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Session Name	Session Chair	Start Time
Wildlife Responses to Fire and Post-Fire Restoration	Ryan Baumbusch, Oregon State University	Tuesday Feb 4 1:00 PM
Ecology and Conservation of Bats	Dave Johnston, HT Harvey & Associates	Tuesday Feb 4 1:00 PM
Wildlife and Climate Change	Rick Williams, P G & E	Tuesday Feb 4 3:55 PM
Ecology and Conservation of Birds I	David Riensche, East Bay Regional Park District	Tuesday Feb 4 3:55 PM
Impacts to Lands and Wildlife from Recreation	Rich Burg, CDFW	Wednesday Feb 5 1:00 PM
Ecology and Conservation of Birds II	Dan Airola, Conservation Research & Planning	Wednesday Feb 5 1:00 PM
Human Dimensions in Wildlife Conservation and Management I	Linda Leeman, Ascent Environmental	Wednesday Feb 5 3:05 PM
Ecology and Conservation of Mammals I	Kelley Stewart, University of Nevada, Reno	Wednesday Feb 5 3:05 PM
Wildlife and Forest Management and Policy	Karen Converse, CDFW	Thursday Feb 6 8:00 AM
Ecology and Conservation of Amphibians and Reptiles	Jeff Alvarez, The Wildlife Project	Thursday Feb 6 8:00 AM
Mitigation Measures and Conservation Planning: Ways to Measure Success	Elizabeth Meisman, GHD, Inc.	Thursday Feb 6 10:35 AM
Ecology and Conservation of Mammals II	Esther Burkett, CDFW	Thursday Feb 6 10:35 AM
Wildlife Diseases and Pathology	Deana Clifford, CDFW / UC Davis	Friday Feb 7 8:00 AM
Wildlife Techniques and Technologies	Susanne Marczak, San Diego Zoo	Friday Feb 7 8:00 AM
Human Dimensions in Wildlife Conservation and Management II	Natasha Dvorak, Swaim Biological	Friday Feb 7 10:35 AM
Habitat Restoration and Multi-Benefit Projects	Cliff Feldheim, DWR	Friday Feb 7 10:35 AM
Public Policy and Wildlife Management	Junko Hoshi, CDFW	Friday Feb 7 1:30 PM
Endangered Species: Planning for Recovery	Scott Osborn, CDFW	Friday Feb 7 1:30 PM
Wildlife Professionals: Agency Coordination & Collaboration	Rhys Evans, Vandenberg Air Force Base	Friday Feb 7 3:45 PM
Wildlife Conservation and Habitat Management in Lassen / Shasta Landscapes	Rachel Mazur, National Park Service	Friday Feb 7 3:45 PM
Poster Session	Carlos Alvarado and Allison Fuller, Ascent Environmental	Thursday Feb 6 6:30 PM

Session: Wildlife Responses to Fire and Post-Fire Restoration

Chair: Ryan Baumbusch, Oregon State University

#	Presenter	Title	Date/Time
1	Gavin Jones	IS SEVERE FIRE GOOD OR BAD FOR SPOTTED OWLS?	Feb 4 1:05 PM
2	Eric Dinger	IMPACTS OF THE CARR FIRE ON WHISKEYTOWN STREAMS: THE ROLE OF NATIONAL PARK SERVICE LONG-TERM MONITORING IN STUDYING DIRECT AND INDIRECT IMPACTS TO THE ECOSYSTEM	Feb 4 1:25 PM
3	Joan Hagar	MESOCARNIVORES AT WHISKEYTOWN NRA AFTER THE 2018 CARR WILDFIRE	Feb 4 1:45 PM
4	Brett Furnas	LANDSCAPE-LEVEL PYRODIVERSITY PROMOTES DIVERSITY OF FOREST CARNIVORES, BUT POSSIBLY NOT OF THEIR PREY	Feb 4 2:05 PM
5	Gavin Jones	FIRE, FOREST RESTORATION, AND SPOTTED OWL CONSERVATION UNDER CLIMATE CHANGE	Feb 4 2:25 PM
6	Ian Dudley	MALADAPTIVE NEST SITE SELECTION AND REDUCED NEST SUCCESS IN FEMALE SAGE-GROUSE FOLLOWING WILDFIRE	Feb 4 2:45 PM
7	Emmy Tyrrell	WILDFIRE IMPACTS ON DEMOGRAPHIC RATES OF GREATER SAGE-GROUSE	Feb 4 3:05 PM

Session: Ecology and Conservation of Bats

Chair: Dave Johnston, HT Harvey & Associates

#	Presenter	Title	Date/Time
1	Leila Harris	THE GREAT CAUSEWAY BAT COUNT: CAN COMMUNITY SCIENCE AND DATA MINING GENERATE RIGOROUS POPULATION DATA?	Feb 4 1:05 PM
2	Theodore Weller	AN ADAPTIVE SAMPLING APPROACH TO ESTIMATING THE NUMBER OF HIBERNATING BATS AT LAVA BEDS NATIONAL MONUMENT	Feb 4 1:25 PM
3	Patricia Brown	BATS OF THE CALIFORNIA CHANNEL ISLANDS: NEW RECORDS WITH NEW METHODS	Feb 4 1:45 PM
4	Gabriel Reyes	ROOSTING ECOLOGY OF WESTERN BATS: THE OTHER CALIFORNIA REAL-ESTATE BATTLEGROUND	Feb 4 2:05 PM
5	Joseph Szewczak	NOTES FROM THE FIELD: RECENT LESSONS IN BAT ACOUSTIC MONITORING AND FURTHER SUGGESTIONS TO UP YOUR GAME	Feb 4 2:25 PM
6	Emma Sutphin	WHAT'S THAT SOUND? ACOUSTIC MONITORING OF LITTLE BROWN BAT (MYOTIS LUCIFUGUS) SEASONAL ACTIVITY IN A HISTORIC BUILDING	Feb 4 2:45 PM
7	Jill Carpenter	BAT USE OF CULVERTS	Feb 4 3:05 PM

