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Session Name	Session Chair	Start Time
Bat Mitigation	Dave Johnston, HT Harvey & Associates	Wednesday Feb 7 12:40 PM
Communicating Science to Diverse Audiences	Katie Smith, UC Davis/CDFW	Wednesday Feb 7 12:40 PM
Ecology and Conservation of Amphibians and Reptiles I	Jeff Alvarez, The Wildlife Project	Wednesday Feb 7 12:40 PM
Ecology and Conservation of Mammals I	Ben Becker, Point Reyes National Seashore	Wednesday Feb 7 3:05 PM
Ecology and Conservation of Birds I	Colleen Wisinski, San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research	Wednesday Feb 7 3:05 PM
Public Policy and Wildlife Management	Pamela Flick and Ben Solvesky, Defenders of Wildlife and Sierra Forest Legacy	Wednesday Feb 7 3:05 PM
Ecology and Conservation of Mammals II	Esther Burkett, California Department of Fish and Wildlife	Thursday Feb 8 8:10 AM
Ecology and Conservation of Birds II	Rick Williams, PG&E	Thursday Feb 8 8:10 AM
Ecology and Conservation of Amphibians and Reptiles II	David Cook, Sonoma County Water Agency	Thursday Feb 8 8:10 AM
Ecology and Conservation of Mammals III	John Perrine, Cal Poly, SLO	Thursday Feb 8 10:35 AM
Wildlife Techniques and Technologies	Natasha Dvorak, Swaim Biological	Thursday Feb 8 10:35 AM
Wildlife Health and Disease Ecology	Rhys Evans, Vandenberg Air Force Base	Thursday Feb 8 10:35 AM
Ecology and Conservation of Mammals IV	Randi Logsdon, California Department of Fish and Wildlife	Friday Feb 9 8:10 AM
Ecology and Conservation of Birds III	Linda Leeman, Ascent Environmental	Friday Feb 9 8:10 AM
Genetic Techniques in Wildlife Research and Management	Michael Buchalski, California Department of Fish and Wildlife	Friday Feb 9 8:10 AM
Endangered Species Recovery	Rachel Mazur, Yosemite National Park	Friday Feb 9 10:35 AM
Urban Wildlife Management	John McNerney, City of Davis	Friday Feb 9 10:35 AM
Wildlife and Climate Change	Chrissy Howell, USFS- PSW	Friday Feb 9 10:35 AM
Student Poster Session	Allison Fuller and Carlos Alvarado, Ascent Environmental	Thursday Feb 8 7:00 AM
Poster Session	Allison Fuller and Carlos Alvarado, Ascent Environmental	Thursday Feb 8 6:00 PM

Session: Bat Mitigation

Chair: Dave Johnston, HT Harvey & Associates

#	Presenter	Title	Date/Time
1	Jill Carpenter	LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION: WHERE BAT ROOSTS ARE INSTALLED CAN BE AN IMPORTANT FACTOR IN MITIGATING TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS.	Feb 7 12:45 PM
2	Patricia Brown	BATS AND MINE CLOSURES.	Feb 7 1:05 PM
3	Leila Harris	BAT ACOUSTIC SURVEY APPROACHES: KEY CONSIDERATIONS IN A DEVELOPING FIELD	Feb 7 1:25 PM
4	Dave Johnston	MITIGATING FOR NOISE NEAR ROOSTS: WHAT FREQUENCY OF NOISE AND WHICH SPECIES OF BATS?	Feb 7 1:45 PM
5	Robert Schell	ROLE OF LAND BANKING IN COMPENSATORY MITIGATION FOR LOSS OF BAT HABITAT IN CALIFORNIA	Feb 7 2:05 PM
6	Greg Tatarian	SUCCESSFULLY MITIGATING LOSS OF BRIDGE ROOST HABITAT	Feb 7 2:25 PM

Session: Communicating Science to Diverse Audiences

Chair: Katie Smith, UC Davis/CDFW

#	Presenter	Title	Date/Time
1	Angela Amlin	FIFTEEN MINUTES OF FAME FOR MONK SEALS: TURNING A COMMUNICATIONS CHALLENGE INTO A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY	Feb 7 12:45 PM
2	Lynn Cullens	COMMUNICATING CHANGE: DEVELOPING CALIFORNIA'S 2017 CONCEPTUAL MOUNTAIN LION DEPREDATION POLICY	Feb 7 1:05 PM
3	Lisa Fields	COMMUNICATING SCIENCE THROUGH PUBLIC MEETINGS	Feb 7 1:25 PM
4	Adina Merenlender	ENGAGING THE PUBLIC THROUGH A COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE: CALIFORNIA NATURALISTS AND CLIMATE STEWARDS	Feb 7 1:45 PM
5	Lisa Murphy	CITIZEN SCIENCE AND SHARED PERSONAL NARRATIVES: KEYS TO COMMUNICATING SCIENCE TO DIVERSE AUDIENCES	Feb 7 2:05 PM
6	Katie Smith	HUMAN DIVERSITY: WHAT IS IT AND WHY DOES IT MATTER TO YOUR ORGANIZATION AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION EFFORTS?	Feb 7 2:25 PM

