Contributed Paper Abstracts

THE EAST BAY WILDLIFE CONNECTIVITY PROJECT: DESIGNING THREE WILDLIFE CROSSINGS WITH FENCING TO RECONNECT HABITATS AND IMPROVE SAFETY

INSIGHTS FROM THREE SEASONS OF CAMERA STATION MONITORING OF WILDLIFE UNDERCROSSINGS ON A HIGHWAY IN RURAL EASTERN CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

BRIDGING THE GAPS: A NOVEL MODELING FRAMEWORK FOR PRIORITIZING WILDLIFE CROSSINGS

EFFECTS OF SOLAR FACILITIES ON MOVEMENTS AND HABITAT USE BY MULE DEER

CONSERVATION IN THE ANTHROPOCENE: UNDERSTANDING CHANGES IN POPULATION FRAGMENTATION TO MANAGE FOR A RESILIENT FUTURE

RESTORING MIGRATION OF SIERRA BIGHORN IN THE CONTEXT OF ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT

SYMPATRY INCREASES PREDATION RISK FOR AN ENDANGERED UNGULATE

HISTORICAL BOTTLENECKS AND FRAGMENTATION UNDERLIE GENOMIC EROSION AND REDUCED IMMUNE DIVERSITY IN THE ENDANGERED SAN JOAQUIN KIT FOX

COYOTE OCCUPANCY RESPONDS TO SPATIAL VARIATION IN BLACK-TAILED DEER FAWN DENSITY IN THE NORTH COAST REGION OF CALIFORNIA

SPACE USE OF ALTERED LANDSCAPES BY RECOLONIZING CALIFORNIA WOLVES`

PATTERNS OF SPACE USE, DIET, AND LIVESTOCK DEPREDATION IN CALIFORNIA’S RECOVERING GRAY WOLF POPULATION

REWILDING CALIFORNIA MOUNTAIN LIONS (PUMA CONCOLOR): 2016-2025

AN EVALUATION OF ACOUSTIC SIGNAL DEGRADATION AND ITS IMPACT ON MONITORING WILDLIFE USING THE AUDIOMOTH IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GRASSLAND ECOSYSTEMS

A MULTI-SCALE TELEMETRY TRACKING FRAMEWORK TO MONITOR HABITAT USE, BREEDING, AND MIGRATION OF CRYPTIC SPECIES

ARU MANAGEMENT, USAGE, AND CHALLENGES IN RIPARIAN RESTORATION

INTEGRATIVE MONITORING THROUGH BIOACOUSTICS: A SINGLE DATA STREAM TO PASSIVELY INFORM MULTIPLE ECOLOGICAL METRICS

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

MANAGING PREDATION BY INTERVENTIONS TO REDUCE PREY VULNERABILITY

BAT FORAGING ECOLOGY: SEASONAL VARIATION IN THE DIETS OF THE BRAZILIAN FREE-TAILED BAT (TADARIDA BRASILIENSIS)

APHIDS AND BEETLES AND FLIES, OH MY! WHAT BRAZILIAN FREE-TAILED BATS EAT IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

NOTHING GOOD TO EAT IN THE CITY? WHEN URBAN-ADAPTED BATS DON'T SEEM URBAN-ADAPTED

SEA OR SHORE? BAT ACTIVITY THROUGHOUT THE CALIFORNIA COAST AND OFFSHORE ENVIRONMENT

NIGHT WINGS OF SOUTHERN ALAMEDA COUNTY

MONITORING BAT POPULATIONS THROUGH ROOST EXIT SURVEYS WITH CONSISTENT SPECIES-SPECIFIC METHODS AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS

A TALE OF TWO PIKAS: GENETIC CHARACTERIZATION OF HYBRID ZONE DYNAMICS

CLIMATE DRIVES GENETIC DIVERSITY LOSS IN AMERICAN PIKA (OCHOTONA PRINCEPS) POPULATIONS IN THE GREAT BASIN

WHOLE GENOME RESEQUENCING REVEALS GENETIC CHANGES IN AMERICAN PIKAS THROUGHOUT A CENTURY OF CLIMATE CHANGE

ANALYZING THE EFFECT OF CLIMATE ON HABITAT OCCUPANCY AND THE POPULATION STAGE STRUCTURE OF OCHOTONA PRINCEPS (AMERICAN PIKA)

THE DISTRIBUTION AND RESILIENCE OF AMERICAN PIKAS UNDER CHANGING CLIMATE CONDITIONS IN THE CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES

PIKAS ON PROTECTED LANDS: INFORMING CONSERVATION AND MONITORING ACROSS THE U.S. NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM

TRACKING SWAINSON’S HAWKS: BEHAVIORAL RESPONSES TO INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT IN CALIFORNIA’S CENTRAL VALLEY

