Contributed Paper Abstracts

DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES' RACIAL EQUITY ACTION PLAN

ARCHAEOLOGY IS FOR EVERYONE: A GRASSROOTS EFFORT TO NORMALIZE A CHANGE IN ARCHAEOLOGY'S COMPLEXION

CALTRANS: PIONEERING A PEOPLE-CENTERED APPROACH TO DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSIONS FOR OUR GOALS AND VALUES THROUGH SHARED LEADERSHIP.

SCIENTIFIC STORYTELLING: HOW RESEARCH REACHES THE MASSES

TITLE: EMBEDDING EQUITY: SHIFTING FROM IDEAS TO ACTION

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CREATING A POND ARRAY TO TEST THE EFFECTS OF PREDATION BY LARVAL NEWTS ON THE EGGS OF CALIFORNIA RED-LEGGED FROGS

DOES SEVERE DROUGHT EXACERBATE PREDATION BY NEWTS (TARICHA SPP.) ON AMPHIBIAN EGG MASSES?

HCP IMPLEMENTATION AND ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT AT A SANTA CRUZ LONG-TOED SALAMANDER BREEDING POND

PREDATION ON CALIFORNIA RED-LEGGED FROG EGGS BY OVERWINTERING ROUGH-SKINNED NEWT LARVAE

SIERRA NEWT (TARICHA SIERRAE) BREEDING IN AN INTERMITTENT CENTRAL CALIFORNIA STREAM: RESULTS OF A CONTINUING LONG-TERM STUDY

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BREEDING ECOLOGY AND DIET OF PUEO (HAWAIIAN SHORT-EARED OWL; ASIO FLAMMEUS SANDWICHENSIS)

FOREST OWLS RESPOND TO HISTORICAL AND NOVEL FIRE DISTURBANCE IN THE SIERRA NEVADA

POTENTIAL COLLAPSE OF SPOTTED OWL POPULATIONS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

HABITAT SELECTION BY JUVENILE BARRED OWLS DURING DISPERSAL IN COASTAL CALIFORNIA

A PASSIVE ACOUSTIC FRAMEWORK FOR MONITORING RAPIDLY EXPANDING BARRED OWL POPULATIONS

DEVELOPING A PRIORITIZATION TOOL TO SUPPORT ACOUSTICS-BASED SPOTTED OWL SURVEYS

BEFORE-AFTER-CONTROL-IMPACT (BACI) STUDY OF WILDFIRE EFFECTS ON DEER DIET USING DNA METABARCODING

ESCHERICHIA COLI AND SALMONELLA SP. IN DOMESTIC CATTLE AND WILD ROOSEVELT ELK: FECAL PATHOGENS AT THE WILDLIFE-DOMESTIC INTERFACE

INCREASING POPULATION TREND OF MULE DEER IN NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATED WITH WINTER SEVERITY

ROBUSTNESS OF FECAL-DNA SPATIAL CAPTURE-RECAPTURE (SCR) ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION TO AGGREGATION IN ELK

EFFECTS OF DEWATERING GALLINACEOUS GUZZLERS ON WILDLIFE.

DYNAMIC CHANGES IN SPECIES RICHNESS AND COLONY SIZES OF BATS ROOSTING IN ABANDONED MINES SUGGEST USE AS REFUGIA FROM CHALLENGING CLIMATIC CONDITIONS

INFLUENCE OF INTRODUCED TROUT ON FORAGING BATS IN THE SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS

BATS IN SWALLOW NESTS: IMPLICATIONS FOR BAT CONSERVATION

DETERMINING NIGHTLY MOVEMENTS OF BATS TO CONSERVE FORAGING HABITAT

EFFECT OF RADIO-TRANSMITTER COLLAR COLOR ON PREDATION PROBABILITY IN ENDANGERED BLUNT-NOSED LEOPARD LIZARDS (GAMBELIA SILA) IN THE PANOCHE PLATEAU

A NEW OTM: A SPATIALLY AND TEMPORALLY EXPLICIT OPERATIVE TEMPERATURE MODEL

LIMITS OF BURROWS TO BUFFER AGAINST CLIMATE EXTREMES -- INSIGHT FOR HEADSTARTING AS A TOOL TO BOLSTER MOJAVE DESERT TORTOISE POPULATIONS

SPATIAL ECOLOGY OF THE LITTLE PANOCHE VALLEY BLUNT-NOSED LEOPARD LIZARD (GAMBELIA SILA) POPULATION

DIETARY ANALYSIS OF BLUNT-NOSED LEOPARD LIZARD AND SYMPATRIC LIZARDS USING DNA METABARCODING

MANAGEMENT OF BLUNT-NOSED LEOPARD LIZARD (GAMBELIA SILA) ASSURANCE COLONY AT THE FRESNO CHAFFEE ZOO, YEAR TWO!

