Proceedings of the second Endangered Species and Prairie Conservation Workshop, January 1989 at the Saskatchewan Museum of Natural History, Regina, Saskatchewan PDF
Preview Proceedings of the second Endangered Species and Prairie Conservation Workshop, January 1989 at the Saskatchewan Museum of Natural History, Regina, Saskatchewan
A:L- - ^ - in 1 C -' Proceedings of the Second Endangered Species and Prairie Conservation Workshop Gordon Burns Hugh C. Smith M o f N C aatniaondaal Ubrary dBul b Cllaontahd6aqu e natlonale CANADIANA -^PR 1 5 1991 Provincial Museum of Alberta Natural History Occasional Paper No. 15 1991 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECOND ENDANGERED SPECIES AND PRAIRIE CONSERVATION WORKSHOP JANUARY 1989 AT THE SASKATCHEWAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY REGINA, SASKATCHEWAN Presented by: The Saskatchewan Natural History Society Edited by: Geoffrey L. Holroyd Gordon Bums Hugh C. Smith Prepared and Published by: Natural History Section Provincial Museum of Alberta 12845 - 102 Avenue Edmonton, Alberta T5N 0M6 NATURAL fflSTORY OCCASIONAL PAPER SERIES Occasional Paper titles are Published by the Provincial Museum of Alberta on subjects pertaining to the natural history of Alberta. Potential contributors are requested to submit manuscript proposals to the Assistant Director, Curatorial, Provincial Museum of Alberta, 12845-102 Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta T5N 0M6. Editorial Board Philip H.R. Stepney Julie Hrapko W. Bmce McGillivray Ronald Mussieux Hugh C. Smith James Bums Albert T. Finnamore Ross I. Hastings Editorial Assistants Colleen Steinhilber Mark Steinhilber Terry Thormin CATALOGUING IN PUBUCATION DATA Endangered Species and Prairie Conservation Workshop (2nd : 1989 : Regina, Sask.) Proceedings of the second Endangered Species and Prairie Conservation Workshop, January 1989 at the Saskatchewan Museum of Natural History, Regina, Saskatchewan (Provincial Museum of Alberta natural history occasional paper, ISSN 0838-5971 ; no. 15) Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0-7732-0541-1 1. Endangered species - P rairie Provinces - Congresses. 2. Nature conservation - Prairie Provinces - Congresses. I. Holroyd, Geoffrey L. n. Bums, Gordon R. (Gordon Russell), 1954- HI. Smith, Hugh C. IV. Saskatchewan Museum of Natural History. V. Saskatchewan Natural History Society. VI. Provincial Museum of Alberta. Natural History Section. VTI. Series: Natural history occasional paper ; no. 15 Vm. Title. QH77.C2E52 1989 574.5 ’29’097 12 -II- CONTENTS Acknowledgments x 1. OPENING PLENARY SESSIONS OPENING WELCOME Geoffrey L. Holroyd 3 STRATEGIC THINKING AND THE PRAIRIE CONSERVATION ACTION PLAN Mike KeUy 5 THE PRAIRIE HABITAT JOINT VENTURE AND LINKS WITH THE PRAIRIE CONSERVATION ACTION PLAN (OR PLOWS, PINTAILS, AND PIPING PLOVERS) AJ. Macaulay 9 THE PRAIRIE CONSERVATION ACTION PLAN AS SEXUAL FOREPLAY Monte Hummel 12 AN EVALUATION OF THE VULNERABILITY OF CANADIAN MIGRATORY BIRDS TO CHANGES IN NEOTROPICAL FOREST HABITATS A.W. Diamond 15 2. AGRICULTURE AND WILDLIFE CLIMATE INTRODUCTION: COPING WITH CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE PRAIRIES