CALIFORNIA (LARGE) WILDLIFE-VEHICLE COLLISIONS RATES AND COSTS HIGH BUT DECLINING WITH DECLINING WILDLIFE POPULATIONS

PRESENCE-ONLY PREDICTION (MAXENT) AS A TOOL TO DIRECT SURVEYS AND MITIGATION OF CALIFORNIA NEWT ROAD MORTALITY

ESTIMATING ANNUAL LARGE MAMMAL ROADKILL FOR CALIFORNIA

MODELING AND MITIGATING HIGHWAY TRAFFIC NOISE AND LIGHT FOR WILDLIFE MOVEMENT

WILDLIFE CONNECTIVITY ALONG INTERSTATE-10’S BANNING PASS: USING FIELD RESEARCH TO INFORM CONNECTIVITY EFFORTS

MOUNTAIN LION TRANSLOCATION AS A MANAGEMENT STRATEGY FOR MITIGATING PREDATION ON AN ENDANGERED SPECIES

CALIFORNIA’S WILDCAT: BOBCAT POPULATION MONITORING IN CALIFORNIA

CHANGE IN BOBCAT DISTRIBUTION AFTER LARGE MIXED SEVERITY FIRE

USING THE WILDLIFE PICTURE INDEX TO MEASURE ECOSYSTEM HEALTH

HOW THE ENVIRONMENT DRIVES PREDATOR-PREY ENCOUNTER DYNAMICS ACROSS SPACE AND TIME

COLLABORATIVE INTEGRATED POPULATION MODELING: MERGING MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVES AND MODELING TO MANAGE AN ENDANGERED SPECIES

ADVANCING RECOVERY PLANNING FOR CALIFORNIA’S CESA-LISTED SPECIES

THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE’S CUTTING THE GREEN TAPE PROGRAM: UPDATES ON REGULATORY STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE THE PACE AND SCALE OF RESTORATION

CREATION OF A HABITAT SUITABILITY SPATIAL MODEL FOR RIPARIAN BRUSH RABBIT AS A SPECIES RECOVERY TOOL

PROJECTING THE BENEFITS OF TIDAL MARSH RESTORATION FOR BIRD HABITAT IN THE SACRAMENTO–SAN JOAQUIN DELTA OF CALIFORNIA

HYDROLOGIC RESTORATION AND OVERALL WATER AVAILABILITY ARE KEY TO BIRD CONSERVATION IN SIERRA NEVADA MEADOWS

TRACKING PERSISTENCE: HUMBOLDT MARTEN MONITORING ACROSS NORTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA ON YUROK ANCESTRAL LANDS

EFFECTS OF PUBLIC LAND CANNABIS CULTIVATION ON BAT DIVERSITY AND FORAGING ACTIVITY IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

LANDSCAPE SCALE ROOSTING HABITS OF MALE SILVER-HAIRED BATS IN NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA

SWARMING BEHAVIOR BY THE SOLITARY TREE-ROOSTING HOARY BAT

DEVELOPING AN IMPACTFUL COMMUNITY SCIENCE PROGRAM, IDENTIFYING TECHNICAL CHALLENGES, AND ASSESSING ENGAGEMENT TECHNIQUES

A 25-YEAR HISTORY OF TADARIDA BRASILIENSIS OCCUPYING THE FRANKLIN BOULEVARD BRIDGE IN CALIFORNIA’S CENTRAL VALLEY

BATS AND WILDFIRE IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA: HOW BAT SPECIES PRESENCE AND RELATIVE ABUNDANCE SHIFTED POST-DIXIE FIRE

LONG-CALL PLAYBACK: A NOVEL METHOD FOR ESTIMATING DENSITY AND OCCUPANCY OF NORTH AMERICAN PIKA

BEYOND THE WEATHER STATION: MAPPING THERMAL REFUGIA IN ROCKY ALPINE HABITATS

WINTER CLIMATE EXPLAINS AMERICAN PIKA (OCHOTONA PRINCEPS SAXATILIS) HABITAT OCCUPANCY IN A SOUTHERN CORE OF THE SPECIES' RANGE

PATTERNS OF CHANGE IN MICROCLIMATES IN AN ATYPICAL HABITAT FOR AMERICAN PIKAS

DIVERGENT PATHS FOR CLIMATE ADAPTATION: COMPARING ADAPTIVE CAPACITY IN NORTH AMERICAN PIKAS

CLIMATIC STRESSORS AND HABITAT QUALITY EXPLAIN INDIVIDUAL STRESS METRICS IN AN ISOLATED POPULATION OF SMALL MAMMALS

ASSESSING GENETIC RESCUE IN BLUNT-NOSED LEOPARD LIZARDS IN CALIFORNIA’S PANOCHE HILLS

THERMAL ECOLOGY OF THE GREAT BASIN RATTLESNAKE (CROTALUS LUTOSUS) IN EASTERN NEVADA

SNAKES ON A GRAIN? RICE CULTIVATION SUPPORTS GROWTH AND SURVIVAL OF THE THREATENED SEMI-AQUATIC GIANT GARTERSNAKE (THAMNOPHIS GIGAS)

DENIZENS OF THE DARK: NOTES ON THE DIET OF NIGHTSNAKES (GENUS: HYPSIGLENA) AND THE KNOWN UNKNOWNS OF THE CALIFORNIA NIGHTSNAKE (H. OCHRORHYNCHA NUCHALATA)

POPULATION STRUCTURE OF THE SAN JOAQUIN COACHWHIP

THREE DECADES IN THE MAKING: LAUNCHING THE FIRST HEAD-START PROGRAM FOR THE ENDANGERED SAN FRANCISCO GARTER SNAKE (THAMNOPHIS SIRTALIS TETRATAENIA)

