SATURDAY
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6:30 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. — BREAKFAST
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7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. — Registration in Northland Prefunction Area
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7:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. — Retail Sales in Northland Prefunction Area
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8:00 a.m. - 5:15 p.m. — Exhibits in Northland Prefunction Area and Poster Displays in Minnesota Ballroom
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8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. — PLENARY PANEL — Recolonizaton of Pacific Coast States: Kent Laudon, Ben Maletzke and Roblyn Brown - Moderator: Dick Thiel
ELM CREEK
WOLF ECOLOGY,
BEHAVIOR AND GENETICS
Intrinsic and Environmental Drivers of Social Cohesion in Wild Canids
John Benson
Wolf Pup Survival in Northeastern Minnesota
Morgan Swingen
Distribution, Dietary Menu and Phylogeny of Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) from Northern Pakistan
Tariq Mahmood
HENNEPIN I
WOLF ECOLOGY AND
BEHAVIOR GENETICS
Reviving Ghost Alleles: Genetically Admixed Coyotes along the American Gulf Coast are Critical for Saving the Endangered Red Wolf
Bridgett vonHoldt
Wolf Personalities, Ecosystem Impacts, and The Possibility of Wolf Cultures
Joe Bump
Wolf Persistence on Michipicoten island, Ontario in Absence of Ungulate Prey
Brent Patterson
HENNEPIN II
EDUCATION
Empowering Young Wolf Advocates
Christopher Lile and Karah Rawlings
Keeping Up with the Times – Engaging and Growing Audiences in a Virtual World
Krista Woerheide
Let Me Jot that Down – The Use of Jot Form Apps to Acquire Behavioral Data
Abby Keller
HENNEPIN III
WOLF-HUMAN
INTERACTIONS
Uneven Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Predation Inside Wolf Territories Challenges Moose Management
Barbara Zimmermann
Yellowstone Wolf Habituation: Loving Wolves to Death
Taylor Bland
Too Young to Die – Mortality of Legally Protected Wolves in Human-Dominated Landscapes of Central Europe
Sabina Nowak
ARBOR LAKES
CONFLICT MANAGEMENT
Ending the Cycle of Wolf-Livestock Conflict with a Fence?
Austin Homkes
Passive Acoustic Tracking of Wild Wolves in Central Wisconsin
Angela Dassow
USDA APHIS Wildlife Services’ Nonlethal Initiative: An Overview
Elizabeth Miller
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10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. — BREAK
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10:45 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. — PLENARY PANEL — Human-Caused Mortality Triggers Wolf Pack Instability: A Study from Five U.S. National Parks : Kira Cassidy, Bridget Borg and Steve Windels - Moderator: Doug Smith
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11:45 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. — LUNCH in the Northland Ballroom
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1:00 p.m. - 1:40 p.m. — PLENARY — Restoring the Balance: What Wolves Tell Us about Our Relationship with Nature: John Vucetich - Introduction: Grant Spickelmier
ELM CREEK
WOLF ECOLOGY,
BEHAVIOR AND GENETICS
Of Wolves and Bears: Seasonal Drivers of Interference and Exploitation Competition Between Apex Predators
Barbara Zimmermann
Wolf Predation in a Multi-Prey System: Development, Validation and Application of a DNA-Based Method to Detect Prey in Wolf Scats
Cecilia Di Bernardi
Genetic Footprints from the Past: Changes in Genomic Diversity in Southern Gray Wolf Populations
Isabel Salado
HENNEPIN I
WOLF ECOLOGY, BEHAVIOR
AND GENETICS
Rooted in Predation: Wolves Influence Forests by Shaping Beaver Foraging Behavior
Tom Gable
It’s Not All about Wolves: The Complex Nature of Elk Mortality in Yellowstone
Jack Rabe
Localized Indirect Effects of Predation: How Wolves and Other Predators Shape Ecosystems Without Altering the Density or Behavior of Prey
Sean Johnson-Bice
HENNEPIN II
WOLF-HUMAN
INTERACTIONS
Wolf Reintroduction in Colorado: The Psychological Drivers of Stakeholder Conflict
Mireille Gonzalez
Behavioral Adaptations of Wolves Living in Proximity to Humans in Hungary and Slovakia: Meeting the Challenges of Human/Wolf Coexistence
Krisztina Gayler
HENNEPIN III
WOLF MANAGEMENT
AND POLICY
Gray Wolf Pack Resiliency and Reproductive Success in Response to Legal Human-Caused Mortality
Alejandra Zubiria Perez
Scaling Occupancy Estimates to Estimate Wolf Abundance
Glenn Stauffer
Federal Wolf Delisting Litigation – An Update
Kelly Nokes
ARBOR LAKES
CONFLICT
MANAGEMENT
Rehabilitation and Post-Release Monitoring of Free-Living Wolves Injured in Car Accidents and Snares
Michal Figura
Observer Reliability and Wildlife Tracking
Matt Nelson
Coexistence Through a Different Lens
Karin Vardaman
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3:10 p.m. - 3:25 p.m. — BREAK
ELM CREEK
WOLF ECOLOGY,
BEHAVIOR AND GENETICS
Spatial Consequences in Cougar Diel Activity and Habitat Selection Following Wolf Recolonization in Oregon
Elizabeth Orning
Gone Fishing: Are Freshwater Fish a More Common Prey for Wolves Than Originally Thought?
Dani Freund
Feeling Like a Wolf: Has Domestication Constrained the Ability of Domestic Dogs to Communicate Emotions Via Facial Expressions Compared to Their Sentient Wolf Ancestors?
Elana Hobkirk
HENNEPIN I
WOLF ECOLOGY,
BEHAVIOR AND GENETICS
Movement-Based Resource Selection and Landscape Connectivity of Dispersing Eastern Wolves (Canis lycaon) in Central Ontario
Connor Thompson
Effects of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Factors on Survival of Wolves in Yellowstone National Park
Brenna Cassidy
Unprompted Coyote and Gray Wolf Howling from a Fixed Location in a Forested Environment, Upper Michigan
Dick Thiel
HENNEPIN II
EDUCATION
Once Upon a Time…Using Storytelling to Build Relationships and Deliver Effective Messages in Environmental Education
Misi Stine
The Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) and Ma’iingan (wolf) Relationship
Tanya Aldred
HENNEPIN III
WOLF MANAGEMENT
AND POLICY
Interstate 40 as the Northern Limit of Mexican Wolf Recovery
Jim Heffelfinger
Wolf Management in Wyoming: Interfacing Population Dynamics and Management Decision-Making
Ken Mills
The Process of Breeding Pair Formation Leads to Assortative Mating in Red Wolves and Coyotes
Joey Hinton
ARBOR LAKES
WORLD STATUS
REVIEW
Challenges with Estimating Number of Wolves Associated with a Migratory Caribou System
Dean Cluff
Wisconsin State Wolf Program Update
Randy Johnson
Identifying Potential Gray Wolf Habitat and Connectivity in the Eastern USA
Merijn van den Bosch
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5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. — PRE-BANQUET SOCIAL HOUR with CASH BAR
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6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. — BANQUET — Linking Research to Policy and Management for Conserving Large Carnivores in India: Dr. Y.V. Jhala - Introduction by Grant Spickelmier, Presentation of the International Wolf Center's Voice for Wolves Awards and Recognition of the L. David Mech Fellowship recipients
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8:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. — DANCE with DJ for ALL SYMPOSIUM ATTENDEES