Miles Scott-Brown 19 CLIMATE CHANGE - I MPUCATIONS FOR THE PRAIRIES Kenneth Jones 20 CLIMATE CHANGE AND IMPLICATIONS FOR WILDLIFE Valerius Geist 21 POLICIES FOR DEAUNG WITH CUMATE CHANGE - W HAT CAN BE DONE? Elaine Wheaton 22 PESTiaDES PESTiaDES AND WILDLIFE Douglas J. Forsyth 23 DEVELOPMENT OF DATABASES TO PROTECT THREATENED AND ENDANGERED SPECIES FROM PESTICIDE USE Karen M. Lloyd 26 PESTiaDES SESSION - SUMMARY OF DISCUSSION Douglas J. Forsyth 29 DISEASE DISEASE CONCERNS IN TRANSLOCATION, CAPTIVE PROPAGATION AND RELEASE OF WILDLIFE Stacy V. Tessaro 30 MAJOR WILDLIFE DISEASES AS THREATS TO ENDANGERED SPECIES F.A. Leighton 31 DISEASE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN WILDLIFE AND DOMESTIC ANIMALS Stacy V. Tessaro 32 DISEASE CONSIDERATIONS IN HABITAT CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT F.A. Leighton 33 DISEASE AND ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION: SUMMARY DISCUSSION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS F.A. Leighton 34 -iii- WILDLIFE ECONOMICS ECONOMIC VALUES OF WILDLIFE; DEHNITIONS, MAGNITUDES AND POTENTIAL BENEFITS TO WILDLIFE Glen T. Hvenegaard 36 A GLOBAL VIEW OF CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC USES OF BIRDS A.W. Diamond 40 WILDLIFE ECONOMICS WORKING SESSION - SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS Glen T. Hvenegaard 41 3. PRAIRIE CONSERVATION ACTION PLAN GOAL 1. IMPLEMENTING THE PRAIRIE CONSERVATION ACTION PLAN IMPLEMENTING THE PRAIRIE CONSERVATION ACTION PLAN IN ALBERTA Ian W. Dyson 45 IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PRAIRIE CONSERVATION ACTION PLAN IN MANITOBA Merlin W. Shoesmith 48 SASKATCHEWAN PARKS AND RENEWABLE RESOURCES’ ROLE IN IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PRAIRIE CONSERVATION ACTION PLAN Alan Appleby 51 HOW THE ACTIVITIES OF DUCKS UNLIMITED CANADA FIT THE GOALS OF THE PRAIRIE CONSERVATION ACTION PLAN Gregg J. Brewster 53 GOAL 2. GRASSLANDS NATIONAL PARK THE 1988 GRASSLANDS NATIONAL PARK AGREEMENT David A. Gauthier 55 GRASSLANDS NATIONAL PARK - A V ISION FOR THE FUTURE J. David Henry 59 REFLECTIONS ON THE HISTORY OF THE PROPOSED GRASSLANDS NATIONAL PARK George Ledingham 63 VIEWS OF LOCAL RESIDENTS ON THE PROPOSED GRASSLANDS NATIONAL PARK Doug Gillespie 65 GOAL 3. SMALL RESERVES THE PRAIRIE MIGRATORY BIRD SITE INVENTORY Glen D. Adams 66 THE ROLE OF ECOLOGICAL RESERVES IN A SYSTEM OF SMALL NATURE RESERVES IN SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN Henry T. Epp 69 GOAL 4. MANAGEMENT FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY ECOLOGICAL PROCESS MANAGEMENT FOR MAINTAINING BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY ON THE CANADIAN PRAIRIES Henry T. Epp 72 PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT OF TALL-GRASS PRAIRIE IN MANITOBA JoAnne Joyce 78 GOAL 5. RECOVERY PLANS RECOVERY TEAMS AND RECOVERY PLANS Roger Edwards, G. L. Holroyd, Hal Reynolds and Brian Johns 79 GOAL 6. GRASSLAND BIRDS MANAGEMENT AND RESEARCH NEEDS FOR BAIRD’S SPARROWS AND OTHER GRASSLAND SPECIES IN MANITOBA Ken D. De Smet and Michael P. Conrad 83 -iv- STATUS OF THE BAIRD’S SPARROW IN ALBERTA - 1987/1988 UPDATE WITH NOTES ON OTHER GRASSLAND