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Saturday Presentation:
"Warblers' World"
Saturday Presentation:
"Warblers' World":
The story of the Kirtland’s warbler and its comeback from near
extinction. With visual images and narrative three biologists –
Mike DeCapita, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Phil Huber, U.S.
Forest Service and Jerry Weinrich, Michigan Department of Natural
Resources (Ret.) – explain how the multi-agency Kirtland’s warbler
Recovery Team engineered the comeback of our country’s rarest
warbler. Plus lots of interesting facts about this rare bird.
Mike DeCapita
Endangered Species Biologist,
U.S.Fish and Wildlife Service. Mike is currently the Endangered
Species Coordinator for Michigan and works out of the East Lansing
Field Office. He has been working with the Kirtland's Warbler
since 1976, and is the supervisor of the cowbird control program.
He has bachelor and master's degrees from Ohio State University.
Phil Huber
Wildlife Biologist, Huron-Manistee
National Forests, Mio. Bachelor's degree in Forestry from
University of Michigan, 1981. He has worked for the Michigan DNR
and later for the U.S. Forest Service. He worked on the Huron
National Forest as a timber marker, biological technician and
firefighter. His current duties include coordinating habitat
management for the Kirtland's Warbler Program in the
Huron-Manistee National Forests. He has worked with this
endangered species for more than 20 years.
Mike DeCapita
Recently retired wildlife biologist
with the Michigan DNR, Wildlife Division, Roscommon. Bachelor's
Degree Lake Superior State University; Master's, Iowa State
University. As part of his graduate work he spent three seasons in
the Antarctic studying penguins. He started with the DNR in 1972,
retired in 2003, and spent his entire career working with the
warbler program. He continues to work with the annual Kirtland's
Warbler census and statewide eagle nesting survey.
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