Session: Ecology and Conservation of Amphibians and Reptiles I

Chair: Jeff Alvarez, The Wildlife Project

#	Presenter	Title	Date/Time
1	Jeff Alvarez	USING 20 YEARS OF CALIFORNIA TIGER SALAMANDER SURVEY DATA TO DETERMINE APPROPRIATE MONITORING DURATION PERIODS	Feb 7 12:45 PM
2	Claudia Funari	EXCLUSIONARY FENCING FOR CALIFORNIA TIGER SALAMANDERS: LESSONS LEARNED	Feb 7 1:05 PM
3	Travis McCleary	ROAD MORTALITY MITIGATION: THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MESH FENCING VERSUS ANIMEX FENCING	Feb 7 1:25 PM
4	Adrian Macedo	PRELIMINARY FINDINGS ON THE LIFE HISTORY OF A RARE POPULATION OF TAILED FROGS IN THE TRINITY ALPS	Feb 7 1:45 PM
5	Ricka Stoelting	ASSESSING THE RESPONSE OF THE ALAMEDA WHIPSNAKE TO FUELS MANAGEMENT AND HABITAT VARIATION IN EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT, CALIFORNIA: PRELIMINARY RESULTS	Feb 7 2:05 PM
6	Julie Wittmann	THE IMPACT OF WILDFIRE AND CHANGING SEASONAL CLIMATE VARIABLES ON TERRESTRIAL AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA: PATTERNS IN COMMUNITY COMPOSITION	Feb 7 2:25 PM

Session: Ecology and Conservation of Mammals I

Chair: Ben Becker, Point Reyes National Seashore

#	Presenter	Title	Date/Time
1	Benjamin Becker	TWENTY YEARS OF HARBOR SEAL POPULATION DYNAMICS IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA	Feb 7 3:10 PM
2	Sarah Allen	SUNBATHERS, SNOWY PLOVERS, AND SEALS: NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL COLONY GROWTH AT POINT REYES, CALIFORNIA, 1981-2017	Feb 7 3:30 PM
3	Pairsa Belamaric	SUMMER MOVEMENT PATTERNS AND FOURTH ORDER HABITAT SELECTION OF NORTH AMERICAN PORCUPINES (ERETHIZON DORSATUM) IN A COASTAL DUNE SYSTEM	Feb 7 3:50 PM
4	Jody Tucker	MULTI-REGION, MULTI-SCALE, MESCOCARNIVORE MONITORING: DEVELOPING A SCIENTIFICALLY DEFENSIBLE BROAD-SCALE MONITORING FRAMEWORK	Feb 7 4:10 PM

Session: Ecology and Conservation of Birds I

Chair: Colleen Wisinski, San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research

#	Presenter	Title	Date/Time
1	Daniel Airola	MIGRATION AND WINTERING AREAS USED BY SWAINSON'S HAWKS BREEDING IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY OF CALIFORNIA	Feb 7 3:10 PM
2	Colin Dillingham	UNEXPECTED MOVEMENTS AND MIGRATION BY BREEDING PEREGRINE FALCONS (FALCO PEREGRINUS) IN PLUMAS COUNTY, CALIFORNIA	Feb 7 3:30 PM
3	Xeronimo Castaneda	HOW DOES LANDSCAPE COMPOSITION AFFECT FORGING PATTERNS OF BARN OWLS (TYTO ALBA) IN AN URBAN-AGRICULTURAL SETTING OF CALIFORNIA?	Feb 7 3:50 PM
4	Ashley Wilson	ANTHROPOGENIC NIGHTLIGHT AND NOISE EFFECTS ON FEEDERWATCH BIRD ABUNDANCE AND DISTRIBUTION	Feb 7 4:10 PM
5	Andi Henke	TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL ATTRIBUTES OF THE CALIFORNIA CONDOR (GYMNOGYPS CALIFORNIANUS) TO PREDICT HABITAT USE AND POTENTIAL INTERACTIONS WITH POWER LINES: AN INNOVA	Feb 7 4:30 PM

Session: Public Policy and Wildlife Management

Chair: Pamela Flick and Ben Solvesky, Defenders of Wildlife and Sierra Forest Legacy

#	Presenter	Title	Date/Time
1	Meryl Harrell	PLANNING RULE HISTORY, PURPOSE, AND APPROACH TO WILDLIFE	Feb 7 3:10 PM
2	Healy Hamilton	IMPROVING AT-RISK SPECIES DISTRIBUTION INFORMATION TO SUPPORT FOREST PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT	Feb 7 3:30 PM
3	Greg Hayward	EVALUATING CONSERVATION STATUS: RISK ASSESSMENT IN LAND MANAGEMENT	Feb 7 3:50 PM
4	Barry Noon	COARSE AND FINE-FILTER ASSESSMENTS UNDER THE FOREST SERVICE'S 2012 PLANNING RULE	Feb 7 4:10 PM
5	Josh Hicks	THE UPPER RIO GRANDE CONNECTIVITY INITIATIVE	Feb 7 4:30 PM
6	Sarah Sawyer	PLANNING FOR SPECIES CONSERVATION IN A RAPIDLY CHANGING ENVIRONMENT	Feb 7 4:50 PM
7	Patricia Manley	MONITORING MULTIPLE WILDLIFE SPECIES: WHY AND WHY NOT	Feb 7 5:10 PM
8	Peter Nelson	WILDLIFE PLANNING UNDER THE 2012 PLANNING RULE: KEY IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES	Feb 7 5:30 PM
9		MODERATED PANEL DISCUSSION	Feb 7 5:50 PM

Session: Ecology and Conservation of Mammals II

Chair: Esther Burkett, California Department of Fish and Wildlife

#	Presenter	Title	Date/Time
1	Katie Moriarty	IDENTIFYING RESTING LOCATIONS OF SMALL, ELUSIVE, FOREST-DWELLING CARNIVORES USING GPS CLUSTERS	Feb 8 8:15 AM
2	Patrick Tweedy	USING LIDAR TO DESCRIBE PACIFIC MARTEN RESTING HABITAT AT MULTIPLE SPATIAL SCALES	Feb 8 8:35 AM
3	Brent Barry	STATUS OF FISHER POPULATIONS IN OREGON	Feb 8 8:55 AM
4	David Green	MIXED-SEVERITY WILDFIRES HAVE A NEGATIVE EFFECT ON FISHERS AND A POSITIVE EFFECT ON GRAY FOXES	Feb 8 9:15 AM
5	Keith Slauson	HABITAT MEDIATES INTERACTIONS BETWEEN HUMBOLDT MARTENS AND BOBCATS: EVIDENCE FROM DIET, HABITAT SELECTION, AND GRADIENTS IN LANDSCAPE COMPOSITION	Feb 8 9:35 AM
6	Sean Matthews	FEMALE AGE AND FOREST COMPOSITION INFLUENCE FISHER REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS	Feb 8 9:55 AM

