Photo: Golden-winged Warbler, Arni Stinnissen/Audubon Photography Awards
When: Tuesday, September 16, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Where: Virtual
Fee: FREE
The Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR) Wildlife Action Plan is a statewide conservation plan for plants and wildlife. DWR formulates it working with experts, conservation stakeholders, tribal partners and many others. It identifies Virginia’s species of greatest conservation need (SGCN) and provides a framework for actions to help them recover. The Plan currently identifies 89 bird species as SGCN, many of which are have steeply declining populations for reasons not yet identified. Many however, are showing some marked improvements, and on-the-ground conservation actions are showing positive results. Jeff Trollinger’s presentation will introduce you to the Wildlife Action Plan, identify the some of the avian SGCN and discuss some examples of conservation successes.
Jeff Trollinger, a native of Luray, Virginia, has worked with or for DWR since 1987, where he began as a Virginia Tech undergraduate. Jeff has a B.S. in Wildlife Management from Virginia Tech, a second B.S. in Human Resource Management from Bluefield College and a Graduate Certificate in Wildlife Recreation and Nature Tourism from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. He helped develop DWR’s Watchable Wildlife Program, managed the program for 10 years and led the team that developed the Virginia Birding and Wildlife Trail. He led the development of major portions of the Agency’s Inclusive Excellence Strategic Plan and DWR’s Wildlife Viewing Plan. In addition to managing the Watchable Wildlife Program he served as the Deputy Director for the Agency’s Bureau of Wildlife Resources for eight years, the Assistant Chief of the Aquatic Wildlife Resources Division for six years and the Wildlife Action Plan Coordinator for the past three years. He has co-authored four publications for which he has received several regional and national awards, and he co-edited a publication with the Colorado Division of Wildlife on Wildlife Viewing and Photography Blinds.
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