WASHINGTON PREDATOR-PREY PROJECT
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OUTREACH

2023

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.

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.
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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.
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  • Overview
  • Research Topics
    • Community Dynamics
    • Wolf-Cougar Interactions
    • Carnivore-Ungulate Interactions
    • Mesopredators
  • Products
  • Outreach
  • Updates
    • Updates from the field (blog)
    • WPPP in the news
    • COVID-19 Statement
  • People
  • Partners