Session: Ecology and Conservation of Birds II

Chair: Rick Williams, PG&E

#	Presenter	Title	Date/Time
1	Gregory Wann	ANNUAL AND SEASONAL VARIABILITY IN LEK ATTENDANCE RATES OF GREATER SAGE-GROUSE IN NEVADA	Feb 8 8:15 AM
2	Peter Coates	ADVERSE IMPACTS OF WILDFIRE ON GREATER SAGE-GROUSE POPULATIONS AND SCIENCE-DRIVEN TOOLS TO SUPPORT MANAGEMENT ACTIONS	Feb 8 8:35 AM
3	John Severson	EFFECTS OF GPS TRACKING DEVICES ON SAGE-GROUSE SURVIVAL	Feb 8 8:55 AM
4	Shawn O'Neil	SPATIALLY-EXPLICIT MODELING OF COMMON RAVEN DENSITY AND OCCURRENCE ACROSS SAGEBRUSH ECOSYSTEMS: IMPLICATIONS FOR GREATER SAGE-GROUSE REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS	Feb 8 9:15 AM
5	Kathleen Grady	LANDSCAPE AND VEGETATION FEATURES IMPROVE RESTORATION SUCCESS FOR BIRDS: USING THE RIPARIAN BIRD INDEX TO EVALUATE CREEK RESTORATION IN CALIFORNIA RANGELANDS	Feb 8 9:35 AM
6	Jerry Cole	HABITAT RELATIONSHIPS OF BIRD AND BUMBLE BEE COMMUNITIES IN MONTANE RIPARIAN CORRIDORS	Feb 8 9:55 AM

Session: Ecology and Conservation of Amphibians and Reptiles II

Chair: David Cook, Sonoma County Water Agency

#	Presenter	Title	Date/Time
1	David Cook	PRESERVE VIABILITY FOR THE ENDANGERED CALIFORNIA TIGER SALAMANDER IN AN URBANIZING AREA	Feb 8 8:15 AM
2	Dustin Howland	EVALUATING THE HEALTH OF MANAGED WETLANDS IN CALIFORNIA'S CENTRAL VALLEY	Feb 8 8:35 AM
3	Michael Westphal	THE CASE FOR DRAWING DOWN FISHLESS PONDS: PREDATION ON CALIFORNIA RED-LEGGED FROG EGGS BY OVERWINTERING NEWT LARVAE	Feb 8 8:55 AM
4	Justin Demianew	DOES THE AQUATIC GARTERSNAKE (THAMNOPHIS ATRATUS) DEPEND ON INTRODUCED SALMONIDS OR NATIVE AMPHIBIANS AT HIGH ELEVATIONS IN THE TRINITY ALPS WILDERNESS?	Feb 8 9:15 AM
5	Dana Terry	COMPARISON OF HARD AND SOFT RELEASE TECHNIQUES IN A FOUNDER POPULATION OF NORTHERN WESTERN POND TURTLES (ACTINEMYS MARMORATA)	Feb 8 9:35 AM
6	Gareth Blakemore	WE WANT A SHRUBBERY! WHY INVASIVE CHEATGRASS MAY BE RUINING THE GREAT BASIN DESERT FOR REPTILES	Feb 8 9:55 AM

Session: Ecology and Conservation of Mammals III

Chair: John Perrine, Cal Poly, SLO

#	Presenter	Title	Date/Time
1	Christopher Lowrey	FEMALE MULE DEER RESPONSE TO FORAGE AVAILABILITY AND PREDATION RISK IN A MOJAVE DESERT SKY-ISLAND LANDSCAPE	Feb 8 10:40 AM
2	Marcus Blum	TIME RELATED ALTERATIONS IN RESOURCE SELECTION OF DESERT BIGHORN SHEEP (OVIS CANADENSIS NELSONI)	Feb 8 11:00 AM
3	Thomas Dilts	HABITAT SELECTION BY PYGMY RABBIT AT REGIONAL AND LANDSCAPE SCALES	Feb 8 11:20 AM
4	Cate Quinn	THE STATUS AND TRAJECTORY OF A REMNANT NATIVE RED FOX POPULATION IN THE CENTRAL SIERRA NEVADA	Feb 8 11:40 AM
5	Annika Keeley	FROM PLANNING TO ACTION: IMPLEMENTING HABITAT CONNECTIVITY	Feb 8 12:00 PM

Session: Wildlife Techniques and Technologies

Chair: Natasha Dvorak, Swaim Biological

#	Presenter	Title	Date/Time
1	Jonathan Rose	INTEGRATING CAPTURE-MARK-RECAPTURE AND INDIVIDUAL GROWTH MODELS REVEALS SIZE-DEPENDENT SURVIVAL IN AN ELUSIVE SNAKE	Feb 8 10:40 AM
2	Mitchell Gritts	A NEW METHOD TO ESTIMATE MIGRATION TIMING	Feb 8 11:00 AM
3	Lynn Cullens	DEPREDATION DETERRENCE: FINDING COMMON GROUND BY RECOGNIZING THE OBSTACLES WE SHARE	Feb 8 11:20 AM
4	Kevin Shoemaker	INTEGRATING MACHINE-LEARNING WITH CLASSICAL WILDLIFE RESOURCE SELECTION ANALYSES	Feb 8 11:40 AM
5	Nancy Douglas	DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY PUSHES CHANGE IN THE PROCESS OF DATA COLLECTION, MANAGEMENT, AND REPORTING: HOW TO DO IT	Feb 8 12:00 PM

