Finding Common Ground: Reversing the Decline of Grassland Birds Across Chester County’s Working Landscape

This talk introduces the Grassland Bird Collaboration (GBC), a program of Willistown Conservation Trust, which works to conserve and support grassland bird populations through conservation land management practices, research, education, and community engagement. The GBC provides an example of how birds can connect people to the land and motivate them to implement management practices that enhance wildlife habitat and extend the ecological value of private property. The success of the GBC program lies in its effort to balance conservation and agricultural needs to advance mutual benefits and biodiversity on working lands and beyond.

About the presenter:

Zoë Warner is the program manager for the Grassland Bird Collaboration. She researches beneficial practices for grassland bird species that rely on Chester County’s agricultural landscape for survival. This research includes monitoring grassland bird behavior during the breeding season and tracking local and migratory movement using Motus technology. She has a Ph.D. in Environmental Planning from the University of Pennsylvania.

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