Promoting the watching, protecting and enjoying of birds in and around Wimberley, Texas
Next Quarterly Meeting
August 19, 2024
10:00 – 11:00 am
Wimberley Community Center
Guest speaker: Anna Matthews, American Bird Conservancy
Oaks and Prairies Joint Venture Science Coordinator
Anna Matthews is the Oaks and Prairies Joint Venture Science Coordinator with American Bird Conservancy. In this position, Anna works with partners in Oklahoma and Texas to identify science priorities and coordinate monitoring and research projects that support bird conservation. This work ranges from biological planning for priority bird species, protocol development to assess effectiveness of habitat treatments on private lands, support for community science data collection efforts, management of bird and vegetation monitoring in the Oaks and Prairies Joint Venture geography, and much more.
Anna obtained a B.S. in Fisheries and Wildlife from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities and a M.S. in Wildlife Ecology from Texas State University, where she worked on developing detection and density models for several priority grassland bird species in Texas using data collected by the Oaks and Prairies Joint Venture and American Bird Conservancy. She currently lives in central Texas, and she has a passion for fun bird facts and teaching the public and young biologists about bird identification.