Session: Wildlife and Climate Change

Chair: Rick Williams, P G & E

#	Presenter	Title	Date/Time
1	Lynn Schofield	A HABITAT SUITABILITY MODEL FOR IDENTIFYING WILLOW FLYCATCHER HABITAT REFUGIA IN A CHANGING CLIMATE	Feb 4 4:00 PM
2	Jody Tucker	ASSESSING MESOCARNIVORE RESPONSE TO SEVERE DROUGHT THROUGH LONG-TERM POPULATION MONITORING	Feb 4 4:20 PM
3	Brett Furnas	RAPID AND VARIED RESPONSES OF SONGBIRDS TO CLIMATE CHANGE IN CALIFORNIA CONIFEROUS FORESTS	Feb 4 4:40 PM
4	Julie Vance	BREEDING VARIABILITY OF THE SIERRA NEWT (TARICHA SIERRAE) IN AN INTERMITTENT CENTRAL CALIFORNIA FOOTHILL STREAM: RESULTS OF A LONG-TERM STUDY BEFORE AND AFTER DROUGHT	Feb 4 5:00 PM
5	Kim Klementowski	INFLUENCE OF WATER TEMPERATURE ON TWO SPECIES OF FAIRY SHRIMP IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA VERNAL POOLS	Feb 4 5:20 PM
6	Jessica Castillo Vardaro	POPULATION GENETICS OF AN AMERICAN PIKA HYBRID ZONE IN ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK, CO	Feb 4 5:40 PM

Session: Ecology and Conservation of Birds I

Chair: David Riensche, East Bay Regional Park District

#	Presenter	Title	Date/Time
1	Barbara Raulston	CH-CH-CH CHANGE IS GOOD FOR YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOOS	Feb 4 4:00 PM
2	Daniel Airola	PURPLE MARTINS NESTING IN SACRAMENTO: A LAST CHANCE AT CONSERVATION?	Feb 4 4:20 PM
3	Helen Loffland	INFLUENCE OF BEAVER PRESENCE AND HABITAT MODIFICATION ON WILLOW FLYCATCHER OCCUPANCY IN THE SIERRA NEVADA	Feb 4 4:40 PM
4	Diana Munoz	FERAL HORSES DISRUPT GREATER SAGE-GROUSE LEKKING ACTIVITY IN THE GREAT BASIN	Feb 4 5:00 PM
5	Faith De Amaral	PARASITE PREVALENCE AND ITS EFFECT ON SONG	Feb 4 5:20 PM
6	Tierra Groff	HAEMOPROTEOSIS LETHALITY IN A WOODPECKER, WITH MOLECULAR AND MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF HAEMOPROTEUS VELANS (HAEMOSPORIDA, HAEMOPROTEIDAE)	Feb 4 5:40 PM

Session: Impacts to Lands and Wildlife from Recreation

Chair: Rich Burg, CDFW

#	Presenter	Title	Date/Time
1	Ron Unger	BALANCING CONSERVATION AND RECREATION - TRAILS ON CONSERVATION LANDS	Feb 5 1:05 PM
2	Keith Bensen	KILLER POTATO CHIPS - CHANGING VISITOR BEHAVIOR TO CONSERVE AN ENDANGERED OLD GROWTH FOREST NESTING SEABIRD AT REDWOOD NATIONAL AND STATE PARKS, CALIFORNIA	Feb 5 1:25 PM
3	Breeanne Jackson	BIG WALL BATS	Feb 5 1:45 PM
4	David Riensche	FACTORS INFLUENCING THE ABUNDANCE OF WINTERING WESTERN SNOWY PLOVERS AT CROWN BEACH STATE MEMORIAL PARK	Feb 5 2:05 PM
5	Lily Olmo	SEA THE VALUE: ECONOMICS OF WILDLIFE ECOTOURISM IN LA JOLLA COVE	Feb 5 2:25 PM

Session: Ecology and Conservation of Birds II

Chair: Dan Airola, Conservation Research & Planning

#	Presenter	Title	Date/Time
1	Stephanie Houtman	MAPPING THE BARRED OWL INVASION OF CALIFORNIA	Feb 5 1:05 PM
2	Holly Horan	IDENTIFYING NORTHERN SPOTTED OWL INDIVIDUALS USING VOCALIZATIONS OBTAINED FROM AUTONOMOUS ACOUSTIC RECORDERS	Feb 5 1:25 PM
3	Danny Hofstadter	EXPERIMENTAL REMOVAL OF BARRED OWLS IN THE SIERRA NEVADA	Feb 5 1:45 PM
4	Ceeanna Zulla	INTEGRATING GPS TAGGING AND NEST VIDEO MONITORING REVEAL NEW INSIGHTS INTO SPOTTED OWL FORAGING BEHAVIOR	Feb 5 2:05 PM
5	Ryan Baumbusch	DIET COMPOSITION OF BARRED OWLS (STRIX VARIA) IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST	Feb 5 2:25 PM

