J Shell is joined on the show by Dan Casey, the Coordinator for the Northern Great Plains Joint Venture. Dan brings a wealth of experience, across the full spectrum of the bird conservation enterprise. During his time with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Dan headed projects on Canada Geese, elk and nongame birds, and was the primary author of the Montana Bird Conservation Plan in 2000. He served as the Chairman of both the Montana and Western Working Groups of Partners In Flight. More recently, he was the Northern Rockies Conservation Officer of American Bird Conservancy, Dan holds both a B.S. and an M.S. in Wildlife Biology from Colorado State University. He has lived in Montana for 37 years. Dan has decades of experience working with diverse partnerships to deliver wetland, grassland, shrubland and forest conservation on private and public lands. Dan Casey’s key role is to expand and empower partnerships for science-based, landscape-scale, habitat conservation.