Photo: Eric Eldredge, USDA-NRCS
Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge Complex (Maintence building)
13303 Stillwater Road
Fallon, NV 89406
Registration Contact Michele Blackburn
The Xerces Society
503-232-6639
michele.blackburn@xerces.org
Workshop Instructor
Emma Pelton
The Xerces Society
503-232-6639
emma.pelton@xerces.org
Stillwater NWR Contact
Donna Withers
Wildlife Refuge Specialist
775-423-5128 ext. 231
donna_withers@fws.gov
stillwater National Wildlife Refuge COMPLEX
Fallon, Nevada
Thursday, August 11 , 2016
8:00 am - 3:30 pm PDT
Join the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Xerces Society for a one-day workshop to learn about monarchs and milkweed and how you can help conserve monarch populations and their migratory phenomena.
Emma Pelton, Conservation Biologist, The Xerces Society
Emma is a Conservation Biologist with the Xerces Society whose work focuses on the conservation of the Western population of monarch butterflies. She has a Master's degree in Agroecology and Entomology and has experience working with rare species and agricultural pests in the Upper Midwest. Emma is the Xerces Society project lead for milkweed and monarch surveys in the Great Basin and developing Best Management Practices for monarch butterflies on public lands in the West.
Sarina Jepsen, Director of Endangered Species and Aquatic Programs, The Xerces Society
Donna Withers, Wildlife Refuge Specialist-Stillwater NWR, USFWS
Sarah Kulpa, Restoration Ecologist/Botanist, USFWS
Dirk Netz, Forest Botanist, US Forest Service