Session: Human Dimensions in Wildlife Conservation and Management I

Chair: Linda Leeman, Ascent Environmental

#	Presenter	Title	Date/Time
1	Chad Moura	SPATIOTEMPORAL OVERLAP AND PARTITIONING OF MAMMALIAN MESOPREDATORS ACROSS AN URBANIZATION GRADIENT IN CALIFORNIA'S CENTRAL VALLEY.	Feb 5 3:10 PM
2	Mario Klip	WHAT MAKES AN URBAN BEAR URBAN?	Feb 5 3:30 PM
3	Allison Fuller	REGULATING CANNABIS CULTIVATION: RECENT OBSERVATIONS FROM AN ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE PERSPECTIVE	Feb 5 3:50 PM
4	Greta Wengert	IMPACTS OF TRESPASS CANNABIS CULTIVATION ON PUBLIC LANDS TO SMALL MAMMAL POPULATIONS	Feb 5 4:10 PM
5	Mourad Gabriel	IT'S A TRAP! CANNABIS CULTIVATION SITES AS ECOLOGICAL AND EVOLUTIONARY TRAPS FOR WILDLIFE	Feb 5 4:30 PM
6	Phoebe Parker-Shames	COEXISTING WITH CANNABIS: WILDLIFE RESPONSE TO MARIJUANA CULTIVATION	Feb 5 4:50 PM

Session: Ecology and Conservation of Mammals I

Chair: Kelley Stewart, University of Nevada, Reno

#	Presenter	Title	Date/Time
1	Tom Batter	LOCAL SCALE GENETIC STRUCTURE OF TULE ELK IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA	Feb 5 3:10 PM
2	Adam Mohr	PREDICTING PARTURITION: IDENTIFYING ELK CALVING EVENTS THROUGH MOVEMENT AND SPACE USE	Feb 5 3:30 PM
3	Kristin Denryter	PLASTICITY IN MIGRATORY BEHAVIORS OF MALE BIGHORN SHEEP	Feb 5 3:50 PM
4	Joshua Jahner	AN EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MULTI-SOURCE TRANSLOCATIONS FOR MAINTAINING LEVELS OF GENETIC DIVERSITY IN REINTRODUCED HERDS OF DESERT BIGHORN SHEEP	Feb 5 4:10 PM
5	Molly Caldwell	MULE DEER MIGRATIONS IN HIGHWAY UNDERPASSES	Feb 5 4:30 PM
6	Devaughn Fraser	TRANSCRIPTOME-BASED ANALYSES AS AN IMPORTANT TOOL TO INFORM TRANSLOCATION MANAGEMENT OF BIGHORN SHEEP	Feb 5 4:50 PM

Session: Wildlife and Forest Management and Policy

Chair: Karen Converse, CDFW

#	Presenter	Title	Date/Time
1	Cali Roth	RETROSPECTIVE ASSESSMENT OF FUEL BREAK EFFECTIVENESS FOR CONTAINING RANGELAND WILDFIRES WITHIN THE GREAT BASIN	Feb 6 8:05 AM
2	Robert Wilkerson	BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER OCCUPANCY IN BURNED AND BEETLE-KILLED FORESTS: DISTURBANCE AGENT MATTERS	Feb 6 8:25 AM
3	H. Anu Kramer	ELEVATIONAL GRADIENTS STRONGLY MEDIATE HABITAT SELECTION PATTERNS IN A NOCTURNAL PREDATOR	Feb 6 8:45 AM
4	Craig Thompson	SHIFTING MANAGEMENT PARADIGMS: CONSERVING FUNCTIONAL FISHER HABITAT IN THE NEW SIERRA NEVADA	Feb 6 9:05 AM
5	Rebecca Green	EXPLORING THE DEN CLUSTER CONCEPT: INSIGHTS FROM FISHER (PEKANIA PENNANTI) REPRODUCTIVE ECOLOGY AND IMPLICATIONS FOR MANAGEMENT	Feb 6 9:25 AM
6	Jerry Cole	PLANT SELECTION BY BUMBLE BEES IN MONTANE RIPARIAN HABITAT OF CALIFORNIA	Feb 6 9:45 AM

Session: Ecology and Conservation of Amphibians and Reptiles

Chair: Jeff Alvarez, The Wildlife Project

#	Presenter	Title	Date/Time
1	Eric Olson	PHYLOGEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN OF CALIFORNIA SLENDER SALAMANDERS (BATRACHOSEPS ATTENUATUS) IN THE SUTTER BUTTES	Feb 6 8:05 AM
2	Colin Dillingham	IN SITU POPULATION ENHANCEMENT OF AN AT-RISK POPULATION OF FOOTHILL YELLOW-LEGGED FROGS, RANA BOYLII, IN THE NORTH FORK FEATHER RIVER, BUTTE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.	Feb 6 8:25 AM
3	Reagen O'Leary	CONSERVATION ASSESSMENT OF THE CALIFORNIA LEGLESS LIZARD (ANNIELLA)	Feb 6 8:45 AM
4	Nicole Gaudenti	THE IMPORTANCE OF SHRUBS TO THE THERMAL ECOLOGY OF BLUNT-NOSED LEOPARD LIZARDS	Feb 6 9:05 AM
5	Alexandria Fulton	DISTRIBUTION AND OCCUPANCY OF NORTHWESTERN POND TURTLES AND RED-EARED SLIDERS IN THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY AND SACRAMENTO-SAN JOAQUIN RIVER DELTA	Feb 6 9:25 AM
6	Anna Jordan	THE COLOR OF CONSERVATION: ANALYZING COLOR POLYMORPHISM IN THE GIANT GARTERSNAKE	Feb 6 9:45 AM

