Join a 52-minute webinar exploring the critical management of spring ecosystems in the Sky Island region, where the Chihuahuan and Sonoran Deserts converge with the Rocky Mountains and Sierra Madre. Learn about Sky Island Alliance's comprehensive survey findings, monitoring techniques, and innovative management tools developed for spring stewardship in this biodiversity hotspot. Discover practical approaches to protect and restore thousands of threatened springs that support diverse life forms amid climate warming and exceptional drought conditions. Gain insights into spring prioritization tools, monitoring protocols, restoration techniques, and real-world case studies from the Lower Colorado River Basin, Upper Gila River, and San Pedro River. Master the implementation of spring inventory protocols, ecosystem assessments, and climate-adaptive plant restoration strategies through the Arizona Spring Restoration Handbook and its climate change addendum. Explore GIS-based conservation value variables, stakeholder recommendations, and best practice monitoring methods to enhance spring ecosystem management and preservation efforts.
Adapting Management of Spring Ecosystems During Drought - Conservation Strategies and Tools
Conservation and Adaptation Resources Toolbox via YouTube
Overview
Syllabus
RECLAMATION
Adapting Management of Spring Ecosystems During Drought
Tool Development
Spring Stewardship Institute Springs Database
Spring Stewardship Institute Spring Survey Protocols
CONSERVATION VALUE VARIABLES: GIS
Spring Prioritization Tool Components
Making Conservation Decisions High priority springs on the Map Viewer Key Findings Tab, Spring Tool_v1.0.xlsx
Example Management Questions
Stakeholder Recommendations
Spring Monitoring Criteria
Spring Inventory Protocol & Spring Ecosyst Assessment
SPRING SEEKER
Monitoring Methods Comparison
Monitoring Methods Key Lessons
Monitoring Best Practice Recommendations
Arizona Spring Restoration Handbook
New Addendum to Address Plant Restoration in Climate Change Context
Plant Palette Options by Microhabitat
Case Studies - Lower Colorado River Basin
Upper Gila River and San Pedro River
Key Project Elements
Taught by
Conservation and Adaptation Resources Toolbox
