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Xerces Events

To request staff participation at an event or to be a speaker, please fill out our speaker request form here. For questions regarding the speaker request form contact Rachel Dunham at [email protected].

 

The list of events on this page will be updated regularly. To view past webinars, please visit our YouTube channel. We also announce events on social media and via our e-newsletter. If you have questions, please email [email protected].

Nov 7
1:00 - 2:00 PM ET
Virtual Event

Announcing Bee Better Certified Electric: Launching Pilot Testing

The purpose of Bee Better Certified Electric is to provide a nationally consistent, third-party verifiable, and scientifically informed criteria for power companies seeking a voluntary program to support pollinators. Developed over multiple years with Xerces Society and balancing input from scientists and industry, the program can guide land managers in efforts to protect pollinators and, if appropriate, receive formal certification. Our new report includes the Pilot Test Version of the criteria that third-party verifiers will use to assess sites during pilot testing, provides the scientific rational for the criteria, and describes the goals of the pilot testing period anticipated from 2024 to 2026.

Learn more and register here today!

For questions, please contact Jessica Fox, EPRI at [email protected].

Nov 7
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM PT / 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM MT / 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CT / 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM ET
Zoom

Join Dr. Jessica Ware from the American Museum of Natural History as she explores the world of dragonflies and damselflies. These incredible insects have many hidden talents! Learn about their unique life history, their conservation, and what you can do to help these important insects.

This webinar will be recorded and available on our YouTube channel. Closed Captioning will be available during this webinar.

Learn more and register today!


Dr. Jessica Ware  is a Full Curator and the current Division Chair in the Division of Invertebrate Zoology at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Jessica’s research focuses on the evolution of behavioral and physiological adaptations in insects, with an emphasis on how these occur in dragonflies and their close relatives, damselflies. Her research group uses genetics to study the evolutionary relationships between species and uses these tools to inform their work on reproductive, social, and flight behaviors in insects.

Nov 8
8:00 AM – 4:30 PM PT
San Luis Obispo Veteran’s Hall: 801 Grand Avenue, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
San Luis Obispo, California

Western monarchs migrate to, and overwinter on the central coast annually. The Xerces Society monitors the population through the community science-driven Western Monarch Count (WMC). This 5-minute rapid fire presentation provides an overview of what the Western Monarch Count is, how to get involved, and online resources available for both the general public, and professionals that may encounter monarch overwintering habitat through their work.

This event is hosted by the Central Coast Chapter of the Wildlife Society and is intended for local wildlife professionals and students. For questions, please contact Michaela Robbins: [email protected].

Learn more and register here today!


Ashley Fisher - Endangered Species Conservation Biologist, Monarch Overwintering Specialist - Xerces Society

Nov 18
8:00 AM – 4:00 PM MT
Denver Botanic Gardens, 1007 York Street, Denver, CO 80206
Denver, CO

The 9th annual Colorado Pollinator Summit will gather Colorado’s pollinator conservation community for a day of learning, sharing, and networking. This year’s Summit—New Terrain for Pollinator Conservation—will include talks by keynote speaker Eric Lee-Mader on How to Eat for the Bees: The Next Stage in Pollinator Conservation Begins in Your Kitchen, presentations by elementary students on climate actions for pollinators, talks about habitat for biodiversity, and updates on community science projects increasing what we know about Colorado's pollinators.

Learn more and register today!

This event is hosted by the Colorado Pollinator Network (CPN) and is intended for policymakers, community members, land managers, teachers, artists, gardeners, and researchers. For questions, please contact [email protected].

This event will be recorded and available on the Colorado Pollinator Network YouTube channel.

Dec 5
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM PT / 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM MT / 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CT / 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM ET
Zoom

Join Executive Director Scott Black as he explores the impactful work of the Xerces Society in 2024. From creating pollinator habitat and advocating for pesticide reduction to launching community science initiatives and educational programs, Xerces has achieved remarkable progress in invertebrate conservation.

This webinar will be recorded and available on our YouTube channel. Closed Captioning will be available during this webinar.

Learn more and register today!


Scott Black - Executive Director - Xerces Society

Jan 9
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM PT / 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM MT / 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CT / 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM ET
Zoom

Monitoring is essential to our understanding of insects in the modern era, the Anthropocene, and monitoring comes in many different forms and serves different purposes. Join Matt Forister, professor in the Biology Department at the University of Nevada, Reno, as he discusses working with North America's longest-running butterfly monitoring project across Northern California, and presents major findings with respect to the impacts of climate change and pesticides on butterfly populations. He will also talk about data from projects supported by community scientists, which are going to be of increasing importance in the coming years. Finally, Matt will discuss new efforts to organize information on species that appear to be lost, but, with effort from scientists and the public, might be found again.

This webinar will be recorded and available on our YouTube channel. Closed Captioning will be available during this webinar.

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Matt Forister is a professor of biology and insect ecology in the Biology Department at the University of Nevada, Reno. He has studied butterflies and other insects in the western US for the last 20 years, and has published more than 100 journal articles and book chapters on issues that include insects adapting to exotic plants and butterflies responding to a changing climate. One of the main concerns for Forister and his graduate students is the collection of data at sites in the Sierra Nevada that have been studied for almost 50 years, a project originally started by Art Shapiro of UC Davis.

Feb. 20
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM PT / 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM MT / 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CT / 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM ET
Zoom

Join Xerces Society Endangered Species Conservation Biologist and Monarch Overwintering Specialist, Ashley Fisher, to learn about radio-tracking monarchs. Radio-tracking is a new technology that answers long-held questions about the western monarch movement and habitat use. See this technology in action and how it will help conserve our precious western monarchs.

This webinar will be recorded and available on our YouTube channel. Closed Captioning will be available during this webinar.

Learn more and register here today!


Ashley Fisher - Endangered Species Conservation Biologist, Monarch Overwintering Specialist - Xerces Society