{"id":2482,"date":"2026-05-26T00:32:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T00:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test-uwsp-multi.pantheonsite.io\/wisconsin-forestry-center\/?page_id=2482"},"modified":"2026-05-26T00:34:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T00:34:03","slug":"fire-and-non-game-birds","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wisconsin-forestry-center\/homepage\/professional-development\/prescribed-fire-for-forest-management-webinar-series\/fire-and-non-game-birds\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire and Non-game Birds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"uwsp-horizontal-cards light-gray-solid blockspacetop blockspacebottom\"><div class=\"site-width\"><section class=\"hcard-container\" aria-label=\"Horizontal Card\"><div class=\"uwsp-horizontal-card-container\" aria-live=\"off\">\n<div class=\"uwsp-horiz-card-block\" id=\"hcard17779155341157634\"><div class=\"uwsp-horiz-card-individual split5050 hcard-imgleft\"><div class=\"hcard-infocell\"><h5 class=\"hcard-microtitle\">Prescribed Fire for Forest Management Series <\/h5><h3 class=\"hcard-title\">Prescribed Fire and Non-game Birds<\/h3><h4 class=\"hcard-subtitle\">Recorded Aug. 6, 2025  <\/h4><div class=\"hcard-content\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\">With several bird species facing steep population declines, this presentation will explore the relationship between prescribed fire and various bird species. We will touch on some broad themes that influence this connection and then dive into specific examples of how to use fire to restore habitat for birds.<\/p><\/div><div>\n<a class=\"uwspbtn uwsp-btn-solid-purple\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/VJx-DFxzOsw\" target=\"_blank\">Watch recorded webinar  <i class=\"fa-solid fa-circle-chevron-right\"><\/i><\/a>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"hcard-mediacell\"><div class=\"iframe-container\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VJx-DFxzOsw\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"hslider-buttoncontainer\"><button class=\"hsliderBack horizontal-sliderbutton\" aria-label=\"previous slide\">\u276e<\/button><div class=\"single-card-nav\"><\/div><button class=\"hsliderForward horizontal-sliderbutton\" aria-label=\"next slide\">\u276f<\/button><\/div><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">PRESENTER<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:32px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wisconsin-forestry-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/Tommy-Gunn-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1106\" style=\"width:300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wisconsin-forestry-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/Tommy-Gunn-scaled-1.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wisconsin-forestry-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/Tommy-Gunn-scaled-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wisconsin-forestry-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/Tommy-Gunn-scaled-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wisconsin-forestry-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/Tommy-Gunn-scaled-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wisconsin-forestry-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/Tommy-Gunn-scaled-1-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:80%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tommy Gunn<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">G<strong><strong>reat Lakes Oak Ecosystem Forester,\u00a0American Bird Conservancy<\/strong><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Tommy graduated from Southern Illinois University studying Forestry and has worked as a Forester for The Nature Conservancy in Indiana, for the Colorado State Forest Service, and has also worked as a consulting forester. In Tommy\u2019s role with ABC, he works in partnership with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service as a forester for the Oak Ecosystem Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP). He provides technical knowledge and assistance to private landowners, foresters, and partners, improving oak ecosystems to benefit focal bird species. He brings his background as firefighter on wildfires and controlled burns throughout the Midwest and western US to the conservation work he does today.\u200b\u200b<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">MODERATOR<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:5px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"686\" height=\"915\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wisconsin-forestry-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/Jordan-Winkenbach.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1209\" style=\"width:300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wisconsin-forestry-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/Jordan-Winkenbach.jpg 686w, https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wisconsin-forestry-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/Jordan-Winkenbach-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 686px) 100vw, 686px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:80%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong>Jordan Winkenbach<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong><strong>Great Lakes Oak Ecosystem Coordinator,\u00a0American Bird Conservancy<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Jordan Winkenbach is a forester with the American Bird Conservancy (ABC) where her work focuses on oak ecosystem restoration on private lands in the Great Lakes Region. Jordan received her bachelor\u2019s degree in Forest Ecosystem Restoration from the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point and continued to get her Master\u2019s degree at the University of Kentucky. Her research focused on two long-term prescribed burning projects in the Daniel Boone National Forest looking at how repeated fire, midstory mastication, and a prolonged fire-free interval impacted the development of oak regeneration. Prior to joining ABC, Jordan has worked with a variety of federal, state, county, and private agencies to implement ecological restoration and return fire back to the landscape.