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Session Chair
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Innovation in Wildlife Science, Conservation, and ManagementRob Schell, WRA, IncWednesday Feb 7 1:00 PMSalon 1
Genetics in Wildlife Science, Conservation, and Management - IMike Buchalski, CA Dept of Fish and WildlifeWednesday Feb 7 1:00 PMSalon 2
Conference Theme Session - Adaptive Management - IBrooke Langle, SWCAWednesday Feb 7 1:00 PMSalon 3
Ecology and Conservation of Birds - IFrank Fogarty, Humboldt State UniversityWednesday Feb 7 1:00 PMSalon 4
Ecology and Conservation of InvertebratesLeif Richardson, Xerces Society for Invertebrate ConservationWednesday Feb 7 1:00 PMSanta Rosa / Sonoma
Ecology and Conservation of Mammals (Salt Marsh Harvest Mouse)Katie Smith, WRA, IncWednesday Feb 7 3:35 PMSalon 1
Genetics in Wildlife Science, Conservation, and Management - IIMike Buchalski, CA Dept of Fish and WildlifeWednesday Feb 7 3:35 PMSalon 2
Conference Theme Session - Adaptive Management - IIJohn McNerney, City of DavisWednesday Feb 7 3:35 PMSalon 3
Ecology and Conservation of Birds - IIDave Riensche, East Bay Regional Park DistrictWednesday Feb 7 3:35 PMSalon 4
Pacific Islands ConservationMelissa Price, University of Hawaii, ManoaWednesday Feb 7 3:35 PMSanta Rosa / Sonoma
Conference Theme Session - Adaptive Management - IIIKathy Simon, MGS Conservation CouncilThursday Feb 8 8:00 AMSalon 1
Public Policy and Wildlife ManagementOna Alminas, CA Dept of Fish and WildlifeThursday Feb 8 8:00 AMSalon 2
Ecology and Conservation of Amphibians and ReptilesEric Stitt, ICF International, and Save the SnakesThursday Feb 8 8:00 AMSalon 3
Ecology and Conservation of Bats - IDave Johnston, H.T. Harvey & AssociatesThursday Feb 8 8:00 AMSalon 4
Military Lands - IRhys Evans & Kirsten Christopherson, Vandenberg Space Force Base & Air Force West RegionThursday Feb 8 8:00 AMSanta Rosa / Sonoma
Collaboration Among Wildlife Career PathwaysKelly Holland, GEI ConsultantsThursday Feb 8 10:35 AMSalon 1
Channel Islands ConservationKatie Saenger, SWCAThursday Feb 8 10:35 AMSalon 2
Ecology and Conservation of Amphibians and Reptiles - IIDave Cook, Sonoma County Water AgencyThursday Feb 8 10:35 AMSalon 3
Ecology and Conservation of Bats - IIDave Johnston, H.T. Harvey & AssociatesThursday Feb 8 10:35 AMSalon 4
Military Lands - IIRhys Evans & Kirsten Christopherson, Vandenberg Space Force Base & Air Force West RegionThursday Feb 8 10:35 AMSanta Rosa / Sonoma
Ecology and Conservation of Mammals (Large Mammals)Kelley Stewart, University of Nevada, RenoFriday Feb 9 8:00 AMSalon 1
Challenges and Benefits of Restoring/Monitoring the San Joaquin Desert Biome-WideMike Westphal, US BLMFriday Feb 9 8:00 AMSalon 2
Ecology and Conservation of Amphibians and Reptiles - IIIJeff Alvarez, The Wildlife ProjectFriday Feb 9 8:00 AMSalon 3/4
Ecology and Conservation of Birds - IIIKate McGinn, University of WisconsinFriday Feb 9 8:00 AMBodega / Cotati
Ecology and Conservation of Mammals (Small Mammals)Deana Clifford, CA Dept of Fish and WildlifeFriday Feb 9 8:00 AMSanta Rosa / Sonoma
Poster SessionAllison Fuller - Ascent Environmental, Carlos Alvarado - Ascent EnvironmentalThursday Feb 8 6:00 PMBallroom


Session: Innovation in Wildlife Science, Conservation, and Management

Chair: Rob Schell, WRA, Inc

Room: Salon 1

#PresenterTitleDate/Time
1Noriko Smallwood

PHOTOGRAPHY AS A TOOL FOR MORE ACCURATE AND INCREASED SPECIES DETECTIONS DURING WILDLIFE SURVEYS

Wednesday 1:05 PM
2Brigit Rooney

SNAPSHOT USA: AN ANNUAL NATIONWIDE MAMMAL SURVEY

Wednesday 1:25 PM
3Matthew Toenies Kaitlin McGee

RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN WILDLIFE DISTRIBUTIONS AND LAND USE CHANGE IN NORTH-CENTRAL CALIFORNIA

Wednesday 1:45 PM
4Brian Cypher

POTENTIAL FOR DENNING BEHAVIOR TO FACILITATE TRANSMISSION OF SARCOPTIC MANGE IN ENDANGERED SAN JOAQUIN KIT FOXES

Wednesday 2:05 PM
5Kelly Holland

FEDERAL POLICY ENGAGEMENT WITH LOCAL IMPACTS: SUPPORTING SCIENCE-BASED DECISION MAKING FROM A SECTION PERSPECTIVE

Wednesday 2:25 PM

 

Session: Genetics in Wildlife Science, Conservation, and Management - I

Chair: Mike Buchalski, CA Dept of Fish and Wildlife

Room: Salon 2

#PresenterTitleDate/Time
1Marie Martin

NON-INVASIVE SAMPLING AND DNA METABARCODING REVEAL FORAGING PATTERNS AND SPACE-USE OF MONTANE CARNIVORE GUILD

Wednesday 1:05 PM
2Kristen Ahrens

LANDSCAPE AND POPULATION GENETIC INSIGHTS INTO NUTRIA (MYOCASTOR COYPUS) INVASION DYNAMICS IN CALIFORNIA

Wednesday 1:25 PM
3Emma Fehlker Campbell

CHARACTERIZING BARRED OWL (STRIX VARIA) DIET ALONG AN INVASION PATHWAY

Wednesday 1:45 PM
4Samantha Capel

A NEW HIGH-QUALITY REFERENCE GENOME AND WHOLE GENOME RESEQUENCING OF THE LITTLE BROWN BAT (MYOTIS LUCIFUGUS) TO PROVIDE UNPRECEDENTED INSIGHTS INTO WHITE-NOSE SYNDROME RESISTANCE IN BATS

Wednesday 2:05 PM
5Mark Statham

EXPLORING DIET IN A VANISHING POPULATION OF THE BLUNT-NOSED LEOPARD LIZARD USING DNA METABARCODING

Wednesday 2:25 PM
6Michael Buchalski

SURVIVING WITH LOW GENOMIC DIVERSITY: THE IMPACTS OF REINTRODUCTION MANAGEMENT ON INBREEDING AND GENETIC LOAD IN BIGHORN SHEEP (OVIS CANADENSIS)

Wednesday 2:45 PM

 

Session: Conference Theme Session - Adaptive Management - I

Chair: Brooke Langle, SWCA

Room: Salon 3

#PresenterTitleDate/Time
1Ange Baker

RECOVERING THREATENED AND ENDANGERED SPECIES IN CALIFORNIA: RECOVERY PLANS AND THE CALIFORNIA ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT

Wednesday 1:05 PM
2Lara Rachowicz

USING THE CALVTP PROGRAM EIR TO EXPEDITE WILDFIRE RESILIENCE PROJECTS

Wednesday 1:25 PM
3Grace Mannell

CALIFORNIA VEGETATION TREATMENT PROJECT (CALVTP) LIBRARY TOOLS TO SUPPORT WILDFIRE RESILIENCE PROJECTS

Wednesday 1:45 PM
4Angela White

USING CLIMATE-ADAPTED LANDSCAPE MONITORING (CALM) TO PRIORITIZE MANAGEMENT ACROSS LARGE LANDSCAPES IN SUPPORT OF POST-FIRE RESTORATION AND PRE-FIRE PLANNING

Wednesday 2:05 PM
5Liraz Bistritz

LANDSCAPE DESIGN FOR BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AND LANDSCAPE RESILIENCE

Wednesday 2:25 PM
6Whitney Albright

MONITORING CLIMATE CHANGE AND BIODIVERSITY THROUGH THE CALIFORNIA SENTINEL SITE NETWORK

Wednesday 2:45 PM

 

Session: Ecology and Conservation of Birds - I

Chair: Frank Fogarty, Humboldt State University

Room: Salon 4

#PresenterTitleDate/Time
1Sarah Webster

SURFACE MINING IMPACTS TO SAGEBRUSH VEGETATION COMMUNITIES AND GREATER SAGE-GROUSE POPULATIONS

Wednesday 1:05 PM
2Carl Lundblad

IMPLICATIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE FOR SAGE-GROUSE AND THE FUTURE OF WESTERN SAGEBRUSH ECOSYSTEMS

Wednesday 1:25 PM
3Brianne Brussee

INFLUENCE OF LANDSCAPE CHANGES ON SAGE-GROUSE BROOD-REARING HABITAT WITHIN THE GREAT BASIN REGION OF NEVADA AND CALIFORNIA

Wednesday 1:45 PM
4Steven Mathews

EFFECTS OF MANIPULATING COMMON RAVEN (CORVUS CORAX) BREEDING SUCCESS ON RAVEN AND GREATER SAGE-GROUSE (CENTROCERCUS UROPHASIANUS) POPULATIONS IN NV AND CA

Wednesday 2:05 PM
5Kathryn Purcell

WHY DO DUSKY FLYCATCHERS NEST IN TREES AT HIGH ELEVATIONS?

Wednesday 2:25 PM
6Sarah Laurino

A REVIEW OF THE CALIFORNIA FISH AND WILDLIFE’S LONG-TERM MOURNING DOVE (ZENAIDA MACROURA) BANDING PROGRAM.

Wednesday 2:45 PM

 

Session: Ecology and Conservation of Invertebrates

Chair: Leif Richardson, Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Room: Santa Rosa / Sonoma

#PresenterTitleDate/Time
1Jamie Kneitel

THE ECOLOGY OF LONGHORN FAIRY SHRIMP (BRANCHINECTA LONGIANTENNA) IN CALIFORNIA ROCK POOLS

Wednesday 1:05 PM
2Mario Gaytan

ANOMALOUS SUMMER RAINS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR CONSERVING THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY GIANT FLOWER-LOVING FLY

Wednesday 1:25 PM
3Rei Scampavia

OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES FOR POLLINATOR HABITAT ON SOLAR FARMS

Wednesday 1:45 PM
4Leif Richardson

BUMBLE BEE DECLINES AND PERSISTENCE: LESSONS FROM THE CALIFORNIA BUMBLE BEE ATLAS

Wednesday 2:05 PM
5Mac Wilson

PATTERNS OF BUMBLEBEE (BOMBUS SPP.) DIVERSITY ON AND NEAR LICENSED CANNABIS FARMS IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

Wednesday 2:25 PM
6Christina Torres

SURVEYING CALIFORNIA'S BUMBLE BEE ROYALTY: CROTCH'S BUMBLE BEE SURVEY APPROACH

Wednesday 2:45 PM

 

Session: Ecology and Conservation of Mammals (Salt Marsh Harvest Mouse)

Chair: Katie Smith, WRA, Inc

Room: Salon 1

#PresenterTitleDate/Time
1Jason Hagani

APPLICATION OF LIDAR TO ASSESS THE HABITAT SELECTION OF AN ENDANGERED SMALL MAMMAL IN AN ESTUARINE WETLAND ENVIRONMENT

Wednesday 3:40 PM
2Shawn Lockwood

JUST ADD WATER? PRACTICAL HABITAT MANAGEMENT FOR SALT MARSH HARVEST MOUSE

Wednesday 4:00 PM
3Katie Smith

THE STATUS OF SALT MARSH HARVEST MOUSE POPULATIONS THROUGHOUT THE SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY

Wednesday 4:20 PM
4Carla Angulo

THE VALUE OF COMPREHENSIVE PRE-PROJECT MONITORING: SALT MARSH HARVEST MICE AT MCINNIS MARSH, MARIN COUNTY AS A CASE STUDY

Wednesday 4:40 PM
5Melissa Riley

RISING WATERS: THE EFFECTS OF WINTER FLOODING ON SALT MARSH HARVEST MOUSE PERSISTENCE IN MANAGED AND TIDAL WETLANDS

Wednesday 5:00 PM

 

Session: Genetics in Wildlife Science, Conservation, and Management - II

Chair: Mike Buchalski, CA Dept of Fish and Wildlife

Room: Salon 2

#PresenterTitleDate/Time
1Cate Quinn

WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCES INFORM GENETIC RESCUE OF THE SIERRA NEVADA RED FOX IN LASSEN, CALIFORNIA

Wednesday 3:40 PM
2Joshua Hallas

WHOLE GENOME RESEQUENCING OF MULE DEER (ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS) REVEALS EVOLUTIONARY LINEAGES ACROSS CALIFORNIA

Wednesday 4:00 PM
3Jillian Adkins

NON-INVASIVE GENETIC TRACKING OF HABITUATED BLACK BEARS (URSUS AMERICANUS) IN THE TAHOE BASIN

Wednesday 4:20 PM
4Erin Meredith

POOP TO PEDIGREES: GENETIC GENEALOGY OF CALIFORNIA'S GRAY WOLVES (C. L. LUPUS)

Wednesday 4:40 PM

 

Session: Conference Theme Session - Adaptive Management - II

Chair: John McNerney, City of Davis

Room: Salon 3

#PresenterTitleDate/Time
1Kate Faber

FOREST THINNING EFFECTS ON SMALL MAMMAL SPECIES IN THE SIERRA NEVADA

Wednesday 3:40 PM
2Rebecca WilcoxUNDERSTANDING POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF FOREST TYPE CONVERSION THROUGH COMPARISONS OF BIOTIC COMMUNITY COMPOSITION, STRUCTURE, AND FUNCTIONWednesday 4:00 PM
3Ryan Peek

WILDLIFE PRIORITIZATION AND ASSESSMENT AMIDST DROUGHT HETEROGENEITY IN TIME AND SPACE

Wednesday 4:20 PM
4Hunter Cole

BUTCHERBIRDS ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK: USING POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS TO BETTER MANAGE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE

Wednesday 4:40 PM
5Ileene Anderson

HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT: CALIFORNIA NATIVE HABITATS ARE VALUABLE CARBON SINKS

Wednesday 5:00 PM

 

Session: Ecology and Conservation of Birds - II

Chair: Dave Riensche, East Bay Regional Park District

Room: Salon 4

#PresenterTitleDate/Time
1Jessica Burton

OPTIMIZING ARTIFICIAL RAFT PLACEMENT FOR THE LIGHT-FOOTED RIDGWAY'S RAIL

Wednesday 3:40 PM
2Christopher Pincetich

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT OF SWAINSON'S HAWK LEADS TO NESTING SUCCESS ADJACENT TO TRANSPORTATION CONSTRUCTION

Wednesday 4:00 PM
3Ian Dwight

AUTONOMOUS RECORDING UNITS AS A METHOD OF INDEXING BREEDING BIRD ABUNDANCE

Wednesday 4:20 PM
4Connor Wood

AN ECOSYSTEM-SCALE ASSESSMENT OF THE SPOTTED OWL AND OTHER INDICATORS AS UMBRELLA SPECIES FOR AVIAN BIODIVERSITY

Wednesday 4:40 PM
5David Riensche

FIRST SUCCESSFUL NESTING OF BLACK OYSTERCATCHERS AMONG ENDANGERED CALIFORNIA LEAST TERNS ALONG THE WEST COAST OF NORTH AMERICA

Wednesday 5:00 PM

 

Session: Pacific Islands Conservation

Chair: Melissa Price, University of Hawaii, Manoa

Room: Santa Rosa / Sonoma

#PresenterTitleDate/Time
1Joel Thompson

HAWAIIAN HOARY BAT DISTRIBUTION AND FIVE-YEAR TREND IN OCCUPANCY ON O'AHU

Wednesday 3:40 PM
2Claire Atkins

WEAVING INDIGENOUS AND CONVENTIONAL SCIENCE IN SHOREBIRD MONITORING

Wednesday 4:00 PM
3Andie LeDoux

MENACING MOANANUIĀKEA: ANALYZING THE THREAT OF NATURAL DISASTER INFLICTED PESTS ON PACIFIC ISLANDS

Wednesday 4:20 PM
4Cara Thow

BIRDS, BUGS, AND BATTLE PLANS: ASSESSING AVIAN MALARIA ON HAWAIʻI ISLAND FOR HONEYCREEPER CONSERVATION

Wednesday 4:40 PM
5Melissa Price

OPTIMIZING CONSERVATION ACTIONS TO RECOVER SENSITIVE SPECIES ACROSS MAUI NUI

Wednesday 5:00 PM

 

Session: Conference Theme Session - Adaptive Management - III

Chair: Kathy Simon, MGS Conservation Council

Room: Salon 1

#PresenterTitleDate/Time
1Damon Yeh

BREAKING BARRIERS, AN OVERVIEW OF WILDLIFE CROSSING STRUCTURES IN CALIFORNIA

Thursday 8:05 AM
2Tiffany Yap

PROTECTING PUMAS THROUGH SCIENCE, POLICY, AND ART

Thursday 8:25 AM
3Liz Allen

TECHNIQUES FOR MAPPING AND MONITORING SUBTIDAL WILDLIFE HABITAT IN A CHANGING CLIMATE

Thursday 8:45 AM
4Celeste Carlisle

ENHANCING STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT IN THE WILD WORLD OF WILD HORSE ISSUES

Thursday 9:05 AM
5Kathryn Simon

FORMING A SPECIES SPECIFIC NONPROFIT FOR THE MOHAVE GROUND SQUIRREL

Thursday 9:25 AM
6Katrina Smith

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT TO REDUCE BAT FATALITIES AT WIND ENERGY FACILITIES

Thursday 9:45 AM

 

Session: Public Policy and Wildlife Management

Chair: Ona Alminas, CA Dept of Fish and Wildlife

Room: Salon 2

#PresenterTitleDate/Time
1Cali Weise

A DECISION SUPPORT TOOL FOR RANGELAND GRAZING PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT

Thursday 8:05 AM
2Cynthia Perrine

CONSERVATION LANDS - MAXIMIZING MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES WITH EASEMENTS

Thursday 8:25 AM
3Gavin Jones

MEGADISTURBANCES AND THE DECLINING EFFICACY OF PROTECTED AREAS

Thursday 8:45 AM
4Mourad Gabriel

WILDLIFE IN THE WEEDS: A FEDERAL PROGRAM ADDRESSING THE ECOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF CANNABIS CULTIVATION ON NATIONAL FOREST LANDS

Thursday 9:05 AM
5Greta Wengert

EVALUATION OF RISK TO MOUNTAIN LION HEALTH AND MOVEMENT FROM ILLICIT CANNABIS CULTIVATION IN NORTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA

Thursday 9:25 AM
6Lindsey Rich

INTEGRATING EXISTING DATA TO ASSESS THE RISK OF AN EXPANDING LAND USE CHANGE ON MAMMALS

Thursday 9:45 AM

 

Session: Ecology and Conservation of Amphibians and Reptiles

Chair: Eric Stitt, ICF International, and Save the Snakes

Room: Salon 3

#PresenterTitleDate/Time
1Jules Wyman

LONG-TERM IMPACTS OF URBAN FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT AND HABITAT RESTORATION ON LIZARD COMMUNITIES IN A SONORAN DESERT CITY

Thursday 8:05 AM
2Thomas Radzio

JUVENILE MOJAVE DESERT TORTOISES SHIFT NIGHT MICROHABITATS DURING SUMMER HEATWAVES

Thursday 8:25 AM
3Talisin Hammond

PERSONALITY, MATERNAL EFFECTS, AND OUTCOMES IN THE WILD FOR MOJAVE DESERT TORTOISES (GOPHERUS AGASSIZII)

Thursday 8:45 AM
4Bria Boose

BUILDING A CASE CRITERIA FOR NEWT MASS DIE-OFFS

Thursday 9:05 AM
5Hale Garcia-Dean

SEASONAL MIGRATION AND EARLY-STAGE DISPERSAL PATTERNS IN ADULT AND JUVENILE RED-LEGGED FROGS (RANA DRAYTONII)

Thursday 9:25 AM
6Braden Herman

FROGS AND FISH IN THE KLAMATH MOUNTAINS: ADAPTIVE, LANDSCAPE-LEVEL MANAGEMENT FOR SENSITIVE SPECIES IN THE FACE OF CLIMATE CHANGE.

Thursday 9:45 AM

 

Session: Ecology and Conservation of Bats - I

Chair: Dave Johnston, H.T. Harvey & Associates

Room: Salon 4

#PresenterTitleDate/Time
1Theodore Weller

AUTUMN MOVEMENTS OF HOARY BATS IN CALIFORNIA

Thursday 8:05 AM
2Leila Harris

NOT WAITING FOR DINNER: NOVEL DAYTIME RAPTOR PREDATION ON A MEXICAN FREE-TAILED BAT (TADARIDA BRASILIENSIS) MATERNITY COLONY

Thursday 8:25 AM
3Trinity Smith

BAT USE OF ABANDONED MINES IN CALIFORNIA

Thursday 8:45 AM
4Scott Osborn

CDFW'S BAT CONSERVATION AND WHITE-NOSE SYNDROME RESPONSE PROJECT: SURVEILLANCE FOR WNS AND THE FUNGUS THAT CAUSES THE DISEASE.

Thursday 9:05 AM
5Steve Norton

AMPLIFYING ACOUSTICS: PROMOTING POSITIVE AWARENESS OF BAT POPULATIONS THROUGH VOLUNTEER ENGAGEMENT

Thursday 9:25 AM
6Dave Johnston

HABITAT RESTORATION FOR BATS - SHOULD WE RETHINK THE USE OF BAT BOXES FOR HABITAT RESTORATION?

Thursday 9:45 AM

 

Session: Military Lands - I

Chair: Rhys Evans & Kirsten Christopherson, Vandenberg Space Force Base & Air Force West Region

Room: Santa Rosa / Sonoma

#PresenterTitleDate/Time
1Robert Lovich

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PARTNERS IN AMPHIBIAN AND REPTILE CONSERVATION (DOD PARC) OVERVIEW

Thursday 8:05 AM
2Jessica Griffiths

MANAGING MONARCH BUTTERFLIES AT VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE

Thursday 8:25 AM
3Katie Saenger

MOVEMENT OF WEANED NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL PUPS DURING THEIR FIRST AT-SEA FORAGING MIGRATION

Thursday 8:45 AM
4Matt Berry

INTEGRATING PROCESS-BASED RESTORATION: MONITORING WILDLIFE DIVERSITY AND HABITAT RESPONSE POST-DAM REMOVAL AT BEALE AFB, CA

Thursday 9:05 AM
5Brian Henen

HEADSTARTING DESERT TORTOISES: FROM GROWTH, SURVIVAL AND HOTTER SEX, TO TRANSLOCATION AND POPULATION AUGMENTATION AND VIABILITY

Thursday 9:25 AM
6Melissa Booker

DOD ACHIEVES LARGEST DELISTING IN ESA HISTORY

Thursday 9:45 AM

 

Session: Collaboration Among Wildlife Career Pathways

Chair: Kelly Holland, GEI Consultants

Room: Salon 1

#PresenterTitleDate/Time
1Justin Wood

ADVOCACY, ETHICS, AND THE RAMIFICATIONS OF MISPLACED ADVOCACY.

Thursday 10:40 AM
2David Wyatt Julie Vance

COLLABORATION AMONG WILDLIFE CAREER PATHWAYS EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR CAREER START AND CAREER ADVANCEMENT -- AND -- CAREER GROWTH AT CDFW

Thursday 11:00 AM
3Linda Leeman Eric Hansen

WILDLIFE BIOLOGISTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS: SHAPING CAREERS AND CONSERVATION OUTCOMES -- AND -- ACCOMPLISHING RESEARCH OBJECTIVES THROUGH THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND ACADEMIA

Thursday 11:20 AM
4Stephanie Parson Q&A Session

COLLABORATION AMONG PROFESSIONAL WILDLIFE BIOLOGISTS IS IMPORTANT TO SUCCESSFUL CONSERVATION OUTCOMES -- AND -- Q/A SESSION

Thursday 11:40 AM

 

Session: Channel Islands Conservation

Chair: Katie Saenger, SWCA

Room: Salon 2

#PresenterTitleDate/Time
1Katie Elder

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

Thursday 10:40 AM
2Desirae Thomaier

OCCUPANCY MODELING OF ISLAND SPOTTED SKUNKS

Thursday 11:00 AM
3Julia Owen-Ramos

USE OF GENOMIC TOOLS TO INVESTIGATE THE EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF ISLAND SPOTTED SKUNKS

Thursday 11:20 AM
4Patricia Brown

BATS OF THE CALIFORNIA CHANNEL ISLANDS: NEW SPECIES RECORDS FROM CAPTURE, SIGHTINGS AND ACOUSTIC MONITORING

Thursday 11:40 AM

 

Session: Ecology and Conservation of Amphibians and Reptiles - II

Chair: Dave Cook, Sonoma County Water Agency

Room: Salon 3

#PresenterTitleDate/Time
1Jeffery Wilcox

POST-METAMORPHIC SURVIVAL IN A POPULATION OF CALIFORNIA RED-LEGGED FROGS (RANA DRAYTONII); RESULTS FROM A 4-YEAR STUDY IN SONOMA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

Thursday 10:40 AM
2Maresa Scofield

WILDFIRE RESILIENCE: A CASE STUDY OF THE MOSQUITO FIRE AND THE CALIFORNIA RED-LEGGED FROG

Thursday 11:00 AM
3Tashi MacMillen

BUILD IT AND THEY WILL COME- HABITAT RESTORATION SUCCESS FOR CALIFORNIA RED-LEGGED FROGS IN NORTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA

Thursday 11:20 AM
4Jeff Alvarez

AN EFFECTIVE TECHNIQUE FOR THE TRANSLOCATION FOR CALIFORNIA RED-LEGGED FROG EGG MASSES.

Thursday 11:40 AM

 

Session: Ecology and Conservation of Bats - II

Chair: Dave Johnston, H.T. Harvey & Associates

Room: Salon 4

#PresenterTitleDate/Time
1Robert Schorr

CLIMBERS FOR BAT CONSERVATION: CITIZEN SCIENCE TO UNDERSTAND BAT ROOSTING ECOLOGY

Thursday 10:40 AM
2Matt Sharp Chaney

RESULTS OF LONG-TERM BAT MITIGATION MONITORING: ARTIFICIAL REPLACEMENT HABITAT SUPPORTS RARE TOWNSENDS BIG-EARED BAT, AS WELL AS MATERNITY ROOSTS OF COMMON BATS

Thursday 11:00 AM
3Anna Doty

THE EFFECTS OF WILDFIRE ON ROOST SELECTION OF THE CALIFORNIA MYOTIS

Thursday 11:20 AM
4Jill Carpenter

THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX (CULVERT): BAT ROOSTS IN CULVERT STRUCTURES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR CONSERVATION

Thursday 11:40 AM

 

Session: Military Lands - II

Chair: Rhys Evans & Kirsten Christopherson, Vandenberg Space Force Base & Air Force West Region

Room: Santa Rosa / Sonoma

#PresenterTitleDate/Time
1Jeff Lovich

ASPECTS OF THE DEMOGRAPHY OF A RELICT AND TENUOUS POPULATION OF NORTHWESTERN POND TURTLES (ACTINEMYS MARMORATA) IN A WEST MOJAVE DESERT STREAM FLOWING ONTO EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE

Thursday 10:40 AM
2Jaymee Marty

MANAGING CALIFORNIA TIGER SALAMANDER MIGRATION AT TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, CALIFORNIA

Thursday 11:00 AM
3Morgan Ball

AN UNLIKELY SALAMANDER; THE ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION OF THE NEWLY DISCOVERED ARGUELLO SLENDER SALAMANDER (BATRACHOSEPS WAKEI).

Thursday 11:20 AM
4Melanie Colon

NAVAL BASE CORONADO WESTERN SNOWY PLOVER (WSPL) AND CALIFORNIA LEAST TERN (CLTE) MANAGEMENT

Thursday 11:40 AM

 

Session: Ecology and Conservation of Mammals (Large Mammals)

Chair: Kelley Stewart, University of Nevada, Reno

Room: Salon 1

#PresenterTitleDate/Time
1Aidan Branney

JAGUARS, OCELOTS, COATIMUNDIS ... OH MY: SPECIES COMPOSITION AND TEMPORAL OVERLAP OF A DIVERSE CARNIVORE GUILD IN THE SIERRA OF TAMAULIPAS, MEXICO

Friday 8:05 AM
2Grace Rosburg-Francot

DIETARY NICHE OVERLAP AMONG SIERRA NEVADA RED FOX, COYOTE, BOBCAT, AND MARTEN REVEALS POSSIBLE KEY PREY ITEMS FOR SIERRA NEVADA RED FOX

Friday 8:25 AM
3Paige Prentice

CANCELLED PUTTIN' IN THE RITS: SURVIVAL MECHANISMS AND CONSEQUENCES OF HETEROTHERMY IN A DESERT-ADAPTED UNGULATE

Friday 8:45 AM
4Sydney McCluskey

USING NOVEL AND TRADITIONAL SURVEY TECHNIQUES TO MONITOR SMALL MAMMAL SPECIES IN NORTHWESTERN

Friday 9:05 AM
5Sean McCain

EXAMINING THE INFLUENCE OF ECOTYPIC VARIATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE SUCCESS OF TRANSLOCATED BIGHORN SHEEP

Friday 9:25 AM
6Thomas Connor

AN IMPROVED MODEL AND ESTIMATE OF CALIFORNIA'S BLACK BEAR POPULATION

Friday 9:45 AM
7Jason Lombardi

CO-OCCURRENCE OF BLACK BEARS, MOUNTAIN LIONS AND GRAY WOLVES IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

Friday 10:05 AM
8Fraser Shilling

LOGIC-BASED SITE PLANNING FOR WILDLIFE CROSSINGS

Friday 10:25 AM

 

Session: Challenges and Benefits of Restoring/Monitoring the San Joaquin Desert Biome-Wide

Chair: Mike Westphal, US BLM

Room: Salon 2

#PresenterTitleDate/Time
1David Germano

THE SAN JOAQUIN DESERT OF CALIFORNIA: ECOLOGICALLY MISUNDERSTOOD AND OVERLOOKED

Friday 8:05 AM
2Randi McCormick

SUPPORTING CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY IN THE SAN JOAQUIN DESERT: A CONSULTANT'S PERSPECTIVE

Friday 8:25 AM
3Erica Kelly

COMPARISON OF SAN JOAQUIN KIT FOX DEN AND CALIFORNIA GROUND SQUIRREL BURROW ATTRIBUTES

Friday 8:45 AM
4Scott Butterfield

A 25-YEAR VISION FOR RECOVERING ENDANGERED SPECIES ON RESTORED FARMLAND IN THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY

Friday 9:05 AM
5Tim Bean

PRONGHORN: THE NEXT STEP FOR SAN JOAQUIN DESERT RESTORATION?

Friday 9:25 AM
6Rory Telemeco

REPATRIATING BLUNT-NOSED LEOPARD LIZARDS TO PANOCHE PLATEAU: LESSONS FROM YEAR 1

Friday 9:45 AM
7Ben Teton

DEVELOPING LONG-TERM, SYSTEMS LEVEL SPECIES MONITORING TECHNIQUES WITHIN A RESEARCH FRAMEWORK AT THE PANOCHE VALLEY PRESERVE

Friday 10:05 AM
8Ryan O'Dell

CLIMATE AND FLORA OF THE SAN JOAQUIN DESERT

Friday 10:25 AM

 

Session: Ecology and Conservation of Amphibians and Reptiles - III

Chair: Jeff Alvarez, The Wildlife Project

Room: Salon 3/4

#PresenterTitleDate/Time
1Victoria Brunal-Byrd

LAND USE IMPACTS ON MOVEMENT PATTERNS OF CALIFORNIA TIGER SALAMANDERS (AMBYSTOMA CALIFORNIENSE) IN A VERNAL POOL COMPLEX

Friday 8:05 AM
2David Cook

DIPNET SURVEYS PROVIDE ACCURATE ABUNDANCE ESTIMATES FOR CALIFORNIA TIGER SALAMANDER AND PACIFIC TREEFROG LARVAE

Friday 8:25 AM
3Sean MacDonald

BURROW EXCAVATIONS: A REVIEW OF A COMMON TAKE AVOIDANCE MEASURE FOR FEDERALLY THREATENED CALIFORNIA TIGER SALAMANDER (AMBYSTOMA CALIFORNIENSE)

Friday 8:45 AM
4Christina Varian

PREDATION ON BREEDING NORTHWESTERN POND TURTLES AND THEIR NESTS IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

Friday 9:05 AM
5Barry Nerhus

SOUTHWESTERN POND TURTLE DEMOGRAPHIC SIZE AND SEX RATIO CHANGES AFTER DROUGHT AND FIRE AT THE SANTA ROSA PLATEAU ECOLOGICAL RESERVE

Friday 9:25 AM
6Melissa Riley

IF YOU BUILD IT WILL THEY COME OR DO THEY LEAVE? THE EFFECTS OF TIDAL RESTORATION ON WESTERN POND TURTLE HOME RANGE AND HABITAT USE

Friday 9:45 AM

 

Session: Ecology and Conservation of Birds - III

Chair: Kate McGinn, University of Wisconsin

Room: Bodega / Cotati

#PresenterTitleDate/Time
1Brett Walker

MONITORING, CITIZEN SCIENCE, AND FIELD DATA REVEAL A NOVEL ALPINE BREEDING DISTRIBUTION AND VEGETATION ASSOCIATIONS OF A DECLINING, HABITAT-SPECIALIST SONGBIRD

Friday 8:05 AM
2Daniel Hofstadter

ASSESSING THE FEASIBILITY OF CALIFORNIA-WIDE BARRED OWL MANAGEMENT

Friday 8:25 AM
3Josh Barry

SEVERE WILDFIRE POSES A GREATER THREAT TO FOREST OWL COMMUNITIES THAN BARRED OWLS DURING THE EARLY STAGE OF THE INVASION

Friday 8:45 AM
4Kate McGinn

HIGH-SEVERITY FIRE OFFSETS PREDATOR ENERGETIC BUDGETS

Friday 9:05 AM
5Anu Kramer

USING BIOACOUSTICS TO ENHANCE THE EFFICIENCY OF SPOTTED OWL SURVEYS AND FACILITATE FOREST RESTORATION

Friday 9:25 AM
6Jason Winiarski

UPDATES AND INSIGHTS FROM THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF THE CALIFORNIA SPOTTED OWL BIOACOUSTIC MONITORING PROGRAM

Friday 9:45 AM
7Corbin Kuntze

MULTISCALE OCCUPANCY OF DUSKY-FOOTED WOODRATS IN THE SIERRA NEVADA

Friday 10:05 AM

 

Session: Ecology and Conservation of Mammals (Small Mammals)

Chair: Deana Clifford, CA Dept of Fish and Wildlife

Room: Santa Rosa / Sonoma

#PresenterTitleDate/Time
1Sean Matthews

A HIERARCHICAL MODELLING APPROACH TO PREDICT THE DISTRIBUTION, DENSITY, AND HABITAT RELATIONSHIPS OF FISHERS IN WASHINGTON, OREGON, AND CALIFORNIA

Friday 8:05 AM
2Jessica Buskirk

RESTING LOCATIONS, MOVEMENT DATA, AND GIVING UP DENSITY EXPERIMENTS DESCRIBE PERCEIVED RISK BY HUMBOLDT MARTENS WITHIN FORESTS DIVERSE IN COMPLEXITY

Friday 8:25 AM
3Ronan Hart

A "LIVING" HABITAT MAP FOR SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA FISHERS

Friday 8:45 AM
4Shannon Lynch

MEASURING DROUGHT SEVERITY WITH WHISKERS: DROUGHT INFLUENCES SMALL MAMMAL DIET IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA

Friday 9:05 AM
5Devin Adsit-Morris

SUMMARY OF USGS RESEARCH ON THE AMERICAN BADGER (TAXIDEA TAXUS) IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY

Friday 9:25 AM
6Jaime Rudd

MORTALITIES ASSOCIATED WITH HIGHLY PATHOGENIC AVIAN INFLUENZA H5N1 IN CALIFORNIA WILD MAMMALS

Friday 9:45 AM
7Erika Anderson

CARNIVORE SPACE USE AND HABITAT SHAPE THE DISTRIBUTION OF HUMBOLDT MARTEN DENSITY IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

Friday 10:05 AM
8Cheryl Brehme

10-YRS OF OCCUPANCY MONITORING FOR THE ENDANGERED PACIFIC POCKET MOUSE USING TRACK TUBES: PROGRAM SUCCESSES, CHALLENGES, AND MONITORING-MANAGEMENT FEEDBACK LOOP

Friday 10:25 AM

 

Session: Poster Session

Chair: Allison Fuller - Ascent Environmental, Carlos Alvarado - Ascent Environmental

Room: Ballroom

#PresenterTitle
1Sabrina Alaniz

AN INSTANCE OF SUCCESSFUL RELOCATIONS OF RAVEN AND RED-TAILED HAWK NESTS

2Varren Anacleto

REVOLUTIONIZING CONSERVATION: ECOSNAP - TRANSFORMING HABITAT RESTORATION ALONG THE SANTA ANA RIVER

3Jess Angulo

AVIAN BIOMASS AND MICROCLIMATE

4Jessalyn Ayars

MEGAFIRES IN CALIFORNIA: HOW HAVE THEY IMPACTED WILDLIFE HABITAT?

5Ange Baker

THE HISTORY AND CURRENT IMPACT OF THE CALIFORNIA FISH AND WILDLIFE JOURNAL, CALIFORNIA'S LONGEST-RUNNING SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL

6Wendy Bear

TIME-TO-OCCUPANCY MODELS INFORM CAMERA SURVEY DURATION REQUIREMENTS FOR COMMUNITIES AND RARE SNAKE SPECIES

7Rebeca Becdach

JAGUAR (PANTHERA ONCA) POPULATION DENSITY AND CONSERVATION STATUS IN PANAMÁ.

8Emily Bergman

QUANTIFYING CORTICOSTERONE IN BLUNT-NOSED LEOPARD LIZARDS

9Ryan Bloom

WHAT'S CRACKING: INVESTIGATING GULL PREDATION ON PISMO CLAM POPULATIONS AT PISMO BEACH

10Ryan Bourbour

EXPANDING WILDLIFE TRACKING CAPABILITIES WITH MOTUS IN CALIFORNIA AND WESTERN NORTH AMERICA

11Jazmine Camacho Servin

CHARACTERIZATION OF AMERICAN PIKA (OCHOTONA PRINCEPS) DIETS USING DNA METABARCODING

12Mariya Chisholm

EVALUATION OF SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA NETWORK JUVENILE COHO MONITORING PROGRAM

13Janelle Chojnacki

RESOURCE USE, BEHAVIOR, AND DIET OF A SYNANTHROPIC PREDATOR, THE COMMON RAVEN, AND IMPLICATIONS FOR CONSERVATION OF A THREATENED SHOREBIRD

14William Claflin

WHO MOVED IN NEXT DOOR: NON-INVASIVE ANALYSIS OF GIANT KANGAROO RATS (DIPODOMYS INGENS) DISPERSAL AND POPULATION STRUCTURING

15Christopher Collier

MESOCARNIVORE USE OF A POST-FIRE LANDSCAPE: IMPACTS OF THE DIXIE FIRE IN LASSEN AND PLUMAS NATIONAL FORESTS, CALIFORNIA

16Taryn Cornell

ANURAN DISTRIBUTION AND RICHNESS IN A TROPICAL MONTANE FOREST IN MONTEVERDE, COSTA RICA - AN UPDATED SURVEY

17Alissa Cox

WINTER DIET OF THE MEXICAN FREE-TAILED BAT (TADARIDA BRASILIENSIS MEXICANA) IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.

18Alison Dernbach

NEON IN THE GREAT BASIN & PACIFIC SOUTHWEST: EXPANDING THE SCOPE OF ECOLOGICAL SCIENCE THROUGH LONG-TERM, OPEN ACCESS ECOLOGICAL DATA

19Doris Duncan

HAZING & DETERRENTS FOR HUMAN WILDLIFE CONFLICT & MORE

20Kara Fadden

MANAGING FOR HIGHLY PATHOGENIC AVIAN INFLUENZA IN THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA CONDOR FLOCK

21Rayna Fitzgerald

SMALL MAMMALS USE TRANSPORTED EMERGENT MACROPHYTES IN AN ACCRETING TIDAL WETLAND

22Brett Hanshew

HOW TO MEASURE 'ENOUGH?' AMERICAN BULLFROG (LITHOBATES CATESBEIANUS) CONTROL FOLLOWING WETLAND ENHANCEMENT AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT

23Grace Henke

CHYTRIDIOMYCOSIS IMMUNE PRIMING AS A TOOL FOR RANA SIERRAE POPULATION RECOVERY?

24Alex Hirth

USING MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY TO GENERATE WILDLIFE HABITAT MAPS IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY VIA ALGORITHMIC METHODS

25Melinda Houtman

GEOGRAPHIC AND TEMPORAL TRENDS IN LAGOMORPH MORTALITY REPORTS DURING THE EMERGENCE OF RABBIT HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE IN CALIFORNIA

26Autumn Iverson

WINTER GPS TAGGING REVEALS SPATIAL ECOLOGY AND LARGE HOME RANGES FOR A BOREAL-NESTING SONGBIRD, THE GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW

27Vitek Jirinec

REMOTE CAMERAS SHOW THAT TRESPASS CANNABIS GROWS ON PUBLIC LAND POSE THREATS TO WILDLIFE, BUT GROW RECLAMATION IS AN EFFECTIVE MITIGATION STRATEGY

28Matt Johnson

UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE OF WESTERN BLUEBIRDS & TREE SWALLOWS IN WINEGRAPE VINEYARDS

29Aviv Karasov-Olson

DRIVERS OF COLLABORATION IN REGIONAL MANAGEMENT NETWORKS: A CASE STUDY OF WATERFOWL MANAGEMENT AND MIGRATORY BIRD JOINT VENTURES

30Lauren Katayama

WILD UNGULATE IMPACTS ON RANCHLANDS IN HAWAIʻI

31Alicia Kubicki

USING SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM LOCI TO DIFFERENTIATE GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE (ANSER ALBIFRONS) SUBSPECIES IN CALIFORNIA

32Katherine Larson

PREDATOR-PREY DYNAMICS AFFECT BARN OWL ECOSYSTEM SERVICES

33Grantham Lewis

PLACE A BETTER RAT TRAP: USING GLMMS TO MODEL EFFECTS OF MICROHABITAT ON TRAP SUCCESS

34Sarah Lord

BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS OF CONSPECIFIC CACHING COMPETITION IN PEROGNATHUS LONGIMEMBRIS PACIFICUS

35Vanessa Lozano

A BUNCH OF FEMALE BIOLOGISTS LOG INTO ZOOM... THE IMPORTANCE OF DEDICATED SPACES FOR MARGINALIZED GROUPS IN WILDLIFE

36Abigail Marshall

BAT COMMUNITY SHIFTS POST-FIRE IN THE SIERRA NEVADA

37Marie Martin

FROM COASTLINES TO MOUNTAIN CRESTS - REGIONAL FORAGING PATTERNS OF A SMALL CARNIVORE

38Isa Mattioli

SEA OTTER FORAGING ON PISMO BEACH: INTERACTIONS BETWEEN SOUTHERN SEA OTTERS AND PISMO CLAMS

 

39Sandra Mayne

GROWTH RATE OF WILD AND CAPTIVE-REARED SIERRA NEVADA YELLOW-LEGGED FROGS IN LAKES BASIN, PLUMAS NATIONAL FOREST

40Kaitlin McGee

DRIVERS OF BARRED OWL SETTLEMENT PATTERNS IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

41Kate McGinn

FOREST OWL ASSEMBLAGE THREATENED BY CONTIGUOUS HIGH SEVERITY FIRE

42Tess McIntyre

WHATCHA DRINKING? WATER ACQUISITION AND HYDROREGULATION IN BLUNT-NOSED LEOPARD LIZARDS

43Katherine Miller

CALIFORNIA QUAIL (CALLIPEPLA CALIFORNICA) DENSITY AND OCCURRENCE COMPARED TO LAND USE AND LAND COVER ON THE CARRIZO PLAINS ECOLOGICAL RESERVE

44Shahroukh Mistry

CANCELLED IMPACT OF HIGH SUMMER TEMPERATURES ON BAT ACTIVITY AND BAT HOUSE OCCUPANCY

45Ekaterina Morozova

SAVING A DESERT GIANT: WESTERN JOSHUA TREE CONSERVATION ACT PERMITTING EXPLAINED

46Danaé Mouton

USING AERIAL TELEMETRY TO LOCATE MISSING CALIFORNIA CONDORS

47Diana Munoz

CRISPR-BASED SHERLOCK ASSAY FOR RAPID DETECTION OF CHYTRID FUNGUS EDNA

48Wade Naguwa

ANALYZING DRIVERS FOR MOVEMENT OF GPS COLLARED AXIS DEER IN MAUI, HAWAII

49Tricia Nguyen

ONTO GREENER PASTURES: UNDERSTANDING THE GROWTH OF TARGETED GRAZING AND THE CHANGING CULTURE OF PREDATOR MANAGEMENT IN THE SHEEP INDUSTRY

50Jennifer Olson

THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE'S CUTTING THE GREEN TAPE PROGRAM: REGULATORY EFFICIENCIES TO INCREASE THE PACE AND SCALE OF RESTORATION

51Kathryn Olstad

CDFW STATEWIDE BOBCAT POPULATION MONITORING PROJECT

52Brock Ortega

AN EFFECTIVE COST-EFFECTIVE ALTERNATIVE TO MODIFIED RECONYX TRAIL CAMERAS FOR BUENA VISTA LAKE ORNATE SHREW SURVEYS

53Brock Ortega

STATEWIDE WILDLIFE CROSSING PLANNING, PERMITTING AND DESIGN

54Marina Osechinskaya

PREDATION RATES OF MESOPREDATORS ON CHARADRIUS NIVOSUS NIVOSUS NESTS ALONG A HUMAN-DENSITY GRADIENT

55Cristina Portillo

NEST TREE SELECTION BY SWAINSON'S AND RED-TAILED HAWKS IN BUTTE VALLEY, CA

56Katelyn Rock

COOL AIR AT NIGHT, TORTOISE DELIGHT: VALIDATING IBUTTONS FOR CHARACTERIZING NIGHTTIME MICROHABITAT USE IN JUVENILE DESERT TORTOISES DURING A HEATWAVE

57Cassandra Rodriguez

GENOMIC SEQUENCING TO COMPARE PEDIGREE-BASED AND GENOMIC INBREEDING MEASURES FOR A SMALL, ISOLATED MOUNTAIN LION POPULATION

58Ariana (Ari) Rogers

MCCOSKER SUB-AREA CREEK RESTORATION AND RECREATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT - PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS ON HABITAT IMPROVEMENTS AND WILDLIFE USAGE

59Ashley (Cozette) Romero

EFFECTS OF INVASIVE RODENT CONTROL ON ISLAND FOREST BIRD DEMOGRAPHY AND HEALTH

60Beth Sabo

EGG DEPOSITION PATTERNS USE IN REPSONSE TO ABIOTIC GRADIENTS

61Phylicia Sanchez

PRADO WETLANDS M.A.P.S. STATION

62Caleb Sandoval

DESCRIBING THE ECOLOGY OF URBAN WILDLIFE AND TICKS IN EASTERN LOS ANGELES COUNTY, AND EXPLORING RELATED COMMUNITY PERCEPTIONS

63Hillary Sardinas

USING MOTUS TO UNDERSTAND MONARCH MOVEMENTS

64Brigitte Scott

IMPACT OF HUMAN POPULATION DENSITY AND LOCAL VEGETATION ON WILDLIFE POPULATIONS IN TWO URBAN INDUSTRIAL PARKS IN CALIFORNIA

65Steven Sharp

CAPTIVE PROPAGATION OF BLUNT-NOSED LEOPARD LIZARDS AT FRESNO CHAFFEE ZOO

66Robert Shields

IMPLICATIONS FOR PREDICTING HIGHER MORTALITY RATES OF AMPHIBIAN ROAD KILLS, TARICHA TOROSA AND OTHER SPECIES

67Emily Sit

COMPARING THE DIETS OF URBAN AND NON-URBAN COYOTES IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA

68Isabelle Smits

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSES TO ANTI-PREDATOR TRAINING IN HEAD-STARTED JUVENILE DESERT TORTOISES (GOPHERUS AGASSIZII)

69Dajanae Stitts

EFFECTS OF DROUGHT ON TULE ELK WEIGHTS IN THE SUISUN MARSH

70Sarah Thomsen

DROUGHT INFLUENCES HOME RANGE SIZE AND SPACE USE OF GOLDEN EAGLES IN COASTAL SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

71Rachel Toombs

USING ISLAND FOX AND ISLAND SPOTTED SKUNK TRAP DATA TO MODEL VEGETATION ASSOCIATIONS ON SANTA ROSA ISLAND

72Samantha Walls

THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON CALYPTE ANNA'S FORAGING BEHAVIOR

73Thea Wang

REPRODUCTION AND DISPERSAL OF CALIFORNIA GNATCATCHER AT THE UC IRVINE SAN JOAQUIN MARSH RESERVE

74Dylan Winkler

EXPLORING FORAGE PLANT ASSOCIATIONS OF BUMBLE BEES WITH COMMUNITY SCIENCE

75Melony Wood

BENEATH THE ASHES: UNVEILING THE POSITIVE RESURGENCE OF CALIFORNIA'S VERNAL POOLS AND GRASSLANDS POST-FIRE

76Liberty Wood

ENGAGING CALIFORNIA'S PARTNERS IN WILDLIFE DISEASE MANAGEMENT: CDFW'S PROACTIVE CWD SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM

77Julie Woodruff

UNDERSTANDING THE NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL MIGRATION IN THE BAY AREA, CALIFORNIA