Session: Wildlife Health and Disease Ecology

Chair: Rhys Evans, Vandenberg Air Force Base

#	Presenter	Title	Date/Time
1	Krysta Rogers	DISEASE THREAT POSED BY NON-NATIVE COLUMBIDS IN CALIFORNIA	Feb 8 10:40 AM
2	Ian Dwight	DISEASE SURVEILLANCE OF WILD AND PEN-REARED PHEASANTS IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY OF CALIFORNIA	Feb 8 11:00 AM
3	Tierra Groff	UNEXPECTED CONSPECIFIC LEUCOCYTOZOON INFECTION IN WOODPECKERS AND CORVIDS	Feb 8 11:20 AM
4	Elle Glueckert	DISTRIBUTION OF ALEUTIAN DISEASE VIRUS-LIKE VIRUS IN FREE RANGING STRIPED SKUNKS (MEPHITIS MEPHITIS) IN CALIFORNIA	Feb 8 11:40 AM
5	Esther Kukielka	INVESTIGATING RACCOON ABUNDANCE AND HOME RANGE: IMPLICATIONS FOR REINTRODUCING THE CALIFORNIA RED-LEGGED FROG IN YOSEMITE VALLEY	Feb 8 12:00 PM

Session: Ecology and Conservation of Mammals IV

Chair: Randi Logsdon, California Department of Fish and Wildlife

#	Presenter	Title	Date/Time
1	My-Lan Le	THE INFLUENCE OF NATURAL SOUNDS ON CALIFORNIA GROUND SQUIRREL (OTOSPERMOPHILUS BEECHEYI) VIGILANCE AND PREDATOR DETECTION	Feb 9 8:15 AM
2	Aviv Karasov-Olson	HABITAT ASSOCIATIONS OF SMALL MAMMALS ALONG AN ELEVATION GRADIENT IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA	Feb 9 8:35 AM
3	Catherin Schwemm	COMPARING INDICES AND ADVANCED MODELS FOR DETECTING POPULATION TRENDS FROM MARK-RECAPTURE DATA FOR ISLAND DEER MICE (PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS) OVER TWO DECADES	Feb 9 8:55 AM
4	Katrina Smith	SITE SELECTION IN A POPULATION MONITORING PROGRAM FOR TOWNSEND'S BIG-EARED BATS: DOES CAVE MORPHOLOGY PREDICT ABUNDANCE OF HIBERNATING BATS?	Feb 9 9:15 AM
5	Theodore Weller	YEAR-ROUND CHANGES IN BODY CONDITION IN THREE SPECIES OF BATS PROVIDE CLUES TO THEIR OVERWINTERING STRATEGIES	Feb 9 9:35 AM
6	Gabriel Reyes	FORAGING HABITAT OF BATS ACROSS MARIN COUNTY OPEN SPACES	Feb 9 9:55 AM

Session: Ecology and Conservation of Birds III

Chair: Linda Leeman, Ascent Environmental

#	Presenter	Title	Date/Time
1	Blake Barbaree	DYNAMIC SURFACE WATER DISTRIBUTIONS MEDIATE MOVEMENTS OF NON-BREEDING SHOREBIRDS IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY OF CALIFORNIA	Feb 9 8:15 AM
2	Mark Colwell	SNOWY PLOVERS BREED IN OPEN HABITATS WHERE THEIR PRODUCTIVITY DECREASES WITH ACTIVITY OF CORVIDS AND HUMANS	Feb 9 8:35 AM
3	Nora Papian	VARIATION IN APPARENT SURVIVAL ESTIMATES OF WESTERN SNOWY PLOVER IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA	Feb 9 8:55 AM
4	Jamie Miller	SNOWY PLOVER NEST DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT CHANGES FOLLOWING COASTAL DUNE RESTORATION	Feb 9 9:15 AM
5	David Riensche	TERN TOWN: A CASE STUDY IN SHOREBIRD RESTORATION	Feb 9 9:35 AM
6	Amy Fesnock	BACKGROUND MORTALITY: SETTING CONTEXT FOR AVIAN MORTALITY RATES AT SOLAR FACILITIES IN THE CALIFORNIA DESERT	Feb 9 9:55 AM

Session: Genetic Techniques in Wildlife Research and Management

Chair: Michael Buchalski, California Department of Fish and Wildlife

#	Presenter	Title	Date/Time
1	Gregg Schumer	DEVELOPING AND VALIDATING A QPCR ASSAY FOR THE THREATENED CALIFORNIA RED-LEGGED FROG (RANA DRAYTONII)	Feb 9 8:15 AM
2	Mallory Bedwell	DEVELOPING AN EFFICIENT ENVIRONMENTAL DNA SAMPLING PROTOCOL FOR AQUATIC AMPHIBIANS	Feb 9 8:35 AM
3	Michael Buchalski	GENETIC SIGNATURES OF LOCAL ADAPTATION IN NATIVE DESERT BIGHORN SHEEP HERDS OF THE GREAT BASIN	Feb 9 8:55 AM
4	Joshua Jahner	THE GENETIC LEGACY OF FORTY YEARS OF DESERT BIGHORN SHEEP TRANSLOCATIONS IN NEVADA	Feb 9 9:15 AM
5	Daphne Gille	POPULATION GENETICS OF BIGHORN SHEEP (OVIS CANADENSIS) IN ARIZONA FOLLOWING DECADES OF TRANSLOCATION MANAGEMENT	Feb 9 9:35 AM
6	Mark Statham	DIFFERENTIATION OF RELICT POPULATIONS OF THE ENDANGERED GIANT KANGAROO RAT PREDATES AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION IN THE SAN JOAQUIN DESERT	Feb 9 9:55 AM