SPARROWS AND SPRAGUE’S PIPIT Cleve Wershler, Wayne W. Smith and Cliff Wallis 87 BAIRD’S SPARROW AND MISCELLANEOUS GRASSLAND BIRDS - SUMMARY OF DISCUSSION Ken D. De Smet 90 SUGGESTIONS FOR BREEDING BIRD ATLAS PROJECTS IN SASKATCHEWAN AND MANITOBA Michael D. Cadman 91 BREEDING BIRD ATLAS SESSION - SUMMARY OF DISCUSSIONS Ken D. De Smet 93 GOAL 7. LEGISLATION FEDERAL LEGISLATION AFFECTING ENDANGERED SPECIES T. C. Dauphin^ 94 ENDANGERED SPECIES AND HABITAT LEGISLATION T. C. Dauphin^ 96 ENDANGERED SPECIES AND HABITAT LEGISLATION/PROGRAMS - MANITOBA R.D, Thomasson 98 SASKATCHEWAN LEGISLATION RELEVANT TO ENDANGERED SPECIES Dale Hjertaas 100 GOAL 8. LAND MANAGEMENT A BROAD DEFINITION OF THE CANADA-SASKATCHEWAN SOIL CONSERVATION PROGRAM John Buchan 102 THE PFRA ROLE IN MULTIPLE USE AND CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES Lynn B. Chambers 104 CHANGING AGRICULTURE (AND WILDLIFE) POLICIES AND PROGRAMS TO BENEFIT SOIL AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION Syd Barber 106 LAND MANAGEMENT FOR WILDUFE AND AGRICULTURE - DISCUSSION AND CHAIRMAN’S COMMENTS Dale Hjertaas 108 BALANCED LAND USE - A GRICULTURE AND WILDLIFE Lome Scott 109 A PROJECT FOR RETAINING AND ENHANCING CRITICAL WILDLIFE HABITAT ON PRIVATE LANDS IN SOUTHERN ALBERTA IRRIGATION DISTRICTS G. Gaylen Armstrong 112 BALANCED LAND USE ON PRIVATE LANDS Myma D. Pearman 114 GOAL 9. EDUCATION EMERALD THREADS Cliff Wallis 116 PHENOLOGY: THE POTENTIAL FOR EDUCATION Elisabeth G. Beaubien 117 ACHIEVING GOAL NUMBER 9 O F THE PRAIRIE CONSERVATION ACTION PLAN FROM THE CALGARY ZOO’S PERSPECTIVE Ellen Gasser and Kevin Strange 122 MANAGING WAKAMA VALLEY Doug Cole 126 -V- THE YORKTON ECOLOGICAL PRESERVE Warren Hjertaas 128 PROTECTION AND INTERPRETATION OF WILDUFE IN WILD AREAS IN URBAN SETTINGS Lome Scott 130 INTERPRETING URBAN WILDLIFE AND WILD AREAS - D ISCUSSION Dale Hjertaas 132 GOAL 10. ROLE OF RESEARCH RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION: PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS James N. McCrorie 134 THE ROLE OF RESEARCH IN PRAIRIE CONSERVATION Richard C. Rounds 136 EDUCATING ENVIRONMENTAL PROFESSIONALS AT THE NATURAL RESOURCES INSTITUTE. UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA Richard K. Baydack 139 THE ROLE OF UNIVERSITIES IN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION Lynn Oliphant 142 4. PRAIRIE SHOREBIRD CONSERVATION THE CANADIAN WILDUFE SERVICE SOUTH AMERICAN SHOREBIRD ATLAS PROJECT AND THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE SHOREBIRD RESERVE NETWORK RJ.G. Morrison 147 THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE SHOREBIRD RESERVE NETWORK AND THE PRAIRIE SHOREBIRD PROGRAM H. Loney Dickson and Alan R. Smith 152 ACTION PLAN FOR CONSERVING PIPING PLOVERS IN PRAIRIE CANADA J. Paul Goossen 163 CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT OF PIPING PLOVERS IN NORTH DAKOTA Paul M. Mayer, Mark R. Ryan and Eleanor P. Gaines 165 EXPERIMENTAL MANAGEMENT OF PIPING PLOVER HABITAT AT LOSTWOOD NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, NORTH DAKOTA Karen A. Smith, Arnold Kruse, David Michaelson, William Veihl 166 PIPING PLOVER HABITAT PROTECTION THROUGH