Join UVLT and the Vermont Center for Ecostudies in learning about what you can do to manage your fields for grassland birds! Hayfields and other open grasslands can provide important habitat for declining grassland birds, while still meeting many other land management objectives. Experts will share tips, tools, and incentives to strike a balance: production and stewardship. Get to know the birds and their ecology, learn ways to couple bird-friendly mowing regimes with management to maintain field quality, and explore support opportunities. Recommended for open parcels of at least 20 acres. Free. Please RSVP: [log in to unmask] Schedule of Events: 8:00 am Bobolink banding—see them up close. The catch-22 of managing for birds and when it can work Rosalind Renfrew and Cathryn Abbott, Vermont Center for Ecostudies 9:00 am Managing invasive plants in hayfields under delayed mowing Allen Follensbee, Vermont Department of Forests Parks and Recreation 9:30 am Incentives and tools to support bird-friendly hayfield management Sylvia Harris, Natural Resource Conservation Service 10:00 am Stewardship opportunities on conserved lands John Roe, Upper Valley Land Trust -- *Doug Brown* * Land Steward* *Upper Valley Land Trust 603-643-6626 x 122 19 Buck Road, Hanover NH 03755* *Learn more about UVLT and our programs at **www.uvlt.org* <http://www.uvlt.org/> To post messages, send e-mail to: [log in to unmask] Set your e-mail application to PLAIN TEXT ONLY to post messages. To contact the list owner: [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe: E-mail this command to [log in to unmask] UNSUBSCRIBE UV-Birders To change your e-mail address: E-mail this command from your old address to: [log in to unmask] CHANGE UV-Birders [new e-mail address] Web based archives and subscription management are available at: http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/Archives/uv-birders.html