Session: Mitigation Measures and Conservation Planning: Ways to Measure Success

Chair: Elizabeth Meisman, GHD, Inc.

#	Presenter	Title	Date/Time
1	Ryan Hill	AREAS OF CONSERVATION EMPHASIS (ACE). UNDERSTANDING THE DISTRIBUTION OF BIODIVERSITY IN CALIFORNIA.	Feb 6 10:40 AM
2	Christina Leopold	MODELING THE MANAGEMENT OF NON-NATIVE GAME MAMMALS TO REDUCE FUTURE CONFLICTS WITH NATIVE PLANT CONSERVATION IN HAWAII	Feb 6 11:00 AM
3	Pat Jackson	SCIENCE TO INFORM A TIERED MANAGEMENT APPROACH TO REDUCE RAVEN IMPACTS ON GREATER SAGE-GROUSE	Feb 6 11:20 AM
4	Lawrence Saslaw	CONSERVATION OF SAN JOAQUIN ANTELOPE SQUIRRELS: ECOLOGICAL ASSOCIATIONS, HABITAT SUITABILITY, AND CONSERVATION STRATEGIES	Feb 6 11:40 AM
5	Dave Johnston	BAT MITIGATION STRUCTURES ON BRIDGES AND CULVERTS IN CALIFORNIA	Feb 6 12:00 PM
6	Justin Purnell	SAN JOAQUIN KIT FOX PRESENCE AT A LARGE-SCALE SOLAR FACILITY IN MONTEREY COUNTY	Feb 6 12:20 PM

Session: Ecology and Conservation of Mammals II

Chair: Esther Burkett, CDFW

#	Presenter	Title	Date/Time
1	David Green	OCCUPANCY PATTERNS OF SIERRA NEVADA RED FOX AND THEIR COMPETITORS IN THE HIGH ALPINE OF YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK	Feb 6 10:40 AM
2	Katie Moriarty	ASSESSING FOREST STRUCTURE, PREDATION RISK, DIET, ENERGETICS, AND MOVEMENT TO DEFINE COASTAL MARTEN HABITAT	Feb 6 11:00 AM
3	Brian Cypher	RESPONSE OF SAN JOAQUIN KIT FOXES TO THE TOPAZ SOLAR FARM: IMPLICATIONS FOR CONSERVATION OF KIT FOXES	Feb 6 11:20 AM
4	Roger Powell	ESTIMATING ENERGY EXPENDITURE BY FISHERS USING GPS TELEMETRY DATA	Feb 6 11:40 AM
5	Sophie Preckler-Quisquater	DOES NATURAL SELECTION AFFECT GENE FLOW BETWEEN NONNATIVE AND NATIVE RED FOX POPULATIONS?	Feb 6 12:00 PM
6	Megan Isadore	OTTER SPOTTER: COMMUNITY SCIENCE INITIATIVE INCREASES RIVER OTTER RANGE MAPS AND HIGHLIGHTS RIVER OTTERS ROLE IN WETLAND ECOLOGY	Feb 6 12:20 PM

Session: Wildlife Diseases and Pathology

Chair: Deana Clifford, CDFW / UC Davis

#	Presenter	Title	Date/Time
1	Scott Osborn	ADDRESSING THE THREAT OF WHITE-NOSE SYNDROME IN BATS:Â PREPARATION FOR AND INITIAL RESPONSES TO THE DETECTION OF PSEUDOGYMNOASCUS DESTRUCTANS IN CALIFORNIA.	Feb 7 8:05 AM
2	Alice Chung-MacCoubrey	FINDING INITIAL INCURSIONS OF PD AND UNDERSTANDING POTENTIAL IMPACTS: NPS CONTRIBUTIONS TO DETECTING, EVALUATING, AND MANAGING FOR WNS IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.	Feb 7 8:25 AM
3	Christina Walker	THE FIRST SUSPECTED CASE OF PD IN CALIFORNIA: A PILOT STUDY MONITORING YUMA AND LITTLE BROWN MYOTIS COLONIES	Feb 7 8:45 AM
4	Wilmer Amaya-Mejia	AVIAN IMMUNE RESPONSE TO PARASITIC INFECTIONS IN A NATURAL ENVIRONMENT	Feb 7 9:05 AM
5	Troy Cline	ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS IN THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY	Feb 7 9:25 AM
6	John Vradenburg	A NEW APPROACH FOR TREATING AVIAN BOTULISM	Feb 7 9:45 AM

