1st  One Day Chapter Conference & Corridors Workshop 

New Mexico Chapter of the Wildlife Society  

UNM Science and Technology ParkAlbuquerque, NM

October 18, 2011

 

7:15-8:00                     REGISTRATION

8:00-8:10                     WELCOME

8:10-9:20                     PANEL SESSION – “STATUS OF WILDLIFE IN NM”

                                    COLLEEN CALDWELL, USGS COOP UNIT – AQUATIC HABITATS

                                    JIM LANE, NMDGF – GAME SPECIES MANAGEMENT

                                    CHARLIE PAINTER, NMDGF – STATE HERPETOLOGIST

HIRA WALKER, NMDGF – STATE ORNITHOLOGIST

9:20-9:50                     BREAK

9:50-10:10                   C. L. HAYES, “EFFECTS OF RESOURCE PULSES ON A KEYSTONE HERBIVORE, GUNNISON’S PRAIRIE DOG”

10:10-10:30                 VIRGINIA SEAMSTER , et al., “SHIFTS IN THE BASE OF THE COYOTE FOOD CHAIN IN RESPONSE TO LONG- AND SHORT-TERM VEGETATION CHANGE”

 

10:30-10:50                 ELISE J. GOLDSTEIN AND ERIC M. ROMINGER, “A COMPARISON OF MORTALITY RATES FOR DESERT AND ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIGHORN SHEEP UNDER 2 COUGAR CONTROL REGIMES”

10:50-11:10                 Jesse T. Berryhill , et al., “Using historical comparisons to determine Winter Range Trend for Bighorn Sheep in north central New Mexico”

11:10-11:30                 Will Jaremko-Wright AND Joe Zebrowski, “Comparison of Functional Habitat Models for Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep in Northern New Mexico

11:30-12:50                 LUNCH

12:50-1:10                   Allison K.K. Leimer, et al., “Using broad-scale biodiversity datasets to measure indices of ecosystem integrity in the Southwestern United States”

 

1:10- 2:35                    lIGHTNING rOUND

 

1:10-1:20                     Leland J. S. Pierce AND Charlie Painter, “2011 IS THE YEAR OF THE TURTLE: SO THEN WHAT?”

1:20-1:30                     J. TOM GIERMAKOWSKI AND HOWARD L. SNELL, “Will future climates promote range expansions or extirpations of new mexico’s lizards?”

 

1:30-1:40                     CHARLES E. DIXON,  A SPRING WITH OUT MOISTURE, HOW DID IT EFFECT LESSER PRAIRIE CHICKENS AND THEIR HABITAT IN EASTERN NEW MEXICO

1:40-1:50                     ERNEST W. VALDEZ, “ASSESSMENT OF BATS FOR WHITE-NOSE SYNDROME AT EL MALPAIS NATIONAL MONUMENT AND ADJACENT LANDS”

1:50-2:00                     ERIC M. ROMINGER and ELISE J. GOLDSTEIN, “THE ROAD TO RECOVERY – BRINGING DESERT BIGHORN SHEEP IN NEW MEXICO BACK FROM THE EDGE OF EXTINCTION”

2:00-2:10                     Bryan Bird, “Beaver, Wetlands and Climate Adaptation: A Road Map for New Mexico”

2:10-2:20                     JON ERZ, et al., “Update of Gunnison’s Prairie Dog reintroduction at Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge”

2:20-2:35                     LIGHTNING ROUND QUESTION PERIOD

2:35-3:00                     BREAK

3:00-3:20                     NICOLE HARINGS AND WIEBKE BOEING, “DEVELOPMENT AND SURVIVAL RESPONSE OF SPEA MULTIPLICATA TO PH, UV-RADIATION AND THEIR INTERACTIONS”

3:20-3:40                     ELIZABETH A. SAMSON, et al., “EVALUATING BIODIVERSITY METRICS IN RESPONSE TO FORECASTED LAND-USE CHANGE IN THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST”

3:40-4:00                     MARIKAY RAMSEY AND KATHY WHITEMAN, “RANGE EXTENSION FOR LESSER LONG-NOSED BAT IN NEW MEXICO

4:00-4:20                     JON ERZ, et al., “Detection of Wildlife at Natural and Artificial Sources of Water at Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge”

4:20-4:40                     KATHY GRANILLO, et al., “A SURVEY OF POPULATION SIZE AND PARASITISM OF GRAY VIREOS IN LOS PINOS MOUNTAINS, SEVILLETA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.”

4:40-5:00                     Carol L. Chambers AND ELIZABETH Kalies, “Bird communities in wildfire-burned ponderosa pine forest

5:00                             CLOSE OF MEETING