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Session Name	Session Chair	Start Time
Conservation and Challenges in the Urban-Wildlife Interface	Rick Williams, Pacific Gas and Electric	Wednesday Feb 24 1:30 PM
Molecular Ecology and Wildlife Conservation Genetics	Jody Tucker, U.S. Forest Service	Wednesday Feb 24 1:30 PM
Designing and Implementing Climate Adaptation Strategies	Rich Burg and Amber Pairis, CA Dept of Fish and Wildlife	Wednesday Feb 24 1:30 PM
Challenges and Conflict in Vertebrate Predator Management	Esther Burkett, CA Dept of Fish and Wildlife	Wednesday Feb 24 3:35 PM
Wildlife Health and Disease Ecology	Kirsten Gilardi and Mike Ziccardi, UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine	Wednesday Feb 24 3:35 PM
The Effects of Drought and Water Management on Wildlife	Rich Burg and Amber Pairis, CA Dept of Fish and Wildlife	Wednesday Feb 24 3:35 PM
Ecology and Conservation of Amphibians and Reptiles	Wendy Loeffler, RECON Environmental	Thursday Feb 25 8:30 AM
Human-Wildlife Conflict and Solutions	Jeff Lincer, Lincer & Associates	Thursday Feb 25 8:30 AM
Spatial Analysis of Wildlife-Habitat Relationships	Jennifer Wilkening, U.S. Department of Defense - Camp Pendleton	Thursday Feb 25 8:30 AM
Wildlife and Renewable Energy	Brock Ortega, Dudek	Thursday Feb 25 8:30 AM
Ecology and Conservation of Desert Tortoise	Kristin Berry, U.S. Geological Survey	Thursday Feb 25 10:35 AM
Policy, Management, and Human Dimensions of Wildlife Management	Linda Leeman, Ascent Environmental, Inc.	Thursday Feb 25 10:35 AM
Wildlife Techniques and Technologies	Natasha Dvorak, Swaim Biological	Thursday Feb 25 10:35 AM
Channel Islands Ecology	Dave Garcelon, Institute for Wildlife Studies	Thursday Feb 25 10:35 AM
Ecology and Management of Wildlife on Military Lands	Rhys Evans, U.S. Department of Defense - Vandenberg Air Force Base	Friday Feb 26 8:30 AM
Ecology and Conservation of Birds	Colleen Wisinski, San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research	Friday Feb 26 8:30 AM
Ecology and Conservation of Mesocarnivores	Susanne Marzak, San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research	Friday Feb 26 8:30 AM
Ecology and Conservation of Mammals	Phil Wasz, ECORP Consulting, Inc.	Friday Feb 26 10:35 AM
Poster Session	Jessica Martini-Lamb Carlos Alvarado,	Thursday Feb 25 6:00 PM

Session: Conservation and Challenges in the Urban-Wildlife Interface

Chair: Rick Williams, Pacific Gas and Electric

#	Presenter	Title	Date/Time
1	John Perrine	DO ELECTROMATS EFFECTIVELY PREVENT LARGE AND MEDIUM-SIZED MAMMALS FROM ENTERING THE HIGHWAY?	Feb 24 1:35 PM
2	John Perrine	DO LARGE AND MEDIUM-SIZED MAMMALS USE JUMP-OUT RAMPS TO ESCAPE FROM A FENCED HIGHWAY CORRIDOR?	Feb 24 1:55 PM
3	Terri Thomas	ADDRESSING OBSTACLES TO RE-ESTABLISHING THE NATURAL ECOSYSTEM AND NATIVE SPECIES AT MOUNTAIN LAKE IN THE PRESIDIO OF SAN FRANCISCO	Feb 24 2:15 PM
4	David Lee	URBAN COYOTES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA	Feb 24 2:35 PM
5	Jonathan Young	HUMAN-COYOTE CONFLICT MANAGEMENT IN AN URBAN NATIONAL PARK	Feb 24 2:55 PM