NOVEL SKY-ISLAND LINEAGES IDENTIFIED THROUGH GENOMIC ANALYSES OF THE NARROW-FACED KANGAROO RAT

WHY THE LONG FACE? THE ECOLOGICAL NICHE AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE IMPERILED NARROW-FACED KANGAROO RAT (DIPODOMYS VENUSTUS)

PREDATOR-PREY SPATIOTEMPORAL DYNAMICS IN RESTORED CORRIDORS FOR THE ENDANGERED SAN BERNARDINO KANGAROO RAT

GENETIC AND MORPHOLOGICAL VARIATION ACROSS THE RANGE OF TROWBRIDGE’S SHREW, SOREX TROWBRIDGII

A NOVEL SET OF TECHNIQUES TO ENTICE SAN FRANCISCO DUSKY-FOOTED WOODRAT AND MONTEREY DUSKY-FOOTED WOODRAT TO UTILIZE RELOCATED & RECONSTRUCTED NESTS.

AN INVESTIGATION OF DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE SALT MARSH HARVEST MOUSE THROUGHOUT THE SPECIES RANGE AND RELATED CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS

FROM RECOVERY TO RESILIENCE: ONGOING CONSERVATION OF THE CATALINA ISLAND FOX

HUMAN-WILDLIFE INTERACTIONS OF HAWAIIAN WATERBIRDS IN MANAGED WETLANDS

OBSERVATIONS OF PREDATION OF CALIFORNIA’S MARINE MAMMALS BY THE COOKIE CUTTER SHARK (ISISTIUS BRASILIENSIS)

MINIMUM HYDROPERIOD FOR METAMORPHOSIS IN THE CALIFORNIA TIGER SALAMANDER

PATTERNS OF DISPERSAL AND SURVIVORSHIP IN RECENTLY-METAMORPHOSED CALIFORNIA RED-LEGGED FROGS (RANA DRAYTONII)

POND CREATION CONFERS BENEFITS TO POND ASSOCIATED SPECIES

REGIONAL COMPARISON OF URBAN VERSUS RURAL PEREGRINE FALCON (FALCO PEREGRINUS ANATUM) NESTING HABITAT QUALITIES IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, CALIFORNIA

IT TAKES THREE TO TANGO: COOPERATIVE BREEDING IN CALIFORNIA CONDORS

A JOURNEY OF RECOVERY AND RESILIENCE: HOW VENTANA WILDLIFE SOCIETY BROUGHT CALIFORNIA CONDORS BACK TO THE CENTRAL COAST

WHOLE-GENOME DATA FOR THE GOLDEN EAGLE (AQUILA CHRYSAETOS CANADENSIS) ELUCIDATE REGIONAL GENETIC STRUCTURE THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA AND ADJACENT STATES

BARRED OWL SPACE USE REVEALS COMPETITIVE EXCLUSION AND FUNCTIONAL LOSS OF NORTHERN SPOTTED OWL HABITAT

WINTERING BURROWING OWL STATUS IN ORANGE COUNTY, CA

SELENIUM BIOACCUMULATION AFFECTS NESTING SUCCESS AND EGG HATCHING RATE OF YUMA RIDGWAY’S RAILS AT THE SALTON SEA

IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE INFLUENCES SELENIUM LEVELS IN YUMA RIDGWAY’S RAILS AT THE SALTON SEA

SALTON SEA VERSUS COLORADO RIVER: COMPARISON OF MIGRATION AND SEASONAL MOVEMENTS IN YUMA RIDGWAY’S RAILS

EVALUATING DRIVERS OF SELENIUM BIOACCUMULATION IN YUMA RIDGWAY'S RAIL FOOD WEBS FROM MANAGED AND UNMANAGED SALTON SEA WETLANDS

CAMERAS AND AUTONOMOUS RECORDING UNITS DETECT DIVERSE WILDLIFE PRESENCE WITHIN NEWLY RESTORED RIPARIAN HABITAT ALONG THE ALAMO RIVER CORRIDOR

SHIFTING AVIAN HABITATS AT THE SALTON SEA CREATE NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR CONSERVATION

TOO SALTY TO STAY? SALINITY AS A DRIVER OF WESTERN POND TURTLE OCCUPANCY PATTERNS

TURTLES ON THE RANGE: UNDERSTANDING NORTHWESTERN POND TURTLE MOVEMENTS IN CALIFORNIA’S WORKING LANDS

AQUATIC MOVEMENTS, POTENTIAL NESTING, AND OVERWINTERING HABITAT OF THE NORTHWESTERN POND TURTLE (ACTINEMYS MARMORATA) IN SUBURBAN WATERWAYS.