Session: Wildlife Techniques and Technologies

Chair: Susanne Marczak, San Diego Zoo

#	Presenter	Title	Date/Time
1	J. Mark Higley	COMPARISON OF AUTONOMOUS ACOUSTIC RECORDER UNIT OCCUPANCY SURVEYS TO NORTHERN SPOTTED OWL (STRIX OCCIDENTALIS CAURINA) DEMOGRAPHIC MONITORING AND SITE OCCUPANCY	Feb 7 8:05 AM
2	Cody Aylward	DIET ANALYSIS USING FECAL METABARCODING FOR A THREATENED DESERT GROUND SQUIRREL	Feb 7 8:25 AM
3	Mark Statham	SALT MARSH HARVEST MOUSE LANDSCAPE GENETICS AND CONNECTIVITY WITHIN THE MARSHES OF SUISUN BAY	Feb 7 8:45 AM
4	Mitchell Gritts	TELEMETRY DATA MANAGEMENT IN R: TELEMETR	Feb 7 9:05 AM
5	Kenneth Smallwood	DOG DETECTIONS OF BAT AND SMALL BIRD CARCASSES IN WIND TURBINE FATALITY MONITORING	Feb 7 9:25 AM
6	Julia Owen	USE OF NONINVASIVE DNA TO ESTIMATE DENSITY AND STRUCTURE OF BLACK BEARS IN THE LAKE TAHOE BASIN	Feb 7 9:45 AM

Session: Human Dimensions in Wildlife Conservation and Management II

Chair: Natasha Dvorak, Swaim Biological

#	Presenter	Title	Date/Time
1	Kenneth Smallwood	EFFECTS OF WIND TURBINE CURTAILMENT ON BIRD AND BAT FATALITIES	Feb 7 10:40 AM
2	Tiffany Chen	EFFORTS TO EVALUATE HUMAN REPORTING BEHAVIORS CONCERNING BEARS	Feb 7 11:00 AM
3	Helen Bowman	EFFECTS OF DROUGHT ON REPORTED INCIDENTS OF HUMAN-WILDLIFE CONFLICT IN CALIFORNIA	Feb 7 11:20 AM
4	Junko Hoshi	AIMING FOR PERTINENT CONSERVATION IMPACTS: STRATEGIC PLANNING AND DECISION-MAKING THROUGH STANDARDIZATION AND DATA-DRIVEN ANALYSES	Feb 7 11:40 AM
5	Anna Cassady	WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS AND ENDANGERED & THREATENED WILDLIFE SPECIES OVERLAP IN CALIFORNIA WATERSHEDS	Feb 7 12:00 PM

Session: Habitat Restoration and Multi-Benefit Projects

Chair: Cliff Feldheim, DWR

#	Presenter	Title	Date/Time
1	Lynn Hermansen	BEACH STONE LAKES MITIGATION MULTI-BENEFIT WOODLAND CORRIDOR: BALANCING FLOOD RISK REDUCTION WITH ECOLOGICAL VALUE	Feb 7 10:40 AM
2	Lia Webb	BARK BEETLE, WHITEBARK PINE REMOVAL, AND A RECREATION LEGACY	Feb 7 11:00 AM
3	Ivan Medel	THE SCIENCE OF RECLAIMING PUBLIC LAND CANNABIS CULTIVATION SITES: A PROCESS-BASED EVALUATION OF RECLAMATION EFFORTS TO MAXIMIZE WILDLIFE AND ECOSYSTEM BENEFITS	Feb 7 11:20 AM
4	Michael Westphal	CREATING LARGE OXBOW PONDS PARALLEL TO A CALIFORNIA COASTAL STREAM TO CREATE CALIFORNIA RED-LEGGED FROG BREEDING HABITAT: LESSONS LEARNED	Feb 7 11:40 AM
5	Melissa Riley	WHERE WILL ALL THE TURTLES GO? WESTERN POND TURTLE MOVEMENT AND HABITAT USE IN SUISUN MARSH	Feb 7 12:00 PM

Session: Public Policy and Wildlife Management

Chair: Junko Hoshi, CDFW

#	Presenter	Title	Date/Time
1	Lara Rachowicz	CEQA STREAMLINING TO REDUCE WILDFIRE RISK: CALIFORNIA VEGETATION TREATMENT PROGRAM (CALVTP)	Feb 7 1:35 PM
2	Allison Fuller	SPECIES-SPECIFIC IMPACT MITIGATION FOR THE CALIFORNIA VEGETATION TREATMENT PROGRAM	Feb 7 1:55 PM
3	Junko Hoshi	DELIVERING ON-THE-GROUND CONSERVATION IMPACTS VIA STATE WILDLIFE ACTION PLANS - A NEXUS FOR INTEGRATED ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT	Feb 7 2:15 PM
4	Alex Heeren	TRENDS IN HUNTING AND FISHING LICENSE SALES AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR CALIFORNIA'S RECRUITMENT, RETENTION, AND REACTIVATION PROGRAM	Feb 7 2:35 PM
5	Ange Baker	THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE AND COMMERCIAL CANNABIS CULTIVATION: HOW WE PROTECT FISH AND WILDLIFE RESOURCES IN A GROWING CANNABIS INDUSTRY	Feb 7 2:55 PM
6	Katharine Howard	ECOLOGICAL MONITORING INFORMS ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT OF CALIFORNIA'S PRIVATE RANGELANDS AND APPLICATION OF CONSERVATION PROGRAMS	Feb 7 3:15 PM