Session: Endangered Species Recovery

Chair: Rachel Mazur, Yosemite National Park

#	Presenter	Title	Date/Time
1	Nora Allan	INSIGHT INTO THE BIOLOGY, CAPTIVE MANAGEMENT, AND CONSERVATION OF THE ENDANGERED AMARGOSA VOLE (MICROTUS CALIFORNICUS SCIRPENSIS)	Feb 9 10:40 AM
2	Deana Clifford	SAVING THE AMARGOSA VOLE: A CASE STUDY IN RESEARCH-DRIVEN RECOVERY	Feb 9 11:00 AM
3	Brigit Harvey	INFLUENCES ON FORAGING PREFERENCE DEVELOPMENT IN AN ENDANGERED SPECIES: IMPLICATIONS FOR A NOVEL CONSERVATION STRATEGY	Feb 9 11:20 AM
4	Steven Mathews	RE-EVALUATING TRANSLOCATION OBJECTIVES: ESTABLISHING GROUSE CULTURAL AFFINITY TO THE RESTORATION SITE TO ACHIEVE SELF-SUSTAINING POPULATION GROWTH	Feb 9 11:40 AM
5	Lynn Schofield	USING CONSPECIFIC SONGS AS A SPECIES RESTORATION TECHNIQUE FOR WILLOW FLYCATCHERS	Feb 9 12:00 PM
6	Jenna Stanek	WESTERN YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO NEST SITE SELECTION IN THE SOUTH FORK KERN RIVER VALLEY	Feb 9 12:20 PM
7	Mike Stake	WHY IS THERE A LEAD POISONING THREAT FOR CALIFORNIA CONDORS EVEN AFTER THE LEAD AMMUNITION BAN?	Feb 9 12:40 PM

Session: Urban Wildlife Management

Chair: John McNerney, City of Davis

#	Presenter	Title	Date/Time
1	Ileene Anderson	TWENTY YEARS OF EFFORTS TO PROTECT WILDLIFE OF THE SANTA CLARA RIVER: SUCCESS!	Feb 9 10:40 AM
2	Sheila Madrak	USING AN INDEPENDENT DOUBLE OBSERVER APPROACH TO ESTIMATE ABUNDANCE OF LIGHT-FOOTED RIDGWAY'S RAIL (RALLUS OBSOLETUS LEVIPES) IN A SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WETLAND	Feb 9 11:00 AM
3	Jessica Griffiths	A GROVE WITH A VIEW: HABITAT CHARACTERISTICS OF MONARCH BUTTERFLY OVERWINTERING SITES IN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA	Feb 9 11:20 AM
4	Natalie Greer	RELOCATING A HISTORIC CORMORANT NESTING COLONY BY INSTALLING NESTING PLATFORMS ON THE NEW EAST SPAN OF THE SAN FRANCISCO-OAKLAND BAY BRIDGE	Feb 9 11:40 AM
5	Brett Furnas	VERY HIGH DENSITIES OF MULE DEER (ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS) ASSOCIATED WITH SUBURBAN DEVELOPMENT IN MARIN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA	Feb 9 12:00 PM
6	Claudia Ihl	URBAN MUSKOXEN IN NOME, ALASKA	Feb 9 12:20 PM
7	Steve Kohlmann	INTEGRATING MITIGATION, CARBON SEQUESTRATION, AND ECOSYSTEM SERVICES AT COMMUNITY-RELEVANT SCALES	Feb 9 12:40 PM

Session: Wildlife and Climate Change

Chair: Chrissy Howell, USFS- PSW

#	Presenter	Title	Date/Time
1	Elizabeth Hunter	DIFFERENTIAL EFFECTS OF CLIMATE ON SURVIVAL RATES DRIVE HYBRID ZONE MOVEMENT	Feb 9 10:40 AM
2	Alyssa Semerdjian	SHRINKING GIANTS? ASSESSING THE POTENTIAL FOR CLIMATE DRIVEN MORPHOMETRIC CHANGE IN THE GIANT KANGAROO RAT (DIPODOMYS INGENS)	Feb 9 11:00 AM
3	William Bean	ASSESSING BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC LIMITS TO SPECIES DISTRIBUTION UNDER CLIMATE CHANGE AND COMPARING NICHE OVERLAP OF ISOLATED POPULATIONS OF AN ENDANGERED RODENT	Feb 9 11:20 AM
4	Stephanie Leja	DESCRIBING AVIAN SPECIES DISTRIBUTIONS ACROSS THE DROUGHT-STRICKEN CALIFORNIA CENTRAL VALLEY THROUGH A STATEWIDE COLLABORATIVE MONITORING EFFORT	Feb 9 11:40 AM
5	Lindsey Rich	MULTI-SPECIES TO MULTI-TAXA: SIMULTANEOUSLY EVALUATING MAMMAL AND SONGBIRD DISTRIBUTIONS IN THE MOJAVE DESERT	Feb 9 12:00 PM
6	Jennie Jones Scherbinski	MICROCLIMATE SELECTION OF A HEAT RESTRICTED MAMMAL (APLODONTIA RUFA NIGRA)	Feb 9 12:20 PM
7	Kat Powelson	CO-PRODUCING SCIENCE TO SUPPORT CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION	Feb 9 12:40 PM

Session: Student Poster Session

Chair: Allison Fuller and Carlos Alvarado, Ascent Environmental

#	Presenter	Title
1	Bayan Ahmed	SPATIAL FORAGING PATTERNS OF NORTH AMERICAN PORCUPINES IN COASTAL DUNE HABITATS
2	Tina Arthur	PREDICTED HABITAT SELECTION OF THE INVASIVE ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET IN BAKERSFIELD, CA
3	Hanna Baek	PRESENCE AND PREVALENCE OF HAEMOPROTEUS IN TWO HUMMINGBIRD SPECIES
4	Tom Batter	USING AN OCCUPANCY MODEL TO DEVELOP AN EFFICIENT SAMPLING DESIGN FOR POPULATION ESTIMATION OF TULE ELK USING FECAL DNA IN COLUSA AND LAKE COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA
5	Karen Boortz	VARIATION IN JUVENILE CHINOOK SALMON MACROINVERTEBRATE PREY IN THE SAN JOAQUIN RIVER RESTORATION AREA; IMPLICATIONS FOR CARRYING CAPACITY AND RESTORATION SUCCESS
6	Jennifer Brazeal	EVALUATING THE USE OF NON-INVASIVE GENETIC SPATIAL CAPTURE-RECAPTURE FOR ESTIMATING ELK POPULATION DENSITY
7	Petros Chrysafis	EFFECT OF DEVELOPMENT ON MAMMAL USE OF THE RIPARIAN HABITAT IN THE SAN JOAQUIN RIVER
8	Leah Cochran	UTILIZATION OF RIPARIAN WOODLANDS BY CAVITY-NESTING BIRDS IN THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY
9	Amanda Coen	EXAMINING THE INFLUENCES OF LANDSCAPE AND POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF SPATIAL-TEMPORAL GENETIC PATTERNS
10	Nathan Cook	MOVEMENTS AND STAGING LOCATIONS OF CANVASBACK (AYTHYA VALISINERIA) IN THE PACIFIC FLYWAY
11	Miranda Crowell	BEEN THERE, TRAPPED THAT! TRAP SUCCESS OF PYGMY RABBITS IN THE GREAT BASIN
12	Cameron Divoky	SEASONAL ACTIVITY OF THE PALLID BAT (ANTROZOUS PALLIDUS) IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
13	Lauren Enriquez	HABITAT SUITABILITY MODELING FOR THE REINTRODUCTION OF CASCADES FROG (RANA CASCADAE) INTO LASSEN VOLCANIC NATIONAL PARK
14	Michelle Harris	WILDLIFE MORTALITIES IN OPEN TOP PIPES IN THE SOUTH FORK KERN RIVER VALLEY, KERN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
15	Grant Howard	PREVALENCE OF INTERNAL PARASITES DETERMINED BY FECAL TESTING OF WILDLIFE AT A SONOMA COUNTY REHABILITATION CENTER
16	Alex Jensen	A PROPOSED ANALYSIS OF DEER USE OF JUMPOUT RAMPS AND FELID USE OF CULVERTS ALONG HIGHWAYS WITH WILDLIFE EXCLUSION FENCING
17	Jessica Lin	ESTABLISHING A LONG-TERM MONITORING PROGRAM TO CHARACTERIZE SPATIO-TEMPORAL CHANGES IN BAT ASSEMBLAGE OF A TYPICAL CENTRAL VALLEY RIPARIAN HABITAT
18	Jerrod Merrell	EFFECTS OF DISTURBANCE ON MIGRATION BEHAVIOR OF A LARGE MIGRATORY UNGULATE
19	Adam Mohr	TULE ELK HABITAT SELECTION AT THE LOCAL AND LANDSCAPE SCALE
20	Nicolette Nelson	ON THE ROLLING BEHAVIOR OF THE MOUNT LYELL SALAMANDER: ESCAPE STRATEGY OR SCUTTLEBUTT?
21	Danny Nielsen	ECOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS IN A HYBRID ZONE BETWEEN TWO SPECIES OF WOODRAT (GENUS NEOTOMA)
22	Karen Oakden	WHAT'S IN A PELLET? A DIET ANALYSIS OF DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS USING PELLETS IN SOUTH HUMBOLDT BAY, CALIFORNIA
23	Julia Owen	USE OF NONINVASIVE DNA TO DETERMINE GENETIC SUBDIVISIONS AMONG ECOREGIONAL COYOTE POPULATIONS IN THE SIERRA NEVADA
24	Sophie Preckler-Quisquater	ASSESSING SELECTIVE INTROGRESSION OF NONNATIVE RED FOX GENES INTO THE GENOMIC BACKGROUND OF THE NATIVE SACRAMENTO VALLEY RED FOX
25	Elianna Rosenthal	GROWTH RATE VARIATION AMONG JUVENILE CHINOOK SALMON COHORTS DUE TO REARING CONDITIONS
26	Aviva Rossi	COMPARISON OF NICHES OF THREE SYMPATRIC HIGH-ELEVATION GROUND-DWELLING SQUIRRELS
27	Camilo Sanchez	GENETIC CHARACTERISTICS OF A RECENTLY ESTABLISHED COYOTE POPULATION IN SAN FRANCISCO
28	Sarah Schooler	BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC EFFECTS ON COFFEE BERRY BORER (HYPOTHENEMUS HAMPEI) ABUNDANCE AND DISTRIBUTION ON COFFEE FARMS IN KENYA
29	Alyssa Semerdjian	EVALUATING THE SPECIES DISTRIBUTION FOR THE GIANT KANGAROO RAT (DIPODOMYS INGENS)
30	Alex Single	IMPACT OF NESTING MICROHABITAT AND FORAGING HABITAT ON COLONY LOCATIONS OF THE NORTHERN BLACK SWIFT (CYPSELOIDES NIGER BOREALIS)
31	Celia Tarcha	STUDYING HABITAT USE OF THE RIPARIAN BRUSH RABBIT (SYLVILAGUS BACHMANI RIPARIUS) IN SAN JOAQUIN RIVER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE WITH CAMERA TRAPS
32	Kathy Vo	EFFECTS OF MAMMALIAN APOSEMATIC PATTERN AND CONTRAST VARIATION ON PREDATOR AVOIDANCE LEARNING

Session: Poster Session

Chair: Allison Fuller and Carlos Alvarado, Ascent Environmental

#	Presenter	Title
1	Bayan Ahmed	SPATIAL FORAGING PATTERNS OF NORTH AMERICAN PORCUPINES IN COASTAL DUNE HABITATS
2	Jaclyn Aliperti	LITTER TRANSLOCATIONS BY YELLOW-BELLIED MARMOTS, MARMOTA FLAVIVENTRIS
3	Tina Arthur	PREDICTED HABITAT SELECTION OF THE INVASIVE ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET IN BAKERSFIELD, CA
4	Hanna Baek	PRESENCE AND PREVALENCE OF HAEMOPROTEUS IN TWO HUMMINGBIRD SPECIES
5	Tom Batter	USING AN OCCUPANCY MODEL TO DEVELOP AN EFFICIENT SAMPLING DESIGN FOR POPULATION ESTIMATION OF TULE ELK USING FECAL DNA IN COLUSA AND LAKE COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA
6	Karen Boortz	VARIATION IN JUVENILE CHINOOK SALMON MACROINVERTEBRATE PREY IN THE SAN JOAQUIN RIVER RESTORATION AREA; IMPLICATIONS FOR CARRYING CAPACITY AND RESTORATION SUCCESS
7	Tim Bowden	GREATER SAGE-GROUSE CONSERVATION IN THE VYA REGION
8	Jennifer Brazeal	EVALUATING THE USE OF NON-INVASIVE GENETIC SPATIAL CAPTURE-RECAPTURE FOR ESTIMATING ELK POPULATION DENSITY
9	Shannon Brinkman	PELAGIC CORMORANT (PHALACROCORAX PELAGICUS) REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY AND THE NORTH COAST SEABIRD PROTECTION NETWORK
10	Holly Burger	INTEGRATING ENVIRONMENTAL DNA SAMPLING INTO LONG-TERM MONITORING STRATEGIES: A CASE STUDY FOR DETECTING RANA SIERRAE IN STREAMS
11	Petros Chrysafis	EFFECT OF DEVELOPMENT ON MAMMAL USE OF THE RIPARIAN HABITAT IN THE SAN JOAQUIN RIVER
12	Leah Cochran	UTILIZATION OF RIPARIAN WOODLANDS BY CAVITY-NESTING BIRDS IN THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY
13	Amanda Coen	EXAMINING THE INFLUENCES OF LANDSCAPE AND POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF SPATIAL-TEMPORAL GENETIC PATTERNS
14	Nathan Cook	MOVEMENTS AND STAGING LOCATIONS OF CANVASBACK (AYTHYA VALISINERIA) IN THE PACIFIC FLYWAY
15	Miranda Crowell	BEEN THERE, TRAPPED THAT! TRAP SUCCESS OF PYGMY RABBITS IN THE GREAT BASIN
16	Matthew Delheimer	MARTEN BOXES: SURROGATE CAVITY STRUCTURES FOR A CAVITY-OBLIGATE FOREST CARNIVORE
17	Cameron Divoky	SEASONAL ACTIVITY OF THE PALLID BAT (ANTROZOUS PALLIDUS) IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
18	Korinna Domingo	SHORT, CHEAP... & SWEET! INFORMING LOCAL GOVERNMENT REGARDING WILDLIFE ACTIVITY IN RECREATIONAL AREAS THROUGH INEXPENSIVE AND NONINVASIVE TRAIL CAMERA METHODOLOGY
19	Lauren Enriquez	HABITAT SUITABILITY MODELING FOR THE REINTRODUCTION OF CASCADES FROG (RANA CASCADAE) INTO LASSEN VOLCANIC NATIONAL PARK
20	Hannah Fertel	SHELL-SHOCKED: COMPARING A WESTERN POND TURTLE POPULATION PRE- AND POST-DROUGHT
21	Kaitlyn Gaynor	LAYERING LANDSCAPES OF FEAR: THE ROLE OF PREDATION RISK AND HUMAN DISTURBANCE IN A CALIFORNIA LARGE MAMMAL COMMUNITY
22	Rebecca Green	A NOVEL BREAK-AWAY DEVICE FOR USE WITH RADIOCOLLARS ON FISHERS AND OTHER SMALL CARNIVORES
23	Michelle Harris	WILDLIFE MORTALITIES IN OPEN TOP PIPES IN THE SOUTH FORK KERN RIVER VALLEY, KERN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
24	Lauren Helton	RESILIENCE OF TROPICAL LANDBIRDS TO STORM DISTURBANCE
25	Andrea Henke	EVALUATION OF CALIFORNIA CONDOR (GYMNOGYPS CALIFORNIANUS) GPS TELEMETRY DATA IN RELATION TO THE ELECTRICAL GRID USING GIS AND RISK SCORING METHODS
26	Grant Howard	PREVALENCE OF INTERNAL PARASITES DETERMINED BY FECAL TESTING OF WILDLIFE AT A SONOMA COUNTY REHABILITATION CENTER
27	Alex Jensen	A PROPOSED ANALYSIS OF DEER USE OF JUMPOUT RAMPS AND FELID USE OF CULVERTS ALONG HIGHWAYS WITH WILDLIFE EXCLUSION FENCING
28	Bethany Johnson	PILOT STUDY: AMPHIBIAN OCCURRENCE ON A MULTI-AGED MANAGED FOREST
29	Jessica Lin	ESTABLISHING A LONG-TERM MONITORING PROGRAM TO CHARACTERIZE SPATIO-TEMPORAL CHANGES IN BAT ASSEMBLAGE OF A TYPICAL CENTRAL VALLEY RIPARIAN HABITAT
30	Alex McInturff	HIGH-RESOLUTION GPS TRACKING OF HUNTERS AND BLACK-TAILED DEER IN CALIFORNIA
31	James McMorran	ESTIMATING THE EFFECTS OF RESTORATION TO DENSITY OF BELDING'S SAVANNAH SPARROW (PASSERCULUS SANDWICHENSIS BELDINGI) IN A SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COASTAL WETLAND
32	Jerrod Merrell	EFFECTS OF DISTURBANCE ON MIGRATION BEHAVIOR OF A LARGE MIGRATORY UNGULATE
33	Adam Mohr	TULE ELK HABITAT SELECTION AT THE LOCAL AND LANDSCAPE SCALE
34	Trevor Moore	WESTERN RED BAT (LASIURUS BLOSSEVILLII) ACTIVITY PATTERNS IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
35	Steven Munoz	THREATENED SAN CLEMENTE BELL'S SPARROW NESTS IN NEW MICRO-HABITATS AS THE ISLAND RECOVERS FOLLOWING GOAT REMOVAL
36	Nicolette Nelson	ON THE ROLLING BEHAVIOR OF THE MOUNT LYELL SALAMANDER: ESCAPE STRATEGY OR SCUTTLEBUTT?
37	David Newton	ANALYSIS OF ULTRASONIC BAT RECORDINGS FOR INCIDENTAL RODENT CALL DETECTIONS
38	Danny Nielsen	ECOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS IN A HYBRID ZONE BETWEEN TWO SPECIES OF WOODRAT (GENUS NEOTOMA)
39	Karen Oakden	WHAT'S IN A PELLET? A DIET ANALYSIS OF DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS USING PELLETS IN SOUTH HUMBOLDT BAY, CALIFORNIA
40	Julia Owen	USE OF NONINVASIVE DNA TO DETERMINE GENETIC SUBDIVISIONS AMONG ECOREGIONAL COYOTE POPULATIONS IN THE SIERRA NEVADA
41	Carolyn Paul	EFFECTS OF FOREST MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES ON BAT HABITAT USE
42	Sophie Preckler-Quisquater	ASSESSING SELECTIVE INTROGRESSION OF NONNATIVE RED FOX GENES INTO THE GENOMIC BACKGROUND OF THE NATIVE SACRAMENTO VALLEY RED FOX
43	David Riensche	WESTERN SNOWY PLOVER MACRO-INVERTEBRATE PREY AVAILABILITY AT ROBERT CROWN MEMORIAL STATE BEACH
44	David Riensche	DIET TRENDS AND NESTING SUCCESS OF TWO SYMPATRIC TERNS BREEDING IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY
45	David Riensche	BAT DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE IN THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT
46	Alyssa Roddy	PACIFIC MARTEN (MARTES CAURINA) REPRODUCTIVE CHRONOLOGY IN THE LASSEN NATIONAL FOREST, CALIFORNIA
47	Elianna Rosenthal	GROWTH RATE VARIATION AMONG JUVENILE CHINOOK SALMON COHORTS DUE TO REARING CONDITIONS
48	Aviva Rossi	COMPARISON OF NICHES OF THREE SYMPATRIC HIGH-ELEVATION GROUND-DWELLING SQUIRRELS
49	Cali Roth	IDENTIFYING ECOLOGICAL TRAPS FOR TARGETED PINYON-JUNIPER REMOVAL IN GREATER SAGE-GROUSE HABITAT
50	Liza Ryan	LONG-TERM AQUATIC MONITORING OF STREAM-BREEDING AMPHIBIANS OF THE GEYSERS REGION OF SONOMA AND LAKE COUNTIES
51	Camilo Sanchez	GENETIC CHARACTERISTICS OF A RECENTLY ESTABLISHED COYOTE POPULATION IN SAN FRANCISCO
52	Sarah Schooler	BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC EFFECTS ON COFFEE BERRY BORER (HYPOTHENEMUS HAMPEI) ABUNDANCE AND DISTRIBUTION ON COFFEE FARMS IN KENYA
53	Alyssa Semerdjian	EVALUATING THE SPECIES DISTRIBUTION FOR THE GIANT KANGAROO RAT (DIPODOMYS INGENS)
54	Alex Single	IMPACT OF NESTING MICROHABITAT AND FORAGING HABITAT ON COLONY LOCATIONS OF THE NORTHERN BLACK SWIFT (CYPSELOIDES NIGER BOREALIS)
55	Anastasia Stanish	USING AUTOMATED BIRD RECORDERS TO DETERMINE DIFFERENCES IN BIRD OCCUPANCY OF FOUR SILVICULTURE TREATMENTS IN A POST-FIRE SETTING
56	Celia Tarcha	STUDYING HABITAT USE OF THE RIPARIAN BRUSH RABBIT (SYLVILAGUS BACHMANI RIPARIUS) IN SAN JOAQUIN RIVER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE WITH CAMERA TRAPS
57	Naomi Terry	DETERMINING DRIVERS OF BUMBLE BEE DISTRIBUTIONS IN MONTANE MEADOW SYSTEMS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
58	Kathy Vo	EFFECTS OF MAMMALIAN APOSEMATIC PATTERN AND CONTRAST VARIATION ON PREDATOR AVOIDANCE LEARNING
59	Jessica Whalen	MONITORING NATIVE TREE SQUIRRELS WITH CITIZEN SCIENCE IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
60	Stan Wright	LONG TERM AVIAN ABUNDANCE AND DIVERSITY ON THE STONE LAKES NWR
61	Andrea Wuenschel	REMOTE CAMERA USE ON RANGELAND: METHODS TO KEEP YOUR CAMERA INTACT WHEN ITCHY CATTLE ABOUND