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwsp-vtabs blockspacetop blockspacebottom\"><div class=\"vtab-intro\" style=\"text-align:\"><h2 class=\"h2\">Additional Resources <\/h2><\/div><div class=\"vtab-thetabs\"><div class=\"accentlinetop\" role=\"none\"><\/div><div class=\"vtab-nav\"><\/div><div class=\"vtab-content\">\n<div class=\"uwsp-vtab-thetab\"><div class=\"vtab-tabtitle\">Continuing Education <i class=\"fa-solid fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"vtab-tabcontent\">\n<div class=\"vtab-content-column bgpurple\"><h2>Continuing Education<\/h2><div>\n<p>This webinar series has been pre-approved for the following:\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>18.0&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eforester.org\/Main\/Certification\/Certification_Home.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Society of American Foresters<\/a> (SAF)&nbsp;\u200bCat. 1 CFEs&nbsp;<em>(1.5 CFEs<\/em>\u200b&nbsp;<em>per webinar)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>12.0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ser.org\/page\/certification\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SER Certified Ecological Restoration Practitioner<\/a> (CERP) CECs&nbsp;<em>(1.0 CEU per webinar)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>12\u200b\u200b.0&nbsp;\u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.wisconsin.gov\/topic\/forestmanagement\/coop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wisconsin DNR Cooperating Forester<\/a> CEUs<em>&nbsp;(1.0 CEU&nbsp;&nbsp;per webinar)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you would like a Certificate of Completion for a webinar, please send your request to <a href=\"mailto:wfc@uwsp.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wfc@uwsp.edu<\/a>. Certificates are sent only by request.<strong>This webinar has been pre-approved for the following:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"vtab-content-column bgpurple\"><div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wisconsin-forestry-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/CEU-web-icon.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-710 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wisconsin-forestry-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/CEU-web-icon.png 900w, https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wisconsin-forestry-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/CEU-web-icon-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wisconsin-forestry-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/CEU-web-icon-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wisconsin-forestry-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/CEU-web-icon-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwsp-vtab-thetab\"><div class=\"vtab-tabtitle\">Resources <i class=\"fa-solid fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"vtab-tabcontent\">\n<div class=\"vtab-content-column bgpurple\"><h2>Resources <\/h2><div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Prescribed-Fire-and-Non-game-Birds-Gunn.pdf\">Prescribed Fire and Non-game Birds<\/a> &#8211; Gunn<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/abcbirds.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">American Bird Conservancy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stateofthebirds.org\/2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2025 State of the Birds Report<\/a> &#8211; North American Bird Conservation Initiative<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.org\/content\/dam\/tnc\/nature\/en\/documents\/Forestry-for-the-Bird-Pocket-Guide-April2022.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Forestry for the Birds<\/a> Pocket Handbook for Landowners &#8211; The Nature Conservancy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/prescribedfire.org\/announcing-the-wisconsin-certified-burn-boss-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Certified Burn Boss Program<\/a> &#8211; Wisconsin Prescribed Fire Council<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/prescribedfire.org\/events\/wisconsin-burn-boss-academy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Burn Boss Academy<\/a> &#8211; Wisconsin Prescribed Fire Council<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kwconservation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kirtland&#8217;s Warbler Conservation Team<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"vtab-content-column bgpurple\"><div>\n<div 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src=\"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wisconsin-forestry-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/Final__NWTF-Primary-Logo-Onyx-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1099\" style=\"width:300px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div style=\"height:68px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tposfirescience.sites.wisc.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1022\" height=\"492\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wisconsin-forestry-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/WFC_Rx-Fire_tallgrass-prairie-oak-savannah-fsc-color-redraw-stacked.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1232\" 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In Tommy\u2019s role with ABC, he works in partnership with the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"parent":1550,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2482","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wisconsin-forestry-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wisconsin-forestry-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wisconsin-forestry-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wisconsin-forestry-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wisconsin-forestry-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2482"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wisconsin-forestry-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2483,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wisconsin-forestry-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2482\/revisions\/2483"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wisconsin-forestry-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wisconsin-forestry-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}