THE NORTH DAKOTA NATURAL AREAS REGISTRY PROGRAM Pam Dryer 167 A MANAGEMENT STRATEGY FOR MOUNTAIN PLOVERS IN ALBERTA Cleve Wershler 169 EFFECTS OF FLUCTUATING WETLAND CONDITIONS ON PRAIRIE SHOREBIRDS Mark A. Colwell 173 5. ENDANGERED WILDLIFE PAST EXTINCTIONS NEW PERSPECTIVES ON CRETACEOUS AND EOCENE EXTINCTIONS John E. Storer and Tim T. Tokaryk 183 PLANTS PLANT CONSERVATION IN THE PRAIRIE PROVINCES: SUMMARY Peter L. Achuff 187 PRESENT STATUS AND PRIORITIES FOR PLANT CONSERVATION IN SASKATCHEWAN Jim Romo 188 PRAIRIE-PARKLAND PLANT CONSERVATION IN MANITOBA R.D. Thomasson 189 -vi- STATUS OF PLANT CONSERVATION IN ALBERTA Loma Allen 192 nsH THE BULL TROUT: VANISHING FROM THE PRAIRIE AND PARKLAND OF WESTERN ALBERTA Wayne E. Roberts 196 REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS CONSERVATION OF HERPETOFAUNA IN THE PRAIRIE PROVINCES Michael S. Quinn 197 AN ACTION PLAN FOR THE RECOVERY OF THE NORTHERN LEOPARD FROG IN ALBERTA Wayne E. Roberts 199 TRUMPETER SWANS WORKING SESSION ON THE MANAGEMENT AND RESTORATION OF CANADIAN TRUMPETER SWANS Steve Brechtel 201 THE INTERIOR CANADIAN SUBPOPULATION OF TRUMPETER SWANS Len Shandruk 203 THE ELK ISLAND NATIONAL PARK TRUMPETER SWAN REINTRODUCTION PROJECT Terry Winkler 208 HISTORY AND STATUS OF SASKATCHEWAN TRUMPETER SWANS Marlon Killaby 211 FERRUGINOUS HAWKS POPULATION DYNAMICS OF FERRUGINOUS HAWKS IN ALBERTA Josef K. Schmutz 212 FERRUGINOUS HAWK NESTING DENSITIES ON CLASS I A ND H H ABITAT IN SASKATCHEWAN Ursula Banasch 215 STATUS, HABITAT REQUIREMENTS, AND ADAPTATIONS OF FERRUGINOUS HAWKS IN MANITOBA Ken D. De Smet and Michael P. Conrad 219 FERRUGINOUS HAWK NESTING SUCCESS: A 19- YEAR STUDY C. Stuart Houston 222 PEREGRINE FALCONS FALCONS AND PRAIRIE CONSERVATION Lynn W. Oliphant 223 BURROWING OWLS NEW ASPECTS OF BURROWING OWL BIOLOGY Paul C. James, Thomas J. Ethier, Glen A. Fox and Mark Todd 226 BURROWING OWL SURVIVAL Josef K. Schmutz, Daniel Wood and Gwendolyn Wood 228 IMPACT OF GRASSHOPPER SPRAYS ON BURROWING OWLS IN SASKATCHEWAN Glen A. Fox and Paul C. James 229 REINTRODUCnONS OF BURROWING OWLS {Athene cunicularia) TO THE SOUTH OKANAGAN VALLEY, BRITISH COLUMBIA (1983 TO 1988) Orville N. Dyer 231 OPERATION BURROWING OWL Craig Palmer and Dale Hjertass 236 -vii- 1988 MANITOBA BURROWING OWL CONSERVATION PROGRAM: STATUS REPORT Elizabeth A. Haug 238 LOGGERHEAD SHRIKES THE LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE IN ALBERTA Wayne W. Smith 241 STATUS AND HABITAT NEEDS OF THE LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE IN MANITOBA Ken D. De Smet and Michael P. Conrad 243 SWIFT FOXES SWIFT FOX REINTRODUCnON INTO CANADA Stephen Heirero, Charles Mamo, Ludwig N. Carbyn and Miles Scott-Brown 246 A REVIEW OF THE NATIONAL FILM BOARD PRODUCTION OF "RETURN OF THE LSuWdIwFiTg FN.O X C"a rbyn 253 PLAINS BISON PLAINS BISON CONSERVATION IN CANADA Hal W. Reynolds 256 6. OTHER EXAMPLES, OTHER LESSONS THE ST. LAWRENCE BELUGA: A C ONCERTED EFFORT TO SAVE AN ENDANGERED SPECIES Jacques Prescott 269 TROPICAL RAINFORESTS: STATUS REPORT WITH HINT OF OPTIMISM Dean Nemberg 274 7. SUMMATION CONCLUDING REMARKS Geoffrey L. Holroyd 283 -viii-
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