Community Conversations is an opportunity to join local experts and community members virtually. This program series addresses important issues, from affordable farmland to building a community forest, and explores how they connect to conservation. One-hour Zoom sessions will include brief presentations, time for questions and answers, and the opportunity to connect with others.

This month, we will explore how the conservation of birds and land management practices inform and support one another.

Ben Nickley, Executive Director of the Berkshire Bird Observatory, will be joined by Heidi Bock, Vice President of Conservation at CLC, to discuss MAPS (Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship) research to discuss MAPS (Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship) research and Kestrel conservation work conducted at Ooms this past summer. Bock will highlight how CLC manages the land at Ooms for grassland birds and specific management practices utilized at the site. Nickley will speak about the mission of the Berkshire Bird Observatory and share why researching bird populations at sites like Ooms is so important.