HOW STABLE ARE HYBRID ZONES IN THE FACE OF CLIMATE CHANGE?

PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF A POPULATION ASSESSMENT FOR LEAST BELL'S VIREOS, VIREO BELLII PUSILLUS, IN THE SANTA CLARA RIVER VALLEY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

DECADES OF RIPARIAN BREEDING BIRDS SHOW PERSISTENT REDUCTION AFTER EXTREME HEAT

ASSESSING SPECIES DISTRIBUTIONS IN TERMS OF FOREST RESTORATION AND FIRE RISK IN THE SIERRA NEVADA

USING TECHNOLOGY TO REDUCE LEAD POISONING IN CALIFORNIA CONDORS

USING AN INNOVATIVE DATA SHARING APPLICATION TO COORDINATE THE EFFORTS OF CALIFORNIA CONDOR RECOVERY PARTNERS

ETHICS IN THE FIELD. "KNOW THYSELF".

ADVOCACY, ETHICS, CLIENT NEEDS, AND THE RESOURCES. MAINTAINING YOUR ETHICS WHILE SUPPORTING RESPONSIBLE GROWTH

THE RAMIFICATIONS OF COMPROMISED ETHICS, MISPLACED ADVOCACY, POOR FIELD CRAFT AND HOW TO AVOID THEM.

THE VALUE OF SHARING FIELD OBSERVATIONS, YES, EVEN THOSE FROM CONSTRUCTION MONITORING

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DANCING WITH WOLVES: A CHOREOGRAPHIC CHALLENGE

"CALIFORNIA DREAMIN' " CALIFORNIA WOLF MANAGEMENT UPDATE

GENOME-WIDE SEQUENCING UNCOVERS RECENT ADMIXTURE PULSES AND SELECTIVE INTROGRESSION BETWEEN HIGHLY DIVERGENT GRAY FOX LINEAGES

DENSITY-DEPENDENT HOME RANGE SIZE IN A RECOVERING POPULATION OF ISLAND FOXES (UROCYON LITTORALIS) ON SANTA ROSA ISLAND, CALIFORNIA

POTENTIAL HABITAT AND CARRYING CAPACITY OF ENDANGERED SAN JOAQUIN KIT FOXES IN AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT: IMPLICATIONS FOR CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY

COMPARING CAMERA TRAPS AND VISUAL ENCOUNTER SURVEYS FOR MONITORING SMALL ANIMALS

THE NORTHERN LEOPARD FROG: CALIFORNIA'S FORGOTTEN ANURAN?

STATUS OF CONSTRUCTION AND MITIGATION INCLUDING CALIFORNIA TIGER SALAMANDER BREEDING SUCCESS IN THE ONE LAKE PROJECT IN SOLANO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

LATE SEASON LARVAE, EDEMA, AND ESTIVATION: LESSONS LEARNED FROM CALIFORNIA RED-LEGGED FROGS AT SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

REARING THREATENED AMPHIBIANS FOR RELEASE IN AN UNCERTAIN WORLD

GIANT GARTERSNAKE HISTORICAL HABITAT DESIGN AT LOOKOUT SLOUGH, A MULTI-BENEFIT RESTORATION PROJECT

APPLICATION OF THERMOGRAPHY AND TIME-LAPSE THERMAL IMAGING IN STUDIES OF JUVENILE DESERT TORTOISE ECOLOGY

EMERGING CONSERVATION TECHNOLOGIES REVEAL A MECHANISTIC LINK BETWEEN A SIERRA NEVADA MEGAFIRE AND BIODIVERSITY LOSS

MONITORING CALIFORNIA SPOTTED OWLS IN THE SIERRA NEVADA WITH BIOACOUSTICS

ADVANCING BIRD SURVEY EFFORTS THROUGH NOVEL RECORDER TECHNOLOGY AND AUTOMATED SPECIES IDENTIFICATION

AN INTEGRATED SPATIAL CAPTURE-RECAPTURE APPROACH REVEALS THE DISTRIBUTION AND DENSITY OF A CRYPTIC CARNIVORE IN A PROTECTED AREA

BUILDING A CLIMATE CHANGE-BIODIVERSITY MONITORING SENTINEL SITE NETWORK IN CALIFORNIA THROUGH A MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL PARTNERSHIP

EFFECTS OF IRIS PSEUDACORUS ON INVERTEBRATE COMMUNITIES IN A SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ESTUARY

ATTEMPTED POPULATION REDUCTION OF THE AMERICAN BULLFROG, RANA CATESBEIANA SHAW 1802 (AMPHIBIA, ANURA, RANIDAE), AN INVASIVE AMPHIBIAN AT THE RESIGHINI RANCHERIA.