Session: Molecular Ecology and Wildlife Conservation Genetics

Chair: Jody Tucker, U.S. Forest Service

#	Presenter	Title	Date/Time
1	Brian Lavin	AMAZING ANGUIDS: THE NORTHERN ALLIGATOR LIZARD (ELGARIA COERULEA) AND BEYOND	Feb 24 1:35 PM
2	Ketan Patel	GENETIC ADMIXTURE IN THE SAN DIEGO FAIRY SHRIMP (BRANCHINECTA SANDIEGONENSIS)	Feb 24 1:55 PM
3	Jennifer Brazeal	SCALING-UP NON-INVASIVE GENETIC CAPTURE-MARK-RECAPTURE ESTIMATION TO THE REGIONAL SCALE: AN EXAMPLE WITH THE PACIFIC DEER HERD	Feb 24 2:15 PM
4	Ben Sacks	A VIEW INTO THE PHYLOGEOGRAPHY, HISTORICAL DEMOGRAPHY, AND SPECIATION IN THE WORLD'S MOST BASAL CANID, UROCYON SPP	Feb 24 2:35 PM
5	Cate Quinn	USE OF NON-INVASIVE DNA TO CHARACTERIZE A HIGH-SIERRA COYOTE POPULATION POTENTIALLY IMPACTING THE ENDANGERED SIERRA NEVADA RED FOX DURING FOUR YEARS OF DROUGHT	Feb 24 2:55 PM

Session: Designing and Implementing Climate Adaptation Strategies

Chair: Rich Burg and Amber Pairis, CA Dept of Fish and Wildlife

#	Presenter	Title	Date/Time
1	Amber Pairis	CLIMATE ADAPTATION IN ACTION: CASE STUDIES IN THE SOUTH COAST ECO-REGION	Feb 24 1:35 PM
2	Megan Jennings	PLANNING FOR WILDLIFE MOVEMENT IN A CHANGING CLIMATE	Feb 24 1:55 PM
3	Kim Roeland	TECOLOTE CANYON NATURAL PARK NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLAN	Feb 24 2:15 PM
4	Danielle Boudreau	CLIMATE UNDERSTANDING AND RESILIENCE IN THE RIVER VALLEY (CURRV)	Feb 24 2:35 PM
5	Kirk Gilligan	THIN-LAYER SALT MARSH SEDIMENT AUGMENTATION PILOT PROJECT	Feb 24 2:55 PM

Session: Challenges and Conflict in Vertebrate Predator Management

Chair: Esther Burkett, CA Dept of Fish and Wildlife

#	Presenter	Title	Date/Time
1	Ryan Baumbusch	A MODEL TO EVALUATE BARRED OWL (STRIX VARIA) REMOVAL STRATEGIES FOR NORTHERN SPOTTED OWL (STRIX OCCIDENTALIS CAURINA) CONSERVATION.	Feb 24 3:40 PM
2	Teresa King	HOW TO TRAIN YOUR RAVEN: TESTING THE RESPONSE TO SNOWY PLOVER NEST EXCLOSURES	Feb 24 4:00 PM
3	Richard Kim	INVASIVE SPECIES REMOVAL INCREASES THREATENED CALIFORNIA RED-LEGGED FROG ABUNDANCE AND ALTERS THE DIET OF ENDANGERED SAN FRANCISCO GARTERSNAKES	Feb 24 4:20 PM
4	Mary Whitfield	IS TARGET MIST-NETTING AN EFFECTIVE CONTROL METHOD FOR REDUCING BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD PARASITISM?	Feb 24 4:40 PM
5	Karen Kovacs	THE CHALLENGE OF NAVIGATING CALIFORNIA GRAY WOLF CONFLICTS (REAL AND PERCEIVED)	Feb 24 5:00 PM

Session: Wildlife Health and Disease Ecology

Chair: Kirsten Gilardi and Mike Ziccardi, UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine

#	Presenter	Title	Date/Time
1	Stella McMillin	EXPOSURE OF TURKEY VULTURES TO PENTOBARBITAL IN MARIN COUNTY	Feb 24 3:40 PM
2	Brian Cypher	SARCOPTIC MANGE IN URBAN SAN JOAQUIN KIT FOXES: STATUS, ASSESSMENT, AND INTERVENTION STRATEGIES	Feb 24 4:00 PM
3	Christine Fiorello	POST-RELEASE MONITORING OF OILED AND REHABILITATED BROWN PELICANS (PELECANUS OCCIDENTALIS) AFFECTED BY THE 2015 REFUGIO OIL SPILL	Feb 24 4:20 PM
4	Melissa Miller	INCREASING EVIDENCE FOR A NOVEL MARINE HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOM AND PUTATIVE ANTHROPOGENIC POLLUTANT: UPDATE ON CYANOTOXIN (MICROCYSTIN) TRANSFER FROM LAND TO SEA OTTERS	Feb 24 4:40 PM
5	Tracey Goldstein	ACUTE, SUB-LETHAL AND LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF EXPOSURE TO DOMOIC ACID IN CALIFORNIA SEA LIONS (ZALOPHUS CALIFORNIANUS)	Feb 24 5:00 PM

Session: The Effects of Drought and Water Management on Wildlife

Chair: Rich Burg and Amber Pairis, CA Dept of Fish and Wildlife

#	Presenter	Title	Date/Time
1	Emily Cate	GRANIVORE MOVEMENT IN RELATION TO THE CONSERVATION OF THE RARE, ENDEMIC PLANT LASSICS LUPINE (LUPINUS CONSTANCEI)	Feb 24 3:40 PM
2	Michael Westphal	GRASSHOPPER ABUNDANCE IN BLUNT-NOSED LEOPARD LIZARD HABITAT DURING A MAJOR DROUGHT	Feb 24 4:00 PM
3	Rob Schell	CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH TRANSLOCATION OF A FEDERALLY THREATENED AMPHIBIAN DURING THE WORST DROUGHT IN A GENERATION	Feb 24 4:20 PM
4	Renee Robison	QUANTIFYING CHANGE IN WETLAND EXTENT AND ITS EFFECT ON A WESTERN AND CLARK'S GREBE BREEDING POPULATION AT EAGLE LAKE, CA 1997-2010	Feb 24 4:40 PM

Session: Ecology and Conservation of Amphibians and Reptiles

Chair: Wendy Loeffler, RECON Environmental

#	Presenter	Title	Date/Time
1	Julia Martins Ersan	GIANT GARTERSNAKES (THAMNOPHIS GIGAS) SELECTIVELY FORAGE ON NATIVE ANURANS	Feb 25 8:35 AM
2	Katherine Ayres	PILOT STUDY FOR USE OF SCENT-DETECTION DOGS IN SURVEYS FOR THE GIANT GARTER SNAKE (THAMNOPHIS GIGAS)	Feb 25 8:55 AM
3	David Riensche	HABITAT USE AND NEST SITE SELECTION BY THE WESTERN POND TURTLE (ACTINEMYS MARMORATA) IN MANAGED CENTRAL CALIFORNIA RANGELANDS	Feb 25 9:15 AM
4	Patricia Valcarcel	POPULATION STRUCTURE OF PACIFIC POND TURTLE (ACTINEMYS MARMORATA) AT A POND IN THE CALIFORNIA DELTA: RESULTS FROM A COMPLETE TRAPPING AND RELOCATION EFFORT	Feb 25 9:35 AM
5	Rob Schell	POPULATION RESPONSE OF CALIFORNIA RED-LEGGED FROG TO PREDATOR ERADICATION: A LONG-TERM CASE STUDY	Feb 25 9:55 AM

Session: Human-Wildlife Conflict and Solutions

Chair: Jeff Lincer, Lincer & Associates

#	Presenter	Title	Date/Time
1	Tonya Moore	BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION - PEOPLE MATTER (A POSITIVE VIEW)	Feb 25 8:35 AM
2	Kenneth Mierzwa	OPPORTUNITY FROM CONFLICT: RESTORING SPECIAL STATUS SPECIES HABITAT ON CALIFORNIA'S NORTH COAST	Feb 25 8:55 AM
3	Mike Stake	USING A FREE NON-LEAD AMMUNITION PROGRAM TO ENGAGE HUNTERS AND RANCHERS IN THE GOAL OF REDUCING LEAD EXPOSURE FOR CALIFORNIA CONDORS	Feb 25 9:15 AM
4	Shannon Mendia	EXAMINING ECOSYSTEM SERVICES AND DIS-SERVICES OF BEAR DAMAGE ON HOOPA VALLEY RESERVATION	Feb 25 9:35 AM
5	Brett Walker	MAPPING, PRIORITIZING, AND INCREASING SEASONAL HABITATS FOR GREATER SAGE-GROUSE IN COLORADO	Feb 25 9:55 AM

Session: Spatial Analysis of Wildlife-Habitat Relationships

Chair: Jennifer Wilkening, U.S. Department of Defense - Camp Pendleton

#	Presenter	Title	Date/Time
1	William Bean	FINE-SCALE MOVEMENT DECISIONS IN RELATION TO HABITAT SUITABILITY: A CASE STUDY WITH TULE ELK IN THE CARRIZO PLAIN NATIONAL MONUMENT	Feb 25 8:35 AM
2	Dawn Blake	HABITAT SELECTION OF PILEATED WOODPECKERS (DRYOCOPUS PILEATUS) IN&NBSP;A MANAGED FOREST ON THE HOOPA VALLEY RESERVATION	Feb 25 8:55 AM
3	Julia Polasik	TALKING ABOUT THE BIRDS AND THE BEES: ABUNDANCE AND DIVERSITY OF BIRDS AND BUMBLE BEES IN BURNED AND UNBURNED RIPARIAN HABITATS IN THE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA	Feb 25 9:15 AM
4	Helen Loffland	BUMBLE BEE USE OF MONTANE CHAPARRAL AND RIPARIAN VEGETATION AFTER WILDFIRE IN THE CENTRAL SIERRA NEVADA	Feb 25 9:35 AM
5	Pete Van Hoorn	MAKING GRAZING WORK AS A CONSERVATION TOOL	Feb 25 9:55 AM

Session: Wildlife and Renewable Energy

Chair: Brock Ortega, Dudek

#	Presenter	Title	Date/Time
1	Robert Burton	A NEW APPROACH TO MANAGING DESERT TORTOISE DURING CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF RENEWABLE ENERGY FACILITIES	Feb 25 8:35 AM
2	Daniel Meade	SAN JOAQUIN KIT FOX HABITAT UTILIZATION AT A LARGE-SCALE SOLAR FACILITY	Feb 25 8:55 AM
3	Douglas Leslie	BACKGROUND AND RESULTS OF THE LARGEST AND LONGEST AVIAN FATALITY MONITORING PROGRAM AT A WIND FARM IN HISTORY, THE ALTAMONT PASS	Feb 25 9:15 AM
4	Joel Thompson	EFFECTIVENESS OF CUT-IN SPEED ADJUSTMENTS ON REDUCING IMPACTS TO MEXICAN FREE-TAILED BATS AT A WIND ENERGY FACILITY IN NEVADA	Feb 25 9:35 AM
5	Jade Keehn	PREDATION ECOLOGY OF VERTEBRATES AT A CALIFORNIA WIND FARM	Feb 25 9:55 AM

Session: Ecology and Conservation of Desert Tortoise

Chair: Kristin Berry, U.S. Geological Survey

#	Presenter	Title	Date/Time
1	Michael Tuma	MODELING AGASSIZ'S DESERT TORTOISE POPULATION RESPONSE TO ANTHROPOGENIC STRESSORS	Feb 25 10:40 AM
2	Kristina Drake	INVASIVE PLANT SPECIES ALTER DIETS AND REDUCE FITNESS AND SURVIVAL IN JUVENILE MOJAVE DESERT TORTOISES	Feb 25 11:00 AM
3	Kristin Berry	COMPARISONS OF HEALTH IN AGASSIZ'S DESERT TORTOISES AT THREE SITES IN THE MOJAVE DESERT	Feb 25 11:20 AM
4	Cameron Barrows	IDENTIFYING CLIMATE REFUGIA: A TOOL TO INFORM CONSERVATION STRATEGIES FOR AGASSIZ'S DESERT TORTOISE IN A WARMING FUTURE	Feb 25 11:40 AM

Session: Policy, Management, and Human Dimensions of Wildlife Management

Chair: Linda Leeman, Ascent Environmental, Inc.

#	Presenter	Title	Date/Time
1	Travis Hemmen	WHO'S ON FIRST? AN OVERVIEW OF THE KEY ROLES AND ENTITIES INVOLVED IN COMPENSATORY MITIGATION	Feb 25 10:40 AM
2	Andrea Henke	SPECIES FUNDS: ESTABLISHING CONSERVATION FUNDS TO BENEFIT LISTED SPECIES RECOVERY	Feb 25 11:00 AM
3	Linda Leeman	CLIMATE CHANGE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL: HOW CLIMATE ADAPTATION CAN BE INCORPORATED INTO NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT DECISIONS	Feb 25 11:20 AM
4	Whitney Albright	ASSESSING CLIMATE CHANGE VULNERABILITY OF CALIFORNIA'S VEGETATION: RESEARCH RESULTS AND APPLICATION TO CONSERVATION PLANNING	Feb 25 11:40 AM

Session: Wildlife Techniques and Technologies

Chair: Natasha Dvorak, Swaim Biological

#	Presenter	Title	Date/Time
1	Pamela Rueda-Cediel	THE RELIABILITY OF POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS FOR SPECIES WITH DIFFERENT GENERATION TIMES	Feb 25 10:40 AM
2	Sharon Dulava	EVALUATING THE USE OF UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS (UAS) FOR MONITORING COLONIAL NESTING WATERBIRDS	Feb 25 11:00 AM
3	Katie Moriarty	RETAINED SATELLITE INFORMATION INFLUENCES PERFORMANCE OF MINIATURE GPS DEVICES (45-51G) IN A FORESTED ECOSYSTEM: A CASE STUDY WITH PACIFIC MARTEN	Feb 25 11:20 AM
4	Jennifer Rechel	GIS TECHNIQUES FOR ANALYZING AND MAPPING FIELD DATA	Feb 25 11:40 AM

Session: Channel Islands Ecology

Chair: Dave Garcelon, Institute for Wildlife Studies

#	Presenter	Title	Date/Time
1	Jesse Maestas	ISLAND FOX MONITORING AND DEMOGRAPHY ON SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND	Feb 25 10:40 AM
2	Susan Meiman	REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS OF THE SAN CLEMENTE BELL'S SPARROW ON A RECOVERING LANDSCAPE	Feb 25 11:00 AM
3	Nathan Melling	PEREGRINE FALCON RECOVERY ON THE CHANNEL ISLANDS	Feb 25 11:20 AM
4	Amanda Chisholm	ARGENTINE ANT (LINEPITHEMA HUMILE, MAYR) DETECTION, MONITORING, AND ERADICATION EFFORT ON NAVAL AUXILIARY LANDING FIELD SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND	Feb 25 11:40 AM

Session: Ecology and Management of Wildlife on Military Lands

Chair: Rhys Evans, U.S. Department of Defense - Vandenberg Air Force Base

#	Presenter	Title	Date/Time
1	Karah Ammann	MONITORING ENDANGERED BLACK ABALONE ON VANDENBERG AND SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND	Feb 26 8:35 AM
2	Francis Villablanca	SPECIES LEVEL IDENTIFICATION: GENETIC APPROACHES ARE CLOSER TO BECOMING ROUTINE	Feb 26 8:55 AM
3	Sparrow McMorran	ENDANGERED SPECIES PREDATOR CONTROL STRATEGIES, MCB CAMP PENDLETON	Feb 26 9:15 AM
4	Wendy Pearson-Prestera	LONG-TERM MOVEMENTS OF TRANSLOCATED RAPTORS, MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, 2013 - 2015	Feb 26 9:35 AM
5	Robert Turner	THE CURRENT STATUS OF GOLDEN EAGLES ON THE NEVADA TEST AND TRAINING RANGE (NTTR)	Feb 26 9:55 AM
6	Kenneth Nagy	DESERT TORTOISE HEAD-START RESEARCH AT THREE MILITARY BASES IN CALIFORNIA'S MOJAVE DESERT	Feb 26 10:40 AM
7	Jeremy Mack	INTO THE GREAT WIDE OPEN: HEALTH AND SURVIVAL OF 119 HEAD-STARTED AGASSIZ'S DESERT TORTOISES AT EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, CA	Feb 26 11:00 AM
8	Natalie Goddard	LANDSCAPE GENETICS OF THE SAN DIEGO FAIRY SHRIMP (BRANCHINECTA SANDIEGONENSIS)	Feb 26 11:20 AM
9	Curtis Twellmann	UNDERSTANDING FERAL CAT ECOLOGY IN AN ISLAND ECOSYSTEM: RESEARCH ALLOWS FOR ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT MITIGATING IMPACTS ON SENSITIVE ENDEMIC SPECIES	Feb 26 11:40 AM
10	Jamie Miller	SNOWY PLOVER NEST SITE SELECTION AND DISTRIBUTION BEFORE AND AFTER RESTORING COASTAL DUNE HABITAT ON VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIFORNIA	Feb 26 12:00 PM

Session: Ecology and Conservation of Birds

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

#	Presenter	Title	Date/Time
1	Shannon McNeil	CUCKOOS ATTRACTING MATES: WHO COOS FOR WHO?	Feb 26 8:35 AM
2	Murrelet Halterman	HISTORY AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO SURVEY PROTOCOL	Feb 26 8:55 AM
3	Benjamin Davidson	NOVEL ACOUSTIC ENVIRONMENTS COMPROMISE SONG PERFORMANCE IN CHIPPING SPARROWS	Feb 26 9:15 AM
4	Tracy Mulholland	EFFECTS OF ANTHROPOGENIC NOISE EXPOSURE ON THE FITNESS OF NESTING SONGBIRDS	Feb 26 9:35 AM
5	Shannon Murphy	PARENTAL CARE BEHAVIORS IN BRANDT'S CORMORANT (PHALACROCORAX PENICILLATUS): EFFECTS ON REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS AND USE AS INDICATORS OF THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT	Feb 26 9:55 AM
6	David Orluck	AMPHIPOD DISTRIBUTION IN RELATION TO SNOWY PLOVER (CHARADRIUS NIVOSUS NIVOSUS) HABITAT IN COASTAL NORTHERN CALIFORNIA	Feb 26 10:40 AM
7	David Riensche	WESTERN SNOWY PLOVER (CHARADRIUS ALEXANDRINUS NIVOSUS) NEST SITE SELECTION AND OYSTER SHELL ENHANCEMENT	Feb 26 11:00 AM
8	Joanna Wu	GREAT GRAY OWLS NESTING IN ATYPICAL, LOW-ELEVATION HABITAT IN THE SIERRA NEVADA	Feb 26 11:20 AM
9	Robert Hamilton	NESTING BIRD POLICY: WE CAN DO MUCH BETTER	Feb 26 11:40 AM
10	Eric Wood	OBSERVED AND PREDICTED EFFECTS OF HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ON BIRD SPECIES RICHNESS AND ABUNDANCE IN US PROTECTED AREAS	Feb 26 12:00 PM

Session: Ecology and Conservation of Mesocarnivores

Chair: Susanne Marzak, San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research

#	Presenter	Title	Date/Time
1	Rebecca Green	CHARACTERISTICS OF FISHER (PEKANIA PENNANTI) REPRODUCTIVE DENS IN THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA	Feb 26 8:35 AM
2	Jody Tucker	VARIATION IN INTERSPECIFIC NICHE OVERLAP ACROSS A LATITUDINAL AND CLIMATIC GRADIENT: MARTEN AND FISHER AT THEIR RANGE MARGINS IN THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA	Feb 26 8:55 AM
3	Rick Sweitzer	LANDSCAPE FUEL REDUCTION, FOREST FIRE, AND BIOPHYSICAL LINKAGES TO LOCAL HABITAT USE AND LOCAL EXTINCTION OF FISHERS (PEKANIA PENNANTI) IN THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA	Feb 26 9:15 AM
4	Rick Sweitzer	NATURAL AND HUMAN-LINKED MORTALITY RISKS AND LIMITS TO POPULATION GROWTH OF FISHERS IN CALIFORNIA	Feb 26 9:35 AM
5	Tory Westall	PARENTAL CARE IN URBAN SAN JOAQUIN KIT FOXES (VULPES MACROTIS MUTICA): RELATIVE ROLES OF ADULT GROUP MEMBERS IN PUP REARING	Feb 26 9:55 AM

Session: Ecology and Conservation of Mammals

Chair: Phil Wasz, ECORP Consulting, Inc.

#	Presenter	Title	Date/Time
1	Leila Harris	STATEWIDE ASSESSMENT OF TOWNSEND'S BIG-EARED BAT IN CALIFORNIA: A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT FOR A CANDIDATE SPECIES	Feb 26 10:40 AM
2	Carly Creley	CHANGES IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE EASTERN GRAY SQUIRREL, SCIURUS CAROLINENSIS, IN CALIFORNIA FROM 1900-2015 WITH PROJECTIONS FOR ITS POTENTIAL FUTURE RANGE	Feb 26 11:00 AM
3	Katie Smith	SALT MARSH HARVEST MOUSE HABITAT PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE: OUR EVOLVING UNDERSTANDING OF THE HABITAT REQUIREMENTS OF THIS "HABITAT SPECIALIST"	Feb 26 11:20 AM
4	Morgan Gray	DIGGING INTO THE IMPORTANCE OF ANTHROPIC LAND USE IN SPECIES DISTRIBUTION MODELS	Feb 26 11:40 AM

Session: Poster Session

Chair: Jessica Martini-Lamb Carlos Alvarado,

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