Agenda for the North American wolf conference April 24-26

The draft agenda for the North American wolf conference in Flagstaff, Arizona has been released.

To sign up to attend the conference, go here. Discount rates at the Little America Hotel in Flagstaff are available until April. 1.

AGENDA-

Wednesday April 25th

8:00 – 8:30
Welcome: Introductions and Announcements

8:30 – 9:00 Mexican Wolf Conservation in the American Southwest
Terry Johnson, Endangered Species Coordinator, Arizona Game and Fish Department

9:00 – 9:30 Mexican Wolf Reintroduction Update
John Oakleaf, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

9:30 – 10:00 Modeling Potential Mexican Wolf Habitat in the Grand Canyon Ecoregion
Kurt Menke, Bird’s Eye View

10:00 – 10:30 ~ Break ~

10:30 – 11:00 Mexican Wolf Reintroduction: Put and Take Wolf Recovery
David R. Parsons, The Rewilding Institute

11:00 – 11:30 Mexican Wolf Reintroduction Outreach Efforts in the Southwest – Separating Myth from Reality
Shawna Nelson, Arizona Game and Fish Department

11:30 – 12:00 Predator Control and Scientific Chicanery Undermines Mexican Wolf Recovery
Michael Robinson, Center for Biological Diversity

12:00 – 1:00
~ Buffet Style Lunch ~

1:00 – 1:30 Red Wolf Restoration: 20 Years of Success, Lessons and Challenges
Bud Fazio, Team Leader, USFWS Red Wolf Recovery Program

1:30 – 2:00 TITLE
Suzanne Stone, Northern Rockies Representative, Defenders of Wildlife

2:00 – 2:30 Wolves, Prey and Fire in the Central Idaho Wilderness
Jim Peek, Department of Fish & Wildlife Resources

2:30 – 3:00
~ Break ~

3:00 – 5:00 Non-Lethal Methods Panel
Carter Niemeyer, Rick Williamson

Beginning at 7:00 Alpha Award Banquet Dinner with the 2007 keynote speaker.

Alpha Award for 2006 presented by The Wolf Recovery Foundation.

Thursday April 26th

8:00 – 8:30 The New Range War
Rob Edward, Carnivore Restoration Program Director, Sinapu

8:30 – 9:00 TITLE
Amaroq Weiss, Defenders of Wildlife

9:00 – 9:30 Potential Relation Between Extinction of Wolves and Decline of Shepherding Culture in the Basque Region
Adrian Cerezo, Yale University, School of Forestry

9:30 – 10:00 Genealogy and Genetic Viability of the Gray Wolves of Yellowstone National Park
Bridgett vonHoldt, University of California, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

10:00 – 10:30

~ Break ~
10:30 – 11:00 Wolf Depredation Investigation and Reporting
Rick Williamson, Wolf Specialist, USDA Wildlife Services, Idaho

11:00 – 11:30 Partnerships in the Development of a Captive Wolf Population to Make Possible Mexican Wolf Recovery in the Wild
Pat Valentino & Peter Siminski, California Wolf Center

11:30 – 12:00 Evaluation of Global Positioning System Collars to Study Mexican Gray
Wolves in the Blue Range Wolf Recovery Areas
Dan Stark, USFWS, Mexican Wolf Recovery Program

12:00 – 1:00

~ Buffet Style Lunch ~

1:00 – 1:30 TITLE
B. Tuggle, USFWS

1:30 – 2:10 Predator Control, Politics, and Wildlife Conservation in Alaska
Vic VanBallenberghe

2:10 – 2:40
TITLE
Carter Niemeyer, Retired USFWS

2:40 – 3:10
~ Break ~

3:00 – 3:40 Training Gray Wolves (Canis lupus) As Conservation Ambassadors at Busch Gardens Williamsburg
Rob Yordi, Busch Gardens

3:40 – 4:10
TITLE
Stewart Breck, USDA Wildlife Services National Wildlife Research Center

4:10 – 4:40

Closing Comments and Discussion

Thank you and see you all next year. The 2008 North American Wolf Conference will be held April 7 – 11, 2008 and we will be back at Chico Hot Springs, Montana. Please contact Laura Jones at ljones@defenders.org for more information.

Friday April 27th — Grand Canyon Field Trip

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