This Workshop and Short Course are being offered to participants of Gamebird 2006 as we move into a new era of integrated resource management. This will be an all-day event for participants in both the Workshop and Short Course.

The NBCI included all of the components named in the title of this workshop (Management, Monitoring, Research) in its model for future management of the Northern Bobwhite in North America. However, this model is not limited in application only to the bobwhite - the integration of these components is certainly applicable to the management of many other species.

We envision that a larger group will participate in the Workshop to be held during the morning of 1 June 2006 in one of the conference lecture halls and will cover the range of topics outlined below.

A smaller group, limited to 25, will then breakout after lunch and move to a computer lab within the Warnell School of Foresty and Natural Resources to undertake hands on application of Adaptive Resource Management (ARM) tools.

Workshop Schedule – Open to all conference participants

Thursday - 06/01/06

• 09:00-09:40 Basic principles of adaptive management (Jim Peterson)
• 09:40-10:00 Dealing with uncertainty in management (Mike Conroy)
• 10:00-10:20 The role of monitoring and information feedback (Mike Conroy)
• 10:20-10:40 Break
• 10:40-12:00 Examples:
• Adaptive harvest management (Mike Conroy) 10:40-11:20
• Adaptive management of bird habitat (Clint Moore) 11:20-12:00
• Bird habitat simulator (Powerpoint)

• 13:30-14:00 Basics of wildlife management model building -- Jim Peterson
• 14:00-14:30 Considering multiple alternative models-- Mike Conroy
• 14:30-15:30 Decision analysis -- Jim Peterson
• Hands-on exercises
• 15:30-15:45 Break
• 15:45-16:30 Using monitoring information in decision models -Mike Conroy
• 16:30-17:30 Adaptive Management Exercises Mike Conroy/ Jim Peterson
• Hands-on exercises

Dr. James (Jim) T. Peterson (left) is an Adjunct Assistant Professor, D. B. Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, and the Assistant Unit Leader for Fisheries at the Georgia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit with expertise in statistical sampling, population estimation, and modeling. His research currently focuses on multi-scale monitoring and modeling of aquatic biota and its application to natural resource decision-making and adaptive management.

Dr. Michael J. Conroy (Mike) (center) is an Adjunct Professor, D. B. Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, and the Assistant Unit Leader for Wildlife, at the Georgia Cooperative Wildlife and Fisheries Research Unit. He has expertise in statistical sampling, population estimation and modeling, and decision theory. His research currently focuses on hierarchical modeling of animal populations and the application of models to decision making and adaptive management.

Dr. Clinton (Clint) T. Moore (right) is an Adjunct Assistant Professor, D. B. Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, and a statistician with the USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center. He has expertise in optimal decision making for natural resource systems, statistical applications to natural resource problems, and dynamic modeling of populations and habitats.

Assisting with the afternoon short course, Dr. Jonathan P. Runge (Jon) is an Postdoctoral Research Associate. Jon received his PhD from the University of Montana in 2005