A REVIEW OF TURTLE SHELL NOTCHING, AND A PLEA FOR METHODOLOGICAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

PRELIMINARY FINDINGS OF POND RESTORATION AT GOAT ROCK BHR FOR CALIFORNIA RED-LEGGED FROG AND NORTHWESTERN POND TURTLE

BALANCING CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA) STREAMLINING EFFORTS AND WILDLIFE PROTECTION

A TALE OF TWO PONDS. HOW A LOCALIZED EXTIRPATION MORPHED INTO A REGIONAL RECOVERY ACTION FOR CRLF IN SOLANO COUNTY

EVALUATING THE EFFICACY AND COST OF BURROW EXCAVATIONS FOR SMALL VERTEBRATE SPECIES

WILD HORSE ADVOCATES VERSUS RANCHERS? NOT ANYMORE: UNSUNG CONSERVATION HEROES ENTER THE FRAY

AFFECTIVE STAKEHOLDERS: A NEW CHALLENGE FOR PARTICIPATORY ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE

FOUNDATIONAL QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS FROM ILLEGAL CANNABIS CULTIVATION ON PUBLIC LANDS IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES

PERSISTENT CONTAMINANTS: LANDSCAPE-SCALE RODENTICIDE EXPOSURE IN A SENTINEL OWL SPECIES

USING FINE-SCALE AGING IN BARRED OWLS (STRIX VARIA) TO UNDERSTAND TIMELINE OF RODENTICIDE EXPOSURE IN NORTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA

INVESTIGATING PESTICIDE EXPOSURE ON THE GIANT GARTERSNAKE

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TURKEY VULTURES: THE CHALLENGES OF LEAD EXPOSURE AND MIGRATION

NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL MIGRATION: RESULTS OF 7 YEARS OF DATA COLLECTION IN THE BAY AREA, CALIFORNIA

EFFECTS OF PERSONALITY ON HUNTING BEHAVIOR AND POTENTIAL FOR ECOSYSTEM SERVICES PROVIDED BY BARN OWLS IN AN AGROECOSYSTEM

AVIAN POPULATION TRENDS IN PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL PARKS SUGGEST RESILIENCE TO RECENT CLIMATE CHANGE THAT IS NOT EXPLAINED BY ELEVATIONAL RANGE SHIFTS

POTENTIAL POPULATION EFFECTS OF LIMITED DISPERSAL ON NESTING SWAINSON'S HAWKS WITH EXPANDING UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR DEVELOPMENT IN THE WEST MOJAVE DESERT, CA

MONITORING HABITAT CONNECTIVITY FOR SAN JOAQUIN KIT FOX; RESULTS OF A PILOT STUDY ASSESSING CAMERAS AND AI SOFTWARE

THE PROS AND CONS OF ASSUMING LISTED SPECIES PRESENCE

NAVIGATING PERMIT CHALLENGES IN A DESIGN-BUILD APPROACH

WRITING EFFECTIVE MITIGATION MEASURES

EVALUATING EFFECTIVENESS OF CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL

TESTING ACOUSTIC DETECTION OF SPECIES WITH AI

DEVELOPING BASELINE ACOUSTIC MONITORING AT CANADA DE LOS OSOS ECOLOGICAL RESERVE

COMPARING EDNA SAMPLING AND CAMERA TRAPPING AS INDICATORS OF TERRESTRIAL MAMMAL SPECIES PRESENCE IN WILDLIFE CROSSING STRUCTURES ACROSS CALIFORNIA

MONITORING AND CRLF RELOCATION EFFORTS FOR THE RANCHO CAÑADA FLOODPLAIN RESTORATION PROJECT

FROM THE CITY TO THE FOOTHILLS: THE EFFECT OF URBANIZATION ON HAEMOSPORIDIAN INFECTIONS IN HOUSE FINCHES (HAEMORHOUS MEXICANUS)

AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS ANTIBODIES IN A BARRED OWL: A CASE FROM NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

INVESTIGATING THE POPULATION SIZE AND DEMOGRAPHY OF THE NORTHWESTERN POND TURTLE (ACTINEMYS MARMORATA) AT A HIGH ELEVATION SITE IN KERN COUNTY

THE POWER OF A STATE SYMBOL: TRANSLATING THE GIANT GARTERSNAKE DESIGNATION INTO TANGIBLE CONSERVATION ACTION

MOJAVE DESERT TORTOISE USE OF CALIFORNIA’S ABANDONED MINES

GRASSHOPPER ABUNDANCE AND BNLL ACTIVITY

LONG-TERM MOVEMENT PATTERNS OF A MOUNTAIN LION IN A CHANGING ENVIRONMENT

MOLTING MECHANICS: CHARACTERIZING SURFACE TEMPERATURES DURING THE INITIAL MOLT OF NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL (MIROUNGA ANGUSTIROSTRIS) PUPS

EARLY INSIGHTS ON WATER FOR WILDLIFE: PRONGHORN USE OF WATER SOURCES IN THE CARRIZO PLAIN, CALIFORNIA

COMPARISON OF SURVEY METHODS FOR THE COLLECTION OF GENETIC DATA VIA HAIR SNARES FOR HUMBOLDT MARTEN (MARTES CAURINA HUMBOLDTENSIS) ON YUROK TRIBAL LANDS

CATCH ME IF YOU CAN: INTERACTIONS BETWEEN PREDATOR AND PREY AT WILDLIFE CROSSING STRUCTURES IN CALIFORNIA

A GAME OF CAT AND MOUSE: THE ROLE OF VEGETATION PRODUCTIVITY ON PREY PREVALENCE IN FERAL CAT STOMACHS

TO FLEE, OR NOT TO FLEE: JUVENILE DISPERSAL AND ADULT EXPLORATORY MOVEMENT PATTERNS IN SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND FOXES

GIANT KANGAROO RATS AND SAN JOAQUIN ANTELOPE SQUIRRELS ON THE CARRIZO PLAIN: AN UPDATE AFTER 19 YEARS OF MONITORING

HABITAT USE IN A HIGHLY INVADED MARSH: DO SALT MARSH HARVEST MICE PREFER INVASIVE PLANT SPECIES OVER PICKLEWEED?

