The sixth meeting of the Rights-of-Way as Habitat Working Group was held as a part of the 2018 Pollinator Habitat Workshop hosted by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), Edison Electric Institute, and the Energy Resources Center at the University of Illinois-Chicago on April 25 and 26, 2018. See the list of meeting attendees here.
Copies of presentations are posted below as they are available. The full meeting agenda can be found here.
Overcoming Organizational/Institutional Challenges
Josiane Bonneau, Wildlife Habitat Council
Video Presentation
Overcoming Implementation Challenges
Marla Westerhold, Commonwealth Edison
Sara Race, Commonwealth Edison
Aaron Feggestad, Stantec
Industry Case Studies Panel:
Railroad case study
Shannon Bard, Hemmera
Video Presentation
TransCanada – Save Our Monarchs case study
Randall Gilbert, Save Our Monarchs
Video Presentation
New York Power Authority case study
Kathleen Law, Pollinator Partnership
Lewis Payne, New York Power Authority
Video Presentation
Illinois DOT case study
Stephanie Dobbs, Illinois DOT
Video Presentation
USFWS Program Updates
Sergio Pierluissi, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Video Presentation
EPRI Program Updates
Jessica Fox, Electric Power Research Institute
Video Presentation
Rights-of-Way as Habitat Working Group Program Updates
Iris Caldwell, University of Illinois-Chicago
Video Presentation
Lightning Talks:
SAGE Model
John Steelman, Grow With Trees
Video Presentation
Software for Mapping, Reporting, and Communication
Chris Kelly, Clearion Software
Video Presentation
High Quality Habitat – It’s Simple Until We Complicate It
Jason Bleich, Pheasants Forever
Video Presentation
Monarch Joint Venture Tools & Resources
Alison Cariveau, Monarch Joint Venture
Video Presentation
Pollinator Conservation Tools and Resources
Jennifer Hopwood, Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation
Video Presentation
