Science Working Group

About

The Science Working Group provides the Management Board and SJV staff with expertise regarding biological planning, prioritization, monitoring, and evaluation for bird and habitat conservation. Membership is open to anyone, but particularly program or field biologists who represent an institution with an interest in bird conservation in the SJV region. The Science Working Group also has ad-hoc subcommittees which work on more narrowly defined issues as needed.

The Science Working Group is led by the SJV Science Coordinator, who sets the committee’s agendas, reports findings to the Management Board, and represents the SJV on national and international committees, planning teams, and monitoring groups. The Committee strives to maintain equal binational representation from each state within the SJV region, from each bird conservation initiative, and from conservation-based agencies and NGOs in both the United States and Mexico. It serves as a forum of exchange of information on bird conservation, research, monitoring, education, and outreach.

Meetings

The next meeting of the Science Working Group will be held May 2-3, 2023 in Tucson, Arizona at the SJV offices on the University of Arizona Campus. This will be a hybrid meeting so there will be options to attend in person as well as online. There will be simultaneous translation in English and Spanish. If you have any work you would like to present, a topic for discussion, or a suggestion for a work session, please contact SJV Science Coordinator, Adam Hannuksela. Click here to register for the meeting and please sign-up for our listserv to receive meeting updates, opportunities, and more.