Sharp-tailed Grouse and Greater Prairie-chicken in
North Dakota – Susan Felege, UND
Habitat Mgt. (the places)
Forests to Barrens: Bayfield County’s Efforts – Mike Amman, Bayfield Co., WI
The Ishkode Project - Managing Sharp-tailed Grouse on the Hiawatha National Forest – Paul Thompson,
USFS
Sharp-tailed Grouse and Vegetation Response to Fall Prescribed Fire and Mowing – Charlotte Roy, MN
DNR
Outreach Mgt. (the people)
Assessing Grassland Bird Conservation Through Audubon Conservation Ranching – Ashly Steinke,
Audubon Great Lakes
Private Landowner Outreach Through the Farm Bill Biologist Program – Jake Granfors, Pheasants
Forever
The Prairie Chicken Festival and Beyond – Dan O’Connell, Portage County
Landscape-scale/Ecoregion Mgt.
A Bird Friendly Farm Bill – Steve Riley, American Bird Conservancy (ABC)
Ramping Up Conservation Delivery is Necessary to Meet Today’s Conservation Challenges – Jim
Giocomo, ABC