Session: Endangered Species: Planning for Recovery

Chair: Scott Osborn, CDFW

#	Presenter	Title	Date/Time
1	Jenny Loda	THE CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY'S WORK TO PROTECT RARE AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES IN THE WESTERN US	Feb 7 1:35 PM
2	David Riensche	CALIFORNIA RED-LEGGED FROG RESPONSE TO POND RESTORATION	Feb 7 1:55 PM
3	Steven Mathews	USE OF INTEGRATED POPULATION MODELS (IPMS) IMPROVES POPULATION ESTIMATES IN A SPECIES REINTRODUCTION PROJECT	Feb 7 2:15 PM
4	Dana Reid	ASSESSING SPATIOTEMPORAL PATTERNS IN CALIFORNIA SPOTTED OWL VOCALIZATIONS WITH NOVEL ACOUSTIC TAGS	Feb 7 2:35 PM
5	Rachel Chock	LANDSCAPE AND MICROHABITAT MODELING INFORM CONSERVATION ACTIONS FOR THE ENDANGERED SAN BERNARDINO KANGAROO RAT	Feb 7 2:55 PM
6	Brigit Harvey	INFLUENCES ON FORAGING PREFERENCES OF THE ENDANGERED PACIFIC POCKET MOUSE (PEROGNATHUS LONGIMEMBRIS PACIFICUS): IMPLICATIONS FOR A NOVEL CONSERVATION STRATEGY	Feb 7 3:15 PM

Session: Wildlife Professionals: Agency Coordination & Collaboration

Chair: Rhys Evans, Vandenberg Air Force Base

#	Presenter	Title	Date/Time
1	Ona Alminas	BRIDGING SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT - THE ROLE OF REGULATIONS IN CONSERVING CALIFORNIA'S WILDLIFE	Feb 7 3:50 PM
2	Serra Hoagland	DEVELOPING AND ENHANCING PARTNERSHIPS WITH NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES TO SUPPORT CROSS-BOUNDARY WILDLIFE CONSERVATION	Feb 7 4:10 PM
3	Pam Young	ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCACY: PARTNERSHIPS FOR PUBLIC TRUST	Feb 7 4:30 PM
4	Bennie Johnson Howell	A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TO MEADOW RESTORATION	Feb 7 4:50 PM

Session: Wildlife Conservation and Habitat Management in Lassen / Shasta Landscapes

Chair: Rachel Mazur, National Park Service

#	Presenter	Title	Date/Time
1	Jennifer Carlson	SIERRA NEVADA RED FOX CAPTURES IN THE LASSEN PEAK REGION CONTINUE TO REVEAL NEW INFORMATION ON DENNING ECOLOGY, HABITAT USE, AND INBREEDING	Feb 7 3:50 PM
2	Cate Quinn	GENOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF INBREEDING AND ADMIXTURE IN THE SIERRA NEVADA RED FOX	Feb 7 4:10 PM
3	Robert Carey	AN UPDATE ON IMPLEMENTING THE NORTHERN SPOTTED OWL RECOVERY PLAN IN INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.	Feb 7 4:30 PM