BEST PRACTICES IN EXCLUSION FENCING FOR SALT MARSH HARVEST MOUSE

AMERICAN KESTRELS IN AGROECOSYSTEMS: EFFECTS OF EXTREME TEMPERATURE AND LAND-USE ON RESOURCE SELECTION AND NESTLING DIET

QUANTIFYING POST-RELEASE OUTCOMES OF REHABILITATED CALIFORNIA CONDORS

PEREGRINATIONS OF FEMALE PRAIRIE FALCONS AFTER FLEDGING: GOODBYE CALIFORNIA?

MOVEMENTS OF TURKEY VULTURES PROVIDE EVIDENCE OF NONMIGRATORY BEHAVIOR AND NATAL PHILOPATRY IN A POPULATION BREEDING IN SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA

TRANSLOCATION AND MONITORING OF THE OMAO (MYADESTES OBSCURUS): ADVANCING NATIVE BIRD AND HABITAT RECOVERY IN HAWAII

DOCUMENTING EXPONENTIAL GROWTH OF INVASIVE MUTE SWANS (CYGNUS OLOR) IN CALIFORNIA

SUCCESSFULLY EXCLUDING CLIFF SWALLOW NESTING ON A BRDIGE STRUCTURE

BETWEEN THE ASHES AND THE SAGE: MOVEMENT AND HABITAT USE OF GREATER SAGE-GROUSE (CENTROCERCUS UROPHASIANUS) BROODS IN BURNED AND UNBURNED LANDSCAPES

FACTORS INFLUENCING “STILLNESS” IN BARRED OWLS OF NORTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA

FORAGING HABITAT SELECTION BY AMERICAN BARN OWLS IN VINEYARD LANDSCAPES

QUANTIFYING IMPACTS OF HUMANS ON TERRESTRIAL URBAN MAMMAL ACTIVITY: A COVID-19 LOCKDOWN NATURAL EXPERIMENT

INVESTIGATING EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES ON BARN OWL ROAD MORTALITY ALONG INTERSTATE 5 (I-5) USING A 15 YEAR LONG DATASET

CONCRETE CARNIVORES: OCCUPANCY AND ACTIVITY IN A SHARED URBAN LANDSCAPE

UA OLA LOKO I KE ALOHA: COMMUNITY WELL-BEING AND BIOCULTURAL RESTORATION AT WAIKALUA LOKO IʻA, OʻAHU

STATE WILDLIFE ACTION PLAN 2025 (SWAP 2025): WHAT’S NEW FOR SPECIES OF GREATEST CONSERVATION NEED (SGCN) CRITERIA

EVALUATING THE SHIFT TO NON-LEAD AMMUNITION: IMPACTS ON WILDLIFE AND STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT

SCIENCE AND SOCIAL ENGINEERING - MANAGING INVASIVE SPECIES IN CITY OF SANTA CRUZ WATERSHEDS

WILDFIRE SMOKE AND ITS IMPACT ON URBAN WILDLIFE

ECOLOGICAL RESPONSE TO WILD, PRESCRIBED, AND CULTURAL FIRE IN AN ARID GRASSLAND (CARRIZO PLAIN NATIONAL MONUMENT)

QUANTIFYING ANTIPREDATOR BEHAVIOR OF CROTALUS OREGANUS ON THE CENTRAL COAST OF CALIFORNIA

DATA-DRIVEN RESTORATION: LEVERAGING EDNA, GEOSPATIAL DATA, AND MODELING TO MEASURE, TRACK, AND ACCELERATE HABITAT RECOVERY

CHARACTERIZING THE SAN FRANCISCO COYOTE POPULATION USING NONINVASIVE GENETIC SAMPLING.

UTILIZING EDNA, WILDLIFE CAMERAS, AND ACOUSTIC RECORDING UNITS TO DETECT WILDLIFE AT THE TULE ELK STATE NATURAL RESERVE

INTRODUCING AUDIODASH: A WEB-BASED TOOL FOR ORGANIZING, AUTOMATICALLY CLASSIFYING, AND VERIFYING AUDIO RECORDINGS OF WILDLIFE

AI-SUPPORTED, THERMAL WILDLIFE DETECTION AND CLASSIFICATION AT WILDLIFE CROSSINGS

PASSIVE ACOUSTIC DATA AS PHENOLOGICAL DISTRIBUTIONS: UNCOVERING SIGNALS OF TEMPORAL ECOLOGY

WOLVERINES IN CALIFORNIA: A WILD PAST AND A POTENTIAL FUTURE

ENERGETIC COSTS OF HUMAN DISTURBANCE TO SOUTHERN SEA OTTERS ALONG THE CALIFORNIA COAST

GOING THE DISTANCE, IN THE SPOTLIGHT: 25 YEARS OF DISTANCE SAMPLING SURVEYS FOR SAN JOAQUIN KIT FOX ON THE CARRIZO PLAIN USING SPOTLIGHTING

SHAPED BY SHAPES: COMPLEX CONFIGURATION OF BURN SEVERITY PATCHES PROMOTES PACIFIC MARTEN OCCUPANCY FOLLOWING A MEGAFIRE

BEYOND BOUNDARIES – HUMBOLDT MARTEN DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE IN THE COASTAL FORESTS OF CALIFORNIA AND OREGON

GRAY FOX OCCUPANCY OF BURNED VEGETATION FOLLOWING A CALIFORNIA MEGAFIRE

COMBINING CAMERA TRAP AND FITNESS APP DATA TO ASSESS MAMMAL RESPONSE TO HIKING AND MOUNTAIN BIKING TRAIL USE

EXPANDING THE REACH OF AUTONOMOUS RECORDING UNITS: DETECTING CRYPTIC RAILS IN CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENTS

ADAPTING TO THE CITY: HOW URBANIZATION INFLUENCES HOUSE FINCH IMMUNE GENES

AVIAN RESPONSE TO FIRE IN GIANT SEQUOIA GROVES

URBANIZATION PROMOTES INDIVIDUAL SPECIALIZATION IN A GENERALIST CARNIVORE

CONSERVATION MEOW! PAWSITIVE PARTNERSHIPS FOR CATS AND WILDLIFE

TESTING ADAPTIVE HABITAT SELECTION IN BREEDING SWAINSON'S HAWKS

SPATIOTEMPORAL DYNAMICS OF GREATER SAGE-GROUSE POPULATIONS ACROSS THEIR RANGE

STATUS OF CALIFORNIA RIDGWAY’S RAIL IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY REGION

ALAMEDA SONG SPARROW HABITAT USE OF SALT POND RESTORATION SITES IN SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO BAY

AVIAN COMMUNITY COMPOSITION AFFECTS NEST PARASITISM RATES OF SOUTHWESTERN WILLOW FLYCATCHERS IN THE KERN RIVER VALLEY, CA

BLACK SKIMMER (RYNCHOPS NIGER) NESTING SUCCESS TRENDS ALONG THE EASTERN SHORE OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY, CALIFORNIA

CONSULTANT PERSPECTIVES ON BUMBLE BEE HABITAT ASSESSMENT, SURVEY DESIGN, AND MITIGATION UNDER THE CALIFORNIA ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT

BUMBLE BEE FLORAL PREFERENCE IN MOUNTAIN MEADOWS OF THE SIERRA NEVADA, CALIFORNIA, USA

TARGETED GRAZING FOR INVASIVE GRASS MANAGEMENT IN THE SAN JOAQUIN DESERT

BRIDGING INFRASTRUCTURE AND ECOLOGY: HOW PUBLIC WORKS AGENCIES ARE ADVANCING THE NEXT GENERATION OF WILDLIFE CONSERVATION

CAPSTONE SOUND CHECK

CAPSTONE SOUND CHECK

THE MIDRIFF ISLANDS: A GOLDEN LABORATORY

96 SNP PANEL FOR GENETIC IDENTIFICATION, SEX ASSIGNMENT, AND ESTIMATING RELATEDNESS AMONG BLACK BEARS (URSUS AMERICANUS) FROM NONINVASIVE SAMPLES

THE EFFECTS OF ANTHROPOGENIC NOISE ON PACIFIC POCKET MOUSE BEHAVIOR

FIFTEEN YEARS OF NORTHWESTERN POND TURTLE (ACTINEMYS MARMORATA) MARK-RECAPTURE STUDY IN A LIVESTOCK POND SUBJECTED TO DROUGHT IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA.

LESSONS ON TRENDS AND DRIVERS OF PIKA DISTRIBUTION AND DENSITY IN A NATIONALLY UNIQUE MESOCOSM, THE COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE

ANT NEAR-INFRARED REFLECTIVITY RESPONDS TO CLIMATIC CONDITIONS

SYNTHESIS OF BAT SPECIMEN RECORDS FROM THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY INFERS SEASONAL PATTERNS OF DISTRIBUTION IN A POORLY SURVEYED REGION OF CALIFORNIA

LEVERAGING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, WEB APP BUILDING PLATFORMS, AND HUMAN VALIDATION TO INCREASE EFFICIENCY OF PROCESSING TRAIL CAMERA IMAGES

INFLUENCE OF EXPOSURE TO ROCKET LAUNCH NOISE ON NEST FATES OF WESTERN SNOWY PLOVERS

USING MULTISPECTRAL DRONE IMAGERY TO CHARACTERIZE FINE-SCALE AMERICAN PIKA HABITAT

REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS AS LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE PREY