DOING ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT ON THE FLY: MANAGING FOR THE UNDERSTUDIED AND FEDERALLY ENDANGERED DELHI SANDS FLOWER-LOVING FLY.

HABITAT MANAGEMENT AND RESTORATION AT WESTERN MONARCH OVERWINTERING SITES IN CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS

CROWDSOURCING CONSERVATION: COMMUNITY SCIENCE TO CONSERVE CALIFORNIA'S BUMBLE BEES

FOSTERING ORPHANED PUPS OF ENDANGERED SAN JOAQUIN KIT FOXES (VULPES MACROTIS MUTICA): FOUR CASE STUDIES

IMPACT OF A SARCOPTIC MANGE EPIDEMIC ON A POPULATION OF ENDANGERED SAN JOAQUIN KIT FOXES

ECOLOGICAL AND DEMOGRAPHIC RESPONSE OF SAN JOAQUIN KIT FOXES TO THE PANOCHE VALLEY SOLAR FARM

SAN JOAQUIN KIT FOX DEMOGRAPHY AND ECOLOGY ON THE CARRIZO PLAIN: IT'S THE KANGAROO RATS, STUPID!

CHANGING SEX RATIOS DUE TO GLOBAL WARMING FOR THE NORTHWEST ATLANTIC LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLE POPULATION

INCIPIENT SPECIES OF ELGARIA MULTICARINATA COMPLEX LIVING AT DIFFERENT LATITUDES DISPLAY NEARLY INDISTINGUISHABLE THERMAL BEHAVIOR AND TOLERANCE

A REVIEW OF THE HISTORICAL MARKET: EFFECT OF THE WEST COAST COMMERCIAL FISHERY ON WESTERN POND TURTLES (ACTINEMYS MARMORATA AND A. PALLIDA)

UPLAND HABITAT OCCUPANCY BY NORTHWESTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN POND TURTLES IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA

RESILIENCY OF THE SOUTHWESTERN POND TURTLE (ACTINEMYS PALLIDA) AFTER DROUGHT IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

POPULATION DYNAMICS OF A SOUTHWESTERN POND TURTLE POPULATION IN ORANGE COUNTY

USE OF WHOLE-GENOME SEQUENCING TO INVESTIGATE THE EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF ISLAND SPOTTED SKUNKS

AMERICAN BADGER AND BURROWING OWL HABITAT SUITABILITY ASSESSMENT

SEX AND AGE MEDIATE THE EFFECTS OF RAPID ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE FOR FISHERS IN THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA

USE OF FOOTPRINT IDENTIFICATION TECHNIQUE (FIT) TO DEVELOP A NOVEL TOOL FOR SPECIES AND SEX DISCRIMINATION OF FISHER TRACKS

FOREST CARNIVORES ON THE BRINK: UP IN SMOKE OR CLIMBING TO THE TOP?

FISHERS, FOREST REFUGIA, AND FIRE FOOTPRINTS

COLLABORATION IN A COMPLEX SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEM: MANAGEMENT OF MIGRATORY WATERFOWL ALONG THE PACIFIC FLYWAY

DABBLING IN DANGER: DUCKS OF THE TRIBE ANATINI DISPLAY INCREASED VIGILANCE IN RESPONSE TO PERCEIVED BALD EAGLE PREDATION PRESSURE IN THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY

COMMON RAVEN RESOURCE USE AND BEHAVIOR AROUND NESTING HABITAT OF THE THREATENED WESTERN SNOWY PLOVER

PREY AVAILABILITY AT A VARIETY OF CALIFORNIA LEAST TERN (STERNULA ANTILLARUMBROWNI) COLONIES

RIPARIAN AREA, NOT FRAGMENTATION, IS ASSOCIATED WITH BREEDING BIRD SPECIES RICHNESS IN THE GREAT BASIN, USA

BUILDING A BETTER PREDICTION: A CASE STUDY IN EVALUATING A QUICK FIELD ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUE FOR PREDICTING SALT MARSH HARVEST MOUSE OCCUPANCY.

