2023 |
April 13 (Husky Union Building, Seattle, WA & virtual) - Wolf-Ungulate Interactions: Key Takeaways from Three Studies that are Part of the Washington Predator-Prey Project. Beth Gardner (Spatial and temporal patterns of predator-prey interactions in eastern WA), Taylor Ganz (White-tailed deer and elk population dynamics in northeast WA), and Aaron Wirsing (Cougar dietary overlap with and spatial responses to recolonizing wolves in Washington; starts at 17:00). Briefing to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife's Wolf Advisory Group.
March 7 (virtual) - Wolves and Wildlife Dynamics in the Methow Valley and Beyond. Speakers: Sarah Bassing, Taylor Ganz, Laura Prugh and Lauren Satterfield. Co-hosted by the Methow Valley Conservancy and the Wenatchee River Institute. |
2022 |
December 9 (Clarkston, WA - virtual) - UW-WDFW Predator-Prey Project Update (beginning at 6:03:50). Speakers: Sarah Bassing, Beth Gardner, and Taylor Ganz. Briefing to the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission.
November 29 (Seattle, WA) - Ungulate Responses to Predators in Complex Landscapes of Northern Washington. Speaker: Taylor Ganz. Ph.D. Dissertation Defense. November 10 (Chewelah, WA) - Preliminary findings from the Washington Predator-Prey Project. Speakers: Beth Gardner, Laura Prugh, Sarah Bassing, and Taylor Ganz. The Chewelah Public Library. November 9 (Spokane, WA) - When human shields are lethal: apex-mesocarnivore dynamics outside of protected areas. Speaker: Laura Prugh, Coauthors: Calum Cunningham, Rebecca Windell, Lauren Satterfield, Taylor Ganz, Sarah Bassing, Brian Kertson, Aaron Wirsing, Beth Gardner, Savanah Walker, and Derek Abrahamson. The Wildlife Society Annual Conference. November 7 (Spokane, WA) - Wolf recovery alters scavenging dynamics. Speaker: Laura Prugh, Coauthors: Calum Cunningham, Rebecca Windell, Lauren Satterfield, Aaron Wirsing, and Laura Prugh. The Wildlife Society Annual Conference. November 7 (Spokane, WA) - Anthropogenic impacts on the occurrence patterns of predators and prey in eastern Washington. Speaker: Sarah Bassing, Coauthors: Trent Roussin, Cameron Ho, and Beth Gardner. The Wildlife Society Annual Conference. November 7 (Spokane, WA) - Impacts of top-down and bottom-up effects on white-tailed deer survival and population dynamics in a human-dominated landscape in Washington. Speaker: Taylor Ganz, Coauthors: Sarah Bassing, Beth Gardner, Melia DeVivo, Lisa Shipley, Savanah Walker, Derek Abrahamson, and Laura Prugh. The Wildlife Society Annual Conference. November 7 (Spokane, WA) - Prey diversity and season mediate trophic overlap between cougars and wolves in anthropogenic landscapes. Speaker: Lauren Satterfield, Coauthors: Thomas Newsome, Brian Kertson, Briana Abrahms, Jennifer Allan, Beth Gardner, Taal Levi, Anna Nisi, Ellie Reese, Andrew White, and Aaron Wirsing. The Wildlife Society Annual Conference. November 3 (Seattle, WA) - Spatial and temporal patterns of predator-prey interactions in a large mammal community in eastern Washington, Speaker: Sarah Bassing. Ph.D. Dissertation Defense. October 20 (Barga, Italy) - Interactive effects of wildfires, season, and predator activity shape mule deer movements. Speaker: Taylor Ganz, Coauthors: Melia DeVivo, Brian Kertson, Trent Roussin, Lauren Satterfield, Aaron Wirsing, and Laura Prugh. Gordon Research Conference in Predator-Prey Interactions. October 16-18 (Barga, Italy) - Interactive effects of wildfires, season, and predator activity shape mule deer movements. Poster Presenter: Taylor Ganz, Coauthors: Melia DeVivo, Brian Kertson, Trent Roussin, Lauren Satterfield, Aaron Wirsing, and Laura Prugh. Gordon Research Conference & Seminar in Predator-Prey Interactions. March 11 (Seattle, WA) - Apex predator presence alters movement behaviors of three ungulate species in eastern Washington, USA. Speaker: Sarah Bassing, Coauthors: Melia DeVivo, Taylor Ganz, Brian Kertson, Laura Prugh, Trent Roussin, Lauren Satterfield, Rebecca Windell, Aaron Wirsing, and Beth Gardner. SEFS Graduate Student Symposium. February 18 (Seattle, WA) - Predators, prey, and their interactions in Washington. Speaker: Taylor Ganz, Guest Lecture. Wildlife and the Modern World (ERSM 150), The University of Washington. |
2021 |
November (virtual) - Drivers of bobcat home range and core area size in northern Washington. Speaker: Zachary Wardle, Coauthors: Rebecca Windell, and Laura Prugh. The Wildlife Society Annual Conference.
