Conservation of the American Goshawk (Accipiter atricapillus) has been contentious in relation to forest management. Higher quality goshawk nesting habitat is generally considered to consist of contiguous tracts of mature forest, due to goshawks' large home ranges, territoriality, and food requirements. The large trees of mature forest have the greatest economic value to timber companies. This is a public meeting, in which the main presentation will follow a brief update. Everyone is welcome!

Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88173621695?pwd=eVlRZ3lSQ1BhUzVGUmN3akE0bTJ4QT09

Meeting ID: 881 7362 1695 Passcode: 577331

Learn about the current status of American Goshawk nest site habitat in the Black Hills National Forest — join us for an evening Zoom with three of the nation's foremost researchers:

Jason Bruggeman, Ph.D.
Jason Bruggeman is the Endangered Species Monitoring Coordinator for the Platte River Recovery Implementation Program through Headwaters Corporation. His work involves monitoring and research on Piping Plovers, Interior Least Terns, and migratory Whooping Cranes on the central Platte River. Prior to joining Headwaters in 2022, Jason worked as a wildlife research biologist and biometrician as a private consultant and at the University of Minnesota. Jason led the retrospective analysis of Black Hills National Forest Goshawk data through his own consulting business, Beartooth Wildlife Research. Jason has led and designed studies involving American pikas, grassland specialist birds, and Goshawks. Jason has also worked with existing data from Arctic Peregrine Falcons, Bald Eagles, black-tailed prairie dogs, elk, and wolves. Jason obtained his Ph.D. at Montana State University in 2006 with dissertation research on bison spatial dynamics in Yellowstone National Park during winter.

Pat Kennedy, Ph.D.
Pat is Professor Emerita in the Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology at Oregon State University. Please see this link for additional bio information on Pat: https://raptorresearchfoundation.org/blog/#pat

David Andersen, Ph.D.
David Andersen is the Leader of the U.S. Geological Survey, Minnesota Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit (MN CFWRU) and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology on the St. Paul Campus of the University of Minnesota. Dr. Andersen received a Ph.D. in Wildlife Ecology (1988) and a Ph.D. in Zoology (1988) from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, an M.S. in Wildlife Ecology (1984) from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a B.S. from St. Olaf College (1981). He has worked at the MN CFWRU since 1989, having conducted research in avian ecology and conservation, working with graduate students on projects involving raptors, forest-nesting birds, waterfowl, shorebirds, marshbirds, cranes, and swans. Dr. Andersen has advised or co-advised over 35 M.S. students and Ph.D. students, authored or co-authored over 100 scientific publications, and has served as Principal Investigator on dozens of research projects focused on applied avian ecology.

Their peer-reviewed publication may be found at: https://meridian.allenpress.com/.../Declining-American...