UTILIZING THE ARCGIS FIELD MAPS MOBILE APP TO OPTIMIZE SURVEY DATA COLLECTION FOR A LARGE-SCALE COLLABORATIVE REGIONAL SURVEY

ANALYSIS OF MODERN AND MUSEUM DNA REVEALS DECLINING GENETIC DIVERSITY IN SALT MARSH HARVEST MICE

STUDYING THE BEHAVIOR AND ECOLOGY OF THE RIPARIAN BRUSH RABBIT WITH CAMERA TRAPS DURING EXTREME FLOOD

TRANSLOCATION OF THE SAN JOAQUIN ANTELOPE SQUIRREL (AMMOSPERMOPHILUS NELSONI) IN THE CARRIZO PLAIN

RANGEWIDE STEPHENS' KANGAROO RAT MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING PLAN

GENOMIC DIFFERENTIATION AND DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY IN TWO FORMERLY CONSPECIFIC KANGAROO RATS, DULZURA KANGAROO RAT (D. SIMULANS) AND THE AGILE KANGAROO RAT (D. AGILIS)

FECAL GENOTYPING TO ESTIMATE SMALL MAMMAL POPULATION SIZE, WITH A COMPARISON TO LIVE MARK-RECAPTURE ESTIMATES

FIVE-YEAR STATUS REVIEW FOR THE SANTA BARBARA COUNTY DISTINCT POPULATION SEGMENT OF THE CALIFORNIA TIGER SALAMANDER, AMBYSTOMA CALIFORNIENSE

NAVIGATING A PATH TO RECOVERY FOR KIWIKIU: A HAWAIIAN FINCH IN PERIL

ASSESSING AVIAN MALARIA AT THE LANDSCAPE SCALE IN HAWAI'I

THE FUTURE IS HERE: RECENT DECLINES ACROSS MULTIPLE TAXA IN THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS RAISE ALARMS REGARDING POTENTIAL TIPPING POINTS CAUSED BY MULTIPLE THREATS, INC

DESERT TORTOISE WEEK 2022

LOSS AND IMPENDING RECOVERY OF PANOCHE PLATEAU BLUNT-NOSED LEOPARD LIZARDS (GAMBELIA SILA)

PROTECTING ENDANGERED RIPARIAN BRUSH RABBITS FROM EMERGENT RABBIT HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE IN CALIFORNIA, USA

20 YEARS OF PROGRESS IN CALIFORNIA: ADVANCES IN STATE AND FEDERAL PERMITTING AND CEQA REVIEW FOR WILDLIFE HABITAT RESTORATION AND MULTI-BENEFIT PROJECTS

PASSIVE ACOUSTIC SURVEYS AND A NOVEL MACHINE LEARNING TOOL REVEAL DETAILED SPATIOTEMPORAL VARIATION IN THE VOCAL ACTIVITY OF TWO ANURANS - WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR CARNIVORE MONITORING

CALIFORNIA FISH AND WILDLIFE'S PARTNERSHIP WITH WILDLIFE INSIGHTS FOR STORING, PROCESSING, AND SHARING CAMERA IMAGES

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-SUPPORTED ANIMAL IMAGE PROCESSING

OPEN SOURCE COMPUTER VISION MODELS FOR DATA AGGREGATION AND SORTING

WILDLIFE IMAGE AI DETECTION: FROM LAB TESTING TO ENTERPRISE ADOPTION

DETECTING AND MONITORING RODENTS USING CAMERA TRAPS AND MACHINE LEARNING VERSUS LIVE TRAPPING FOR OCCUPANCY MODELING

USING MACHINE LEARNING TO MANAGE LARGE REMOTE CAMERA DATASETS AND DETECT SAN JOAQUIN FOX IN WESTERN MERCED COUNTY

PANEL DISCUSSION

MOTUS WILDLIFE TRACKING: PROTOCOL FOR TAG DETECTION TESTING FOR MOTUS STATIONS

EVALUATION OF DAM DECOMMISSIONING AS A MARSH RESTORATION METHOD

FROM HAZARD TO HABITAT: CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION'S BAT PROTECTION EFFORTS

CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE-VEHICLE CONFLICT: HOTSPOTS AND RESOLUTION

LINKAGES DON'T PREDICT WILDLIFE OCCUPANCY AND MOVEMENT

RESTORATION OF A DEGRADED STREAM THROUGH A PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP: A CASE STUDY OF VOLUNTARY HABITAT CONSERVATION ON PRIVATE LANDS

REWILDING THE AMERICAN WEST