BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wenatcheeriverinstitute.org//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2. 30.10// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH UID:8c6728fd-3da8-4555-8bfc-6ab0624ca7a4 X-WR-CALDESC:Clark’s nutcrackers and whitebark pines have a fascinating rel ationship: the trees provide rich\, fatty seeds (with more calories per po und than chocolate)\, and the birds plant them - a single bird may bury up to 98\,000 seeds in a year. These food caches help the birds survive the winter and the leftovers grow into new trees! In fact\, whitebark pines ar e obligate mutualists (one organism cannot survive without the other) of n utcrackers because the pines only grow from this bird's caches. \n\nThe pr oblem now is that whitebark pine is rapidly disappearing range-wide due to infection by nonnative white pine blister rust\, outbreaks of mountain pi ne beetles\, decades of fire suppression\, and the interaction of these fa ctors with climate change. Evidence suggests this decline is also leading to fewer Clark's nutcrackers. Fewer nutcrackers leads to fewer cached seed s\, which means we could wind up with even fewer whitebark pines. Whitebar k pine is particularly important to protect because it is a keystone speci es in Washington's Cascades\, contributing to biodiversity\, ecosystem str ucture and hydrologic cycling\, and many animal species depend on its high -energy nuts.\n\nWhile whitebark pine restoration efforts are underway\, t hese efforts will not be effective if Clark’s nutcracker populations decli ne or their habitat selection changes to a degree that they are not availa ble to disperse seeds. We currently have limited information on Clark's nu tcracker population status and behavior. \n\nThat's where Taza Schaming co mes in. Beginning in 2009\, as a PhD student at Cornell University\, conti nuing as a research associate with Northern Rockies Conservation Cooperati ve\, Taza has been investigating the stability and resilience of the white bark pine-Clark's nutcracker mutualism\, with the ultimate goal of suggest ing management strategies to help ensure persistence of Clark’s nutcracker s\, and their important seed dispersal function. Taza began working in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem\, trapping\, surveying\, radio-tracking\, s atellite-tracking\, and monitoring nests to study movement\, habitat selec tion\, and social behavior.\n\nIn 2018\, she expanded into Washington's Ca scades\, satellite-tagging nutcrackers to focus on evaluating habitat use and selection\, seed dispersal movements\, and long distance emigration pa tterns in order to inform local whitebark pine management plans\, and to i dentify and prioritize areas for whitebark pine conservation or restoratio n. In spring 2020\, Taza will be satellite-tagging additional nutcrackers\ , working with Central Washington University students to begin a citizen s cience nutcracker monitoring project\, and continuing to analyzing the sat ellite data for publication.\n\nDoors open at 6:30 for community social an d with local beer and wine available for purchase. Presentation begins at 7:00.\n\nPhoto provided by Taza Schaming. X-WR-RELCALID:8ee302e9dd0ba5e9283eea6d008698a5 X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20191103T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 RDATE:20201101T020000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 RDATE:20210314T020000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:448091bb-6019-4210-b58f-8e5ca6f6ee25 DTSTAMP:20260425T082409Z DESCRIPTION:Clark’s nutcrackers and whitebark pines have a fascinating rela tionship: the trees provide rich\, fatty seeds (with more calories per pou nd than chocolate)\, and the birds plant them - a single bird may bury up to 98\,000 seeds in a year. These food caches help the birds survive the w inter and the leftovers grow into new trees! In fact\, whitebark pines are obligate mutualists (one organism cannot survive without the other) of nu tcrackers because the pines only grow from this bird's caches. \n\nThe pro blem now is that whitebark pine is rapidly disappearing range-wide due to infection by nonnative white pine blister rust\, outbreaks of mountain pin e beetles\, decades of fire suppression\, and the interaction of these fac tors with climate change. Evidence suggests this decline is also leading t o fewer Clark's nutcrackers. Fewer nutcrackers leads to fewer cached seeds \, which means we could wind up with even fewer whitebark pines. Whitebark pine is particularly important to protect because it is a keystone specie s in Washington's Cascades\, contributing to biodiversity\, ecosystem stru cture and hydrologic cycling\, and many animal species depend on its high- energy nuts.\n\nWhile whitebark pine restoration efforts are underway\, th ese efforts will not be effective if Clark’s nutcracker populations declin e or their habitat selection changes to a degree that they are not availab le to disperse seeds. We currently have limited information on Clark's nut cracker population status and behavior. \n\nThat's where Taza Schaming com es in. Beginning in 2009\, as a PhD student at Cornell University\, contin uing as a research associate with Northern Rockies Conservation Cooperativ e\, Taza has been investigating the stability and resilience of the whiteb ark pine-Clark's nutcracker mutualism\, with the ultimate goal of suggesti ng management strategies to help ensure persistence of Clark’s nutcrackers \, and their important seed dispersal function. Taza began working in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem\, trapping\, surveying\, radio-tracking\, sa tellite-tracking\, and monitoring nests to study movement\, habitat select ion\, and social behavior.\n\nIn 2018\, she expanded into Washington's Cas cades\, satellite-tagging nutcrackers to focus on evaluating habitat use a nd selection\, seed dispersal movements\, and long distance emigration pat terns in order to inform local whitebark pine management plans\, and to id entify and prioritize areas for whitebark pine conservation or restoration . In spring 2020\, Taza will be satellite-tagging additional nutcrackers\, working with Central Washington University students to begin a citizen sc ience nutcracker monitoring project\, and continuing to analyzing the sate llite data for publication.\n\nDoors open at 6:30 for community social and with local beer and wine available for purchase. Presentation begins at 7 :00.\n\nPhoto provided by Taza Schaming. DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200415T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200415T203000 LOCATION:Red Barn\, 347 Division Street\, Leavenworth SUMMARY:CANCELLED Red Barn Event: Clark's nutcrackers\, pivotal players in whitebark pine habitats of Washington's Cascades END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR