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International Wolf Symposium 2022

International Wolf Symposium 2022

October 13-16

All Events listed in Yellow are held in the Northland Ballroom

SATURDAY

  • 6