On May 15 - 17, NC CASC climate science lead, Dr. Imtiaz Rangwala, participated in a new multi-disciplinary and international working group effort related to conservation of grassland birds (from Mexico to Canada) in Santa Barbara, CA.  Over the next two years, the working group's purpose is to develop models and data products to understand how and where to allocate resources for conservation and sustained recovery of grassland bird populations. More information on it is here.