Session: Poster Session

Chair: Carlos Alvarado and Allison Fuller, Ascent Environmental

#	Presenter	Title
1	Whitney Albright	SUPPORTING THE INTEGRATION OF CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE AND ADAPTATION STRATEGIES INTO FISH AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
2	Brandon Amrhein	REGIONAL CONSERVATION INVESTMENT STRATEGIES PROGRAM: A NEW CONSERVATION TOOL
3	Jenna Aquino	PREVALENCE OF BABESIA AND MALARIAN DISEASES ON COMMON MURRES TO BE LINKED TO SUDDEN HIGH MORTALITY RATES
4	Joseph Atkinson	COMMON RAVENS AND OTHER PREDATORS DISRUPT GREATER SAGE-GROUSE LEKKING ACTIVITIES
5	Cody Aylward	OPTIMIZING DNA RECOVERY FROM MUSEUM SPECIMENS OF SALT MARSH HARVEST MOUSE AND ANALYSIS OF HISTORICAL GENETIC DIVERSITY
6	Carie Battistone	PROJECT WAFLS: AN EIGHT STATE SHORT-EARED OWL SURVEY EFFORT
7	Ryan Baumbusch	BODY CONDITION OF BARRED OWLS (STRIX VARIA) IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
8	Samantha Bever	IMPACTS OF THE 2015 ROUGH FIRE AND PRESCRIBED FIRE HISTORY ON BATS IN KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARK
9	Leandra Boodoo	SEASONAL PRESENCE AND FORAGING PATTERNS OF BATS AT CALIFORNIA VERNAL POOLS
10	Uta Briggs	PARTIAL CONSUMPTION OF PREY IN BARRED OWL (STRIX VARIA) DIETS
11	Emily Buck	ESCHERICHIA COLI AND SALMONELLA ENTERICA IN ROOSEVELT ELK (CERVUS CANADENSIS ROOSEVELTI) AND CATTLE: ENTERIC PATHOGENS AT THE WILDLIFE-DOMESTIC INTERFACE
12	Rachael Burnham	AN EVALUATION OF MITIGATION INVOLVING THE SAN FRANCISCO DUSKY-FOOTED WOODRAT
13	Alan Chan-Alvarado	DECADES OF MONITORING TRENDS IN A PROTECTED BREEDING BIRD ASSEMBLAGE TO IMPROVE RIPARIAN CONSERVATION
14	Amanda Coen	GOING BEYOND BROODSTOCK BASED CONSERVATION: GENETIC DIVERSITY IN WHITE STURGEON (ACIPENSER TRANSMONTANUS) REPATRIATED LARVAE IN THE SNAKE RIVER, IDAHO
15	Kylie Curtis	ESTIMATING ABUNDANCE AND DENSITY OF A HARVESTED UNGULATE POPULATION USING AN INTEGRATED MODELLING APPROACH
16	Lesley Davidson	ASSESSING HABITAT USE BY THE HAWAIIAN HOARY BAT IN HELEMANO WILDERNESS RECREATIONAL AREA, O'AHU.
17	Madison Davis	INTRAPOPULATION FORAGING RESPONSE OF CALIFORNIA SEA LIONS (ZALOPHUS CALIFORNIANUS) TO ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS
18	Taylor Davis	OPTIMIZING TISSUE SAMPLING AND EXTRACTION PROTOCOLS FOR NEXT-GENERATION GENOMIC SEQUENCING
19	Joie de Leon	HABITAT USE AND OVIPOSITION SITE SELECTION OF A DISJUNCT POPULATION OF RED-BELLIED NEWT (TARICHA RIVULARIS)
20	Kevin Dodd	COURTSHIP FLIGHT SIZE IN NORTHERN PINTAIL DUCKS (ANAS ACUTA)
21	Jared Elia	FACTORS INFLUENCING LARVAL SALAMANDER DENSITIES IN EXISTING AND RECENTLY CREATED PONDS
22	Kadi Erickson	EVIDENCE OF THE INFLUENCE OF PREDATION AND COMPETITION ON NEST DENSITY AND NESTING SUCCESS IN CALIFORNIA LEAST TERNS
23	Aoife Galvin	PREVALENCE OF ASYMPTOMATIC AVIAN POX IN CALIFORNIAN HUMMINGBIRDS
24	Jessica Gonzalez	PREDATION ON BREEDING WESTERN SNOWY PLOVERS IN SALT POND
25	Michelle Gonzalez	MONITORING LIGHT AND TEMPERATURE FACTORS FOR NESTING SUCCESS AND HABITAT CHOICE IN THE CALIFORNIA LEAST TERN
26	Chrisionna Graves	BAT ACTIVITY AS A FUNCTION OF LUNAR CYCLES
27	Rebecca Green	OCCURRENCE OF FISHER (PEKANIA PENNANTI) PREY SPECIES IN A LANDSCAPE ALTERED BY TREE MORTALITY
28	Mitchell Gritts	A CASE FOR SHINY: INTERACTIVE DATA ANALYSIS
29	Lauren Helton	RECENT DYNAMICS AND TRENDS OF LANDBIRD POPULATIONS ON SAIPAN, NORTHERN MARIANAS ISLANDS.
30	Kaitlyn Hernandez	ASSESSING IMPACTS OF ARTIFICIAL HYDROLOGY, LAND USE AND WATER QUALITY ON AMPHIBIAN OCCUPANCY AT RESTORED WETLANDS IN THE CALIFORNIA CENTRAL VALLEY
31	Sandra Hill	AREAS OF CONSERVATION EMPHASIS (ACE). UNDERSTANDING THE DISTRIBUTION OF BIODIVERSITY IN CALIFORNIA.
32	Kendall Hines	HABITAT CLASSIFICATION FOR DISAPPEARING BURROWING OWL HABITAT IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
33	Stephanie Houtman	MAPPING THE BARRED OWL INVASION OF CALIFORNIA
34	Bennie Johnson Howell	ARE CAMERA SURVEYS ENOUGH TO ASSESS PORCUPINE POPULATIONS IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA?
35	Brianna Jones	IDENTIFYING INDIVIDUAL CALIFORNIA TIGER SALAMANDERS (AMBYSTOMA CALIFORNIENSE) (CTS) USING PATTERN RECOGNITION SOFTWARE.
36	Meghan Keating	RESOURCE SELECTION FUNCTION OF ELK IN NORTHEASTERN NEVADA
37	Erica Kelly	IMPACT OF A SARCOPTIC MANGE EPIDEMIC ON A POPULATION OF ENDANGERED SAN JOAQUIN KIT FOXES
38	Eojin Kim	WIND EFFECTS AROUND WILDLIFE EXCLUSION FENCES: A STUDY COMPARING POROUS TO SOLID FENCES; HOW THE DESIGN CHOICE MAY AFFECT SPECIES WITH MOISTURE SENSITIVE SKIN
