Long-time SAS member Kim Thorburn will add ress the little understood use by shorebirds of shrub-steppe in eastern Wa shington&rsquo\;s Columbia Basin and the urgent need for increased researc h and recognition of this landscape to shorebird survival.
\nThorbur n will cover how shorebird populations throughout the world are in steep d ecline. With breeding grounds in the far north and some of the longest mig ratory movements of all birds\, shorebirds face many threats and are chall enging to study. A well identified threat is habitat destruction by shorel ine development\, and much conservation effort is directed toward protecti ng and preserving those habitats. The birds&rsquo\; use of shrubsteppe for both migration and breeding is less systematically understood.
\nTh orburn has long been a SAS leader in shrub-steppe conservation\, but she h as been smitten with shorebirds since early childhood\, chasing Sanderling s out with the surf and back in with the waves at the southern California beach near her grandparents&rsquo\; home.
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