Black Hills Audubon Program via ZOOM

Terry Frederick – The Mt Rainier Ptarmigan: Life History and Protection Under the ESA

Terry Frederick is a Conservation Planner at the Portland Regional Office of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.  She formerly worked for the Washington Field Office in Lacey where she prepared a status assessment for the Mt Rainier subspecies of White-tailed Ptarmigan.

The Mt Rainier White-tailed Ptarmigan has now been proposed for federal listing as a threatened species. Terry will discuss the natural history and habitat needs of this alpine grouse that remains at high elevations year-round.  She will describe some of their unique adaptations to cold and snowy winters, and describe why they and their alpine habitat are particularly sensitive to a warming climate.

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