USING ENVIRONMENTAL DNA TO MONITOR WILDLIFE ON WORKING RANGELANDS

ENDOPARASITE PREVALENCE IN ENDANGERED SAN JOAQUIN KIT FOXES IN URBAN AND NON-URBAN ENVIRONMENTS

RESTORE, REVEGETATE, REITHRODONTOMYS RAVIVENTRIS: TURNING THE TIDES FOR SALT MARSH HARVEST MOUSE RECOVERY

ACCOMPLISHING 29,800 ACRES OF RESTORATION AT THE SALTON SEA IN 10-YEARS

EFFICACY OF PHYSICAL AND ACOUSTIC TOOLS TO DETER AND EXCLUDE BATS FROM TRANSPORTATION STRUCTURES

ANTICOAGULANT RODENTICIDES IN ADULT AND NESTLING RED-TAILED HAWKS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF ARTIFICIAL LIGHT ON SAN JOAQUIN KIT FOXES IN URBAN AND NON-URBAN ENVIRONMENTS

URBAN DIETS OF SAN JOAQUIN KIT FOX REVEALED BY DNA METABARCODING: DIVERSE PREY AND ANTHROPOGENIC FOOD USE SUGGEST A SHIFT IN FORAGING STRATEGY

COMPARING BIRD SPECIES OCCUPANCY AND RICHNESS ESTIMATES UNDER CONTRASTING AUTONOMOUS RECORDING UNIT VALIDATION PROTOCOLS

THE INFLUENCE OF MESOCARNIVORES ON SAN JOAQUIN KIT FOX ACTIVITY AT ARTIFICIAL DENS IN THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT

MODELING BLACK BEAR HABITAT SELECTION TO SUPPORT RECOLONIZATION AND CONFLICT MANAGEMENT IN NEVADA

IMPACTS OF DOMESTIC CAT ODOR ON NATIVE LIZARD BEHAVIOR IN MONTEREY COUNTY, CA

SENSITIVITY & SPECIFICITY OF KALEIDOSCOPE PRO TO DETECT PIKA CALLS

SHORT TERM RESPONSES OF WILDLIFE TO A PRESCRIBED BURN AT CHORRO CREEK ECOLOGICAL RESERVE

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE RANGE MAP AND HABITAT MODELING UPDATES

CONTEMPLATING THE CALL : EXPLORING CONTEXT DEPENDENCY IN FEMALE NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL VOCALIZATIONS

PUTTING THE ‘ACTION’ INTO CDFW’S STATE WILDLIFE ACTION PLAN 2025 (SWAP 2025)

VOCALIZATION RESPONSE BY AVIAN SPECIES TO ROCKET LAUNCH NOISE AT VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE

GETTING THE SHOT: THE EFFECT OF CAMERA USE ON SOUTHERN SEA OTTER (ENHYDRA LUTRIS NEREIS) DISTURBANCE IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH & WILDLIFE'S TERRESTRIAL CONNECTIVITY DATASET: OVERVIEW AND UPDATES

SALMONID CONSERVATION THROUGH THE STUDY OF AN ANNELID WORM: MANAYUNKIA OCCIDENTALIS IN THE FEATHER RIVER, CA.

WORKING TOWARDS SUCCESS IN TRYING TIMES: EMPOWERING YOUTH TO BUILD CONSERVATION COMMUNITY

ASSESSING PERCEPTION OF RISK FOR SMALL MAMMALS FORAGING NEAR DOG URINE IN COASTAL CALIFORNIA

THE ROLE OF LOCAL AVIAN SPECIES RICHNESS IN REPERTOIRE STRUCTURE OF THE NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD (MIMUS POLYGLOTTOS)

PROPOSAL: DOES THE NORTHERN SPOTTED OWL SELECT DIFFERENT NESTING HABITAT GIVEN DIFFERING DENSITIES OF BARRED OWLS ON THE LANDSCAPE?

MAPPING THE THREAT: DETERMINATION OF FACTORS THAT PREDICT FERAL CAT PRESENCE AND ACTIVITY ACROSS ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENTS IN HAWAIIAN ISLAND ECOSYSTEMS

TERNING OUT GREAT!: A CASE STUDY FOR MANAGEMENT AND RECOVERY OF NESTING CALIFORNIA LEAST TERNS IN THE SAN DIEGUITO LAGOON, SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

A LANDSCAPE GENOMICS ANALYSIS OF UTA STANSBURIANA ON CALIFORNIA’S CHANNEL ISLANDS

USE OF AUTOMATED TELEMETRY TO INVESTIGATE RODENT MOVEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH VEGETATED DITCHES IN AGRICULTURAL SETTINGS

FINDING BALANCE: THE WESTERN SPADEFOOT THRIVES IN THE MIDST OF AN OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLE PARK

BIRDS OF A (MECHANICAL) FEATHER: EFFICACY OF DRONE USE FOR WIND FARM EAGLE FATALITY SURVEYS

LEGEND OF THE SHREW: CATALINA ISLAND CONSERVANCY'S EFFORTS TO MONITOR AN ELUSIVE ISLAND ENDEMIC

UTILIZING ONLINE DASHBOARDS TO PROVIDE REAL-TIME EMERGING WILDLIFE DISEASE DATA FOR THE PUBLIC

RAPID RECOLONIZATION BY CALIFORNIA BLACK RAILS OF RESTORED TIDAL WETLANDS IN SUISUN BAY

WESTERN FENCE LIZARD DIET GENETIC STUDY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA GRASSLANDS

ASSESSING COMPETITION AMONG AMERICAN PIKAS AND OTHER TALUS-ASSOCIATED MAMMALS USING DNA METABARCODING TO CHARACTERIZE SUMMER DIET

SOUTHERN SEA OTTER FORAGING AND HABITAT USE IN THE MORRO BAY ECOSYSTEM

SPINUS SPECIES IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY- NEW RECORDS AND UNPRECEDENTED OBSERVATIONS OF S. LAWRENCEI AND S. PINUS.

