CIR’s EXPERT WEBINAR SERIES PRESENTS

Working Across Borders to Conserve Birds and Habitats in the southwestern U.S. and northwestern Mexico

Thursday, March 12, 2026 | 6:30pm – 7:30pm

Jennie Duberstein is the director of the Sonoran Joint Venture. She is a wildlife biologist and conservation social scientist who has spent her professional career working to build partnerships for bird and habitat conservation across the United States and northwest Mexico. Jennie has directed environmental education programs, developed community-based conservation projects in region, developed and taught courses and workshops on bird identification, ecotourism, and bird monitoring, and has studied species including Double-crested Cormorants and wading birds in Sonora and Yellow-billed Cuckoos in Arizona. She has also worked with young birders for the past thirty years, directing field courses, summer camps, and conferences and generally helping connect young people with opportunities and each other. Jennie received her B.S. in Wildlife Biology from Virginia Tech and her M.S. and Ph.D. from the School of Natural Resources and the Environment at the University of Arizona.