October 27 (Seattle, WA - virtual) - Fire on the mountain: how wildfire shapes interactions between deer and their predators in northern Washington, Speaker: Taylor Ganz, Coauthors: Melia DeVivo, and Laura Prugh. Washington Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Annual Student Symposium. October 27 (Seattle, WA - virtual) - Are we telling the same story? Comparing inferences made from camera trap and telemetry data for wildlife monitoring. Speaker: Sarah Bassing, Coauthors: Beth Gardner, Melia DeVivo, Taylor Ganz, Brian Kertson, Laura Prugh, Trent Roussin, Lauren Satterfield, Rebecca Windell, and Aaron Wirsing. Washington Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Annual Student Symposium. June (virtual) - Impacts of recolonizing wolves on coyote density and reproduction in Washington. Poster Presenter: Rebecca Windell, Coauthors: Ellie Reese, Iona Rohan, and Laura Prugh. 100th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists. February 2 (Winthrop, WA - virtual) - Mesocarnivores in the Methow, Speaker: Rebecca Windell. The Methow Conservancy. |
2020 |
December 17 (Seattle, WA - virtual) - Ungulate Responses to Predators in Complex Landscapes of Northern Washington, Speaker: Taylor Ganz. General Exam.
October 28 (Seattle, WA - virtual) - Genetic Techniques for Differentiating between Whitetail Deer and Mule Deer at Cougar and Wolf Feeding Sites. Speaker: Lauren Satterfield. Washington Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Annual Student Symposium.
June 9 (Seattle, WA - virtual) - Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Non-Consumptive Predator-Prey Interactions. Speaker: Sarah Bassing. General Exam.
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2019 |
December 11 (Twisp, WA) – How Do Cougars Hunt Deer in Human-Dominated Landscapes? Speaker: Lauren Satterfield. The Methow Conservancy.
October 23 (Seattle, WA) – Forensic Identification of Predators to Improve Wildlife Conservation, Speaker: Taylor Ganz, Coauthors: Melia DeVivo, and Laura Prugh. Washington Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Annual Student Symposium. October 23 (Seattle, WA) – Identification of Cougar Feeding Sites from GPS Data, Speaker: Lauren Satterfield, Coauthors: Brett McClintock, Beth Gardner, Brian Kertson, Thomas Newsome, and Aaron Wirsing. Washington Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Annual Student Symposium. October 3 (Reno, NV) – Identification of Cougar Feeding Sites from GPS Data Using Hidden Markov Models, Conference Presentation, Speaker: Lauren Satterfield, Coauthors: Brett McClintock, Brian Kertson, Thomas Newsome, and Aaron Wirsing. The Wildlife Society Annual Conference. October 2 (Reno, NV) – Wildlife Whodunit: Forensic Identification of Predators to Inform Wildlife Conservation, Conference Presentation, Speaker: Taylor Ganz, Coauthors: Melia Devivo, and Laura Prugh. The Wildlife Society Annual Conference. October 2 (Reno, NV) – Potential Biases in Camera Trap Data When Monitoring Multiple Species, Conference Presentation, Speaker: Sarah Bassing, Coauthors: Taylor Ganz, Laura Prugh. Lauren Satterfield, Aaron Wirsing, and Beth Gardner. The Wildlife Society Annual Conference. September 30 (Reno, NV) – Smoke on the Water, Fire in the Sky: Quantifying the Effects of Smoke Pollution on large Mammal Movement and Detection, Conference Presentation, Speaker: Beth Gardener, Coauthors: Sarah Bassing, Taylor Ganz, Laura Prugh, Trent Roussin, Olivia Sanderfoot, Lauren Satterfield, and Aaron Wirsing. The Wildlife Society Annual Conference. February 23 (Omak WA) - Patterns of Mortality in Mule Deer of the Okanogan, Public Talk, Speaker: Taylor Ganz. Okanogan Trails Chapter of the Mule Deer Foundation Mule Deer Summit. February 23 (Omak WA) - Wolves, Cougars, and Deer in Washington, Public Talk, Speaker: Lauren Satterfield, Okanogan Trails Chapter of the Mule Deer Foundation Mule Deer Summit. |
2018 |
November 29 (Seattle WA) - Wolves, Cougars, Deer, and People - How Predators and Humans are Changing Washington's Forests. Speaker: Lauren Satterfield. Seattle City Light Brown Bag Lunch, Seattle Municipal Tower.