SURVEYING FOR THE MORRO BAY KANGAROO RAT (DIPODOMYS HEERMANNI MORROENSIS) USING NON-INVASIVE BAITED CAMERA TRAPS

INFLUENCE OF ROCKET LAUNCH NOISE ON VOCAL BEHAVIOR OF THE ENDANGERED CALIFORNIA LEAST TERN (STERNULA ANTILLARUM BROWNI).

OBSERVATION OF CALIFORNIA RED-LEGGED FROG (RANA DRAYTONII) IN AN ABANDONED MINE SHAFT

CAPTURING COMMON RAVENS AND TRACKING BREEDING-SEASON MOVEMENT PATTERNS

INVESTIGATING HEALTHY SOILS PRACTICES ON CALIFORNIA RANGELANDS AND THEIR CO-BENEFITS FOR GRASSLAND BIRDS

CONSTRUCTION AND SOUTHWESTERN POND TURTLES: HOW TO NAVIGATE CONSTRUCTION USING BOOTS ON THE GROUND MANAGEMENT

SMALL MAMMALS AND CALIFORNIA LEAST TERN RISK AT HUNTINGTON STATE BEACH: YEAR-1 RESULTS

SEASONAL DYNAMICS OF AVIAN DIVERSITY IN CENTRAL VALLEY ALMOND ORCHARDS

EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SOCIAL ATTRACTION METHODS IN CALIFORNIA LEAST TERN NEST SITE SELECTION

FEED OR FLIGHT: EXPLORING BIRD BOLDNESS AND OBJECT NEOPHOBIA ON AN URBAN COLLEGE CAMPUS

FROM FIELD TO FINDINGS: THE BIOACOUSTICS PIPELINE OF AUDIODASH

SONGS AMONG THE ASHES: AVIAN RESPONSE TO FIRE ALONG THE SANTA CLARA RIVER

CALIFORNIA RED-LEGGED FROG AND NON-LISTED AMPHIBIANS RESPONSE TO NON-NATIVE FISH REMOVAL

VARIATION IN DESERT TORTOISE BURROW STRUCTURE AND OVERWINTER MICROCLIMATES ACROSS LIFE STAGES

ESTABLISHING CALLABLE MHC EXONS FOR IMMUNOGENETIC ASSESSMENT IN MOUNTAIN LIONS

SPATIAL CAPTURE-RECAPTURE METHODS FOR WILDLIFE SEARCH-ENCOUNTER DATA

IT’S A HARD ROCK LIFE: CALIFORNIA RED-LEGGED FROG AND CALIFORNIA TIGER SALAMANDER OBSERVATIONS AT AN ALAMEDA COUNTY QUARRY

METABARCODING TO DETERMINE DIET OF THE AE‘O (HAWAIIAN STILT; HIMANTOPUS MEXICANUS KNUDSENI) AND RESOURCE PARTITIONING WITH CO-OCCURRING SHOREBIRDS

GENETIC CLUES TO DISEASE RESISTANCE IN WILD FINCHES

NOVEL FORAGING BEHAVIORS OF SALT MARSH HARVEST MOUSE AND COMPETITORS.

EVALUATION OF CALTRANS AND CDFW HIGHWAY BARRIERS WITH WILDLIFE DATA

SILENT PEAKS: WIDESPREAD EXTIRPATIONS OF AMERICAN PIKA POPULATIONS IN THE NORTHERN SIERRA

MOTUS- WHAT ARE WE LEARNING?

ACORN SIZE AND GRANARY HOLE SELECTION BY ACORN WOODPECKERS (MELANERPES FORMICIVORUS)

ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE DARK?: THE IMPACT OF LUNAR ILLUMINATION ON SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND’S SMALL MAMMAL AND MESOCARNIVORE ACTIVITY

LIVESTOCK GRAZING AND IT'S ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS ON SMALL MAMMALS IN A TROPICAL DECIDUOUS FOREST OF BAJA CALIFORNIA

CROSPLAN: THE WILDLIFE CROSSING PLANNING TOOL

CAMERA TRAP MONITORING OF CROP-ADJACENT WETLANDS TO EVALUATE FOOD SAFETY RISK

A SUMMARY OF BEHAVIORAL MONITORING RESULTS FOR 14 SWAINSON'S HAWK (BUTEO SWAINSONI) NESTS IN CALIFORNIA'S CENTRAL VALLEY

OVERVIEW OF RECENT RESEARCH ON YUMA RIDGWAY’S RAILS THROUGHOUT THEIR U.S. RANGE

SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS OF SONIC BOOM INTENSITY AND PROTECTED SPECIES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA