Canada Lynx on the Border:
Biological and Political Realities for Conservation Planning

An International Workshop in Grand Portage, MN.  October 24 to 27, 2007

By all accounts the workshop was a success!

Thanks to everyone who attended—
We had representatives from 2 provinces and 11 states

Thanks are also due to the Grand Portage Indian Reservation for help with the event

We will summarize the Workshop in a Technical Bulletin posted on the lynx website—stay tuned!

The Final Workshop Program can be downloaded here (1 MB pdf file)
Revision 1 of Program corrects omission of Loch et al. from Table of Contents

At the U.S.-Canada border, lynx make the transition from a harvested furbearer to a threatened species.  Lynx conservation in the U.S. can benefit from increased communication and cooperation between state, federal, and provincial management agencies.  In this meeting we will examine current knowledge of lynx biology and ecology in the southern parts of their range, discuss state and provincial management strategies, and explore opportunities to apply these and other insights to lynx conservation through cooperative management strategies between Canadian and U.S. agencies.

Canada Lynx Research and Management Session

Wednesday Afternoon and Thursday Morning

Submitted presentations about ongoing lynx research in United States and Canada will be featured in this session.  This session is an opportunity for workshop participants to present  their research to other lynx biologists and resource managers.  We encourage graduate students and all researchers to participate and present in this session. 

Workshop on Biological and Political Realities for Recovery Planning

Thursday afternoon and Friday

Invited presentations on Canada lynx research and management, focusing on what we know about the biology of the species, and possible implications for management. This portion of the meeting will be of particular interest to resource managers who make management decisions affecting lynx, and also to biologists who could use common patterns of lynx behavior along the U.S.-Canada border to develop standardized research methods that would be comparable across jurisdictions. 

Field Trip to Minnesota Lynx sites

Saturday afternoon

For those heading south, we will pass through sites used by radiocollared lynx in northeastern Minnesota. 

The workshop schedule has been prepared by Ron Moen and Rich Baker  in consultation with several others.  Agenda, attendees, and dates are still being considered, we would like your feedback to help make this the most productive meeting possible. We are exploring the possibility of making some or all of this workshop available over the internet to increase participation.

Questions or comments? Please contact us: rmoen@nrri.umn.edu or rich.baker@dnr.state.mn.us