October 27 (Winthrop WA) - Wolf-Cougar Research in the Field. Speaker: Lauren Satterfield. The Methow Conservancy. October 26 (Twisp WA) - Wolf-Cougar Interactions and Effects on Deer. Speaker: Lauren Satterfield. The Methow Conservancy. October 17 (Seattle WA) - Washington's Predator-Prey Project: Species Co-occurrence Across A Human-Dominated Landscape.Speaker: Sarah Bassing, Coauthor: Beth Gardner. Washington Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Annual Student Symposium October 17 (Seattle WA) - Washington's Predator-Prey Project: Patterns of Mortality in Ungulates of Northern Washington. Washington Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Unit Annual Student Symposium, Speaker: Taylor Ganz, Coauthor: Laura Prugh. October 12 (Minneapolis, MN) - Competition on Two Legs and Four – Impacts of Wolf-Cougar Co-occurrence on Resource Selection and Survival across an Anthropogenic Gradient. Speaker: Lauren Satterfield, Coauthors: Thomas Newsome, Brian Kertson, and Aaron Wirsing. International Wolf Symposium. September 30 (Winthrop WA) - Wolf-Cougar Interactions in Washington, Invited Talk and Field Course. Speaker: Lauren Satterfield. Alderleaf Wilderness College. September 22 (Colville WA) - Competition between Top Predators and What It Means for Washington's Deer, Invited Talk. Speaker: Lauren Satterfield, Hosted by the Friends of the Little Pend Oreille National Wildlife Refuge. June 10 (Winthrop WA) - Top Predators in the North Cascades, Invited Talk and Field Course. Speaker: Lauren Satterfield, The North Cascades Institute. June 5 (Seattle WA) - Wolf-Cougar Interactions in a Human-Dominated Landscape in Eastern Washington. Speaker: Lauren Satterfield, Coauthors: Thomas Newsome, Brian Kertson, and Aaron Wirsing. Research Proposal Defense. May 15 (Boise ID) - Wolves, Wildlife and Conservation, Speaker: Taylor Ganz. SheTech, Idaho, Boise State University. March 2 (Seattle WA) - Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Predator-Prey Interactions as Wolves Recolonize Washington, Speaker: Sarah Bassing, Coauthor: Beth Gradner. Graduate Student Symposium. |
2017 |
October 24 (Seattle WA) - Competition in the Forest: Understanding Ecological Relationships Between Cougars and Wolves in Eastern Washington, Research Talk, Speaker: Lauren Satterfield, Coauthors: Thomas Newsome, Brian Kertson, and Aaron Wirsing, Washington Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Unit 50th Anniversary Symposium.
October 24 (Seattle WA) - Wolves Are Recolonizing Washington - How do they Impact Ungulates? Poster Presenter: Taylor Ganz, Coauthors: Melia DeVivo, Laura Prugh, Washington Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Unit 50th Anniversary Symposium. June 27 (Seattle WA) - Wolf-Cougar Interactions in Washington State. Speaker: Lauren Satterfield. Seattle City Light. |