39	Leo Koerner	MORPHOLOGY OF THE BARRED OWL (STRIX VARIA) IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
40	Glen Logan	BAT DIVERSITY AND ACTIVITY PATTERNS IN A HETEROGENEOUS LANDSCAPE
41	Kyra MacFarlane	INTERACTION BETWEEN SALT MARSH PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND THE RODENT COMMUNITY IN A SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TIDAL MARSH
42	Andrew Manning	COMING OR GOING: TIDALLY INFLUENCED HABITAT SELECTION OF SHOREBIRDS AND WATERFOWL ON HUMBOLDT BAY
43	Abigail Marshall	IDENTIFYING ROCKY MOUNTAIN ELK CALVING AREAS ON THE PLUMAS NATIONAL FOREST IN NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA
44	Amanda Martinez	CHANGES IN THE CALIFORNIA LEAST TERN DIET THROUGHOUT THE BREEDING SEASON AT THE SEAL BEACH NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE
45	Kate McGinn	ROOST SELECTION IN SPOTTED OWLS ACROSS ELEVATIONAL GRADIENT: PRELIMINARY RESULTS
46	Elizabeth McNamara	POLARIZED LIGHT PRODUCED BY UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR FACILITIES MAY ATTRACT AQUATIC INSECTS&NBSP;
47	Rachel Morrow	USE OF DNA SEQUENCING TO IDENTIFY THE ORIGIN OF NORTHWESTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN POND TURTLES IN CAPTIVE BREEDING PROGRAMS
48	Maia Murphy-Williams	OF MEADOWS AND MARMOTS: AN INVESTIGATION OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ON THE DECLINING ENDEMIC OLYMPIC MARMOT (MARMOTA OLYMPUS) POPULATION
49	Claire Nasr	ESTIMATING SPACE SHARING BETWEEN SEABIRD, PINNIPED, AND HUMAN USE IN THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST
50	Eric Olson	PHYLOGEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN OF CALIFORNIA SLENDER SALAMANDERS (BATRACHOSEPS ATTENUATUS) IN THE SUTTER BUTTES
51	Andrew Overton	QUANTIFYING MOTH COMMUNITY RESPONSE TO FIRE IN A CALIFORNIA CHAPARRAL SYSTEM
52	Savannah Perez	LESSONS LEARNED FROM ESTABLISHING A BURROWING OWL BREEDING NODE IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY
53	Kathryn Preston	THE DISTRIBUTION AND ROLE OF CALIFORNIA GROUND SQUIRRELS AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY
54	David Riensche	CALIFORNIA RED-LEGGED FROG RESPONSE TO POND RESTORATION
55	Nicole Russell	IMPROVING CDFW'S CAPACITY TO SUPPORT ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT BY MEASURING AND SHARING ITS PROGRESS ON CALIFORNIA STATE WILDLIFE ACTION PLAN IMPLEMENTATION
56	Corina Sanchez	REDUCING THE IMPACT OF COMMON RAVENS ON GREATER SAGE-GROUSE THROUGH EGG-OILING
57	Greta Schmidt	EVALUATING UNCERTAINTY IN SPATIAL CAPTURE RECAPTURE ESTIMATES WITH A MULTI-SITE, MULTI-YEAR SAMPLING FRAMEWORK: A UTAH BLACK BEAR CASE STUDY
58	Monica Serrano	SAN FRANCISCO URBAN COYOTE REPOPULATION: A NONINVASIVE GENETIC PERSPECTIVE
59	Robert Seward	BAT BIODIVERSITY WITHIN SEQUOIA AND KING'S CANYON NATIONAL PARKS
60	Matt Sharp-Chaney	TRAPPED: A SWIFT STORY
61	Samantha Souza	IDENTIFICATION AND QUANTIFICATION OF BARRED OWL (STRIX VARIA) INTESTINAL PARASITES IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
62	Kimberly Tenggardjaja	SECURING CALIFORNIA'S NATURAL HERITAGE: THE CALIFORNIA BIODIVERSITY INITIATIVE
63	Heather Thomas	PREY SHARING BETWEEN BARRED OWLS (STRIX VARIA) IN OREGON AND WASHINGTON
64	Emma Tomaszewski	LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS OF HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE EXPOSURE IN SOUTHERN MULE DEER
65	Nicole Tomes-Orlale	SUMMER HABITAT USED BY AMERICAN KESTRELS IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
66	Rachel Townsend	USING SINGLE-SEASON SPECIES CO-OCCURRENCE MODELS TO TEASE OUT IMPORTANT FACTORS DRIVING CONDITIONAL OCCUPANCY
67	Theodore Tran	DESIGN OF A PASSIVE DEVICE TO SIMULTANEOUSLY MARK AND COLLECT NON-INVASIVE GENETIC SAMPLES FROM TREE SQUIRRELS
68	Michael van Hattem	AMERICAN BULLFROG; GUIDANCE FOR THE CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT OF THIS INVASIVE NON-NATIVE PREDATOR
69	Amy Van Scoyoc	THE INFLUENCE OF HUMAN DISTURBANCE ON THE COUPLED DYNAMICS OF PREDATORS AND PREY
70	Samuel Vassallo	TEMPERATURE LOGGERS EFFECTIVELY MONITOR SHOREBIRD NEST SURVIVAL
71	Tory Westall	EFFECT OF ENVIRONMENTAL VARIATION ON ECOLOGICAL ATTRIBUTES OF ENDANGERED SAN JOAQUIN KIT FOXES
72	Chad Wilhite	HABITAT USE OF HAWAIIAN SHORT-EARED OWLS
73	Natalie Yorba	CHANGES IN BAT BIODIVERSITY FROM 2001-2006 TO 2019 IN SEQUOIA AND KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARKS
74	Alexandra Yost	COMPARING EFFECTS OF PAYMENTS FOR ECOSYSTEM SERVICES PROGRAMS ON SPECIES RICHNESS OVER TIME AND SPACE