MINE THINK

Speaker Series III

WHEN

Wednesday, March 6th, 2024, at 6:00 pm

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Nick Beauregard, Ph.D., Research Biologist

The Yellow-billed Cuckoo and the Threats to Their Population Across the West

Nick Beauregard is an avian ecologist based in Patagonia, Arizona who recently earned his PhD in Biology at Northern Arizona University. His dissertation focused on the distribution and status of the federally threatened Western Yellow-billed Cuckoo in the Sky Islands of southern Arizona. Collaborating with multiple agencies, conservation non-profit organizations, and community volunteers, Nick’s research has provided the 2021 designation of Critical Habitat for the cuckoo by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. He has also pioneered the use of acoustic monitoring methods and developed geospatial models of cuckoo habitat.

Emily Burns, Ph.D., Biologist

Protecting the Path of the Jaguar: Why It Matters

Emily Burns is the Program Director at Sky Island Alliance and leads the team running all of their programs, including the Border Wildlife Study, the Path of the Jaguar Internship Program, Sky Island FotoFauna, Spring Seeker, and conservation projects across public and private lands.

Emily joined Sky Island Alliance in 2019 after practicing conservation science and restoration for nearly a decade in the redwood forests of California at Save the Redwoods League. Emily received her doctorate in 2009 from the University of California, Berkeley in Integrative Biology and conducted postdoctoral research on drought tolerance in ferns at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

WHERE

Tubac Community Center - 50 Bridge Road, Tubac, AZ 85646