18th Annual North American Wolf Conference
Chico Hot Springs, Pray Montana
Tuesday April 4th
6:00 – 8:00 Icebreaker Social followed by music in the saloon by Roy
Heberger’s band, The Bitterbrush Blues Band. They will be playing again the
following night after the Alpha Award Banquet and Auction.
Wednesday April 5th
8:00 – 8:30 Welcome: Introductions and Announcements
8:30 – 9:00 Yellowstone National Park Wolf Project Status Update
Doug Smith, Project Leader, Mammoth Hot Springs, WY
9:00 – 9:30 Montana State Update
Carolyn Sime, Gray Wolf Program Coordinator, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks
9:30 – 10:00 Wolf Management in Idaho
Steve Nadeau, Statewide Large Carnivore Program Coordinator
Idaho Department of Fish and Game
10:00 – 10:30 Wolf Legislation Oregon-Style
Amaroq Weiss, Defenders of Wildlife and Clint Krebs, Krebs Ranches
10:30 – 11:00 The Next Frontier: The Southern Rocky Mountains
Rob Edward, Carnivore Restoration Program Director, Sinapu
11:00 – 11:30 Description of Summer Territories and Habitat Use of
Reintroduced Mexican Wolves (Canis lupus baileyi)
Dr. José A. Guevara G., Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León
11:30 – 12:00 Implementing Recovery of the Red Wolf – Integrating Research
Scientists and Managers
Bud Fazio, Team Leader, USFWS Red Wolf Recovery Program
12:00 – 1:00 ~ Buffet Style Lunch ~
1:00 – 1:30 The Relevance of Distinct Population Segments to Conservation of
Wolves and Grizzly Bears in the Western U.S.
Carlos Carroll, Klamath Center for Conservation Research/Wilburforce
Foundation
1:30 – 2:00 Livestock Guard Dogs – Anna Cellars, Central Michigan University
Shock Collars and Wolves – Shawn Rossler, Central Michigan University
2:00 – 2:30 Farmer Perceptions and Use of Livestock Guarding Dogs in Michigan
Tom Gehring, Central Michigan University
2:30 – 3:00 ~ Break ~
3:00 – 5:00 Nonlethal Wolf Management Workshop - Panel Presentation
Lane Adamson, Ray Coppinger, Todd Graham, Stewart Breck, Tom Gehring, Janelle
Holden, Marco Musiani, Jim Pissot, Carter Neimeyer, Suzanne Stone, Rick
Williamson
7:00 – 8:00 Alpha Award Banquet Dinner
Alpha Award presented by Wolf Recovery Foundation
Keynote Speaker -- Jamie Rappaport Clark - Executive Vice President of
Defenders of Wildlife
Live Auction (with Rick Williamson) and Silent Auction benefiting nonlethal
wolf management efforts in the northern Rockies
Music in the Saloon by the Bitterbrush Blues Band
Thursday April 6th
8:00 – 8:30 Reintroduction of the Mexican wolf (Canis lupus baileyi) to the
Southwestern United States: An Economic Perspective
Timm Kroeger, Defenders of Wildlife
8:30 - 9:00 Mexican Gray Wolves: Challenges For The Captive Breeding Program
2006
Pat Valentino, California Wolf Center
9:00 - 9:30 The Mexican Wolf Reintroduction Program – Unusual Circumstances,
Distinct Challenges, and a Few Modest Suggestions
Eva Sargent, Director, Southwest Programs, Defenders of Wildlife
9:30 - 10:00 Yellowstone’s Trophic Cascade: Are Wolves Really Changing Willow
Communities?
Nathan Varley, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta
10:00 - 10:30 ~ Break ~
10:30 - 11:00 Who’s your Daddy? – Results From a Genetic Study of the
Yellowstone, Idaho and Montana Wolf Populations
Bridgett vonHoldt, University of California
11:00 - 11:30 Seasonality and Recurrence of Depredation and Wolf Control in
Western North America -- Wildlife Society Bulletin 2005, 33(3): 876–887
Marco Musiani, University of Calgary
11:30 - 12:00 Developing Long-Term Monitoring Protocols for Wolves in Idaho
Curtis M. Mack, Nez Perce Tribe
12:00 - 1:00 ~ Buffet Style Lunch ~
1:00 – 1:30 In the Trenches: Wolf Information for Public Contacts
Linda Thurston and Nathan Varley
1:30 – 2:00 Wolves and People in Yellowstone
Dr. John W. Duffield, University of Montana
2:00 – 2:30
Ranch Level Depredations
Chris Haney, Defenders of Wildlife
2:30 – 3:00 ~ Break ~
3:00 – 4:15 Ranching Perspectives of Wolves o the Landscape: a Panel
Discussion
Facilitator Lane Adamson
4:15 – 5:00 Closing Comments
Thank you and see you all next year. The next North American wolf conference
will be held March 26 - 29, 2007 at Chico Hot Springs, Pray, Montana. Please
note that abstract submissions are due by November 15, 2006.
Friday April 7th
Yellowstone Wolf Field Trip with Doug Smith
For those registered, the Yellowstone field trip vans will depart Chico Hot
Springs main lobby at 5 am and will return before noon. Sack breakfast and
sack lunches are provided. Please dress for the weather (layers are best),
wear good walking shoes, and bring your own binoculars, sunscreen (hopefully
needed), and water. If you have any questions, please contact Nathan Varley or
Linda Thurston at (406) 223-0713 or email Nathan@wolftracker.com.
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