From Mono Lake to Mar Chiquita - A Future for Phalaropes and Saline Lakes - Livestream

Wilson's and Red-necked Phalaropes are tiny but charismatic shorebirds that rely on saline lakes like Mono Lake and Owens Lake as their most critical gas stations on their epic migration to South America. Saline lakes are threatened worldwide by water diversion and climate change, and presumably phalaropes are threatened along with them. However, basic questions about phalaropes remain unanswered, including: "how many are there?", "are they declining?", and "where are they?" Ryan Carle will discuss recent efforts both locally and throughout the western hemisphere to close the gaps in our understanding of phalaropes' ecology and conservation status, and conservation actions needed to ensure a future for the phalaropes and people that depend on saline lakes.

Speaker: Ryan Carle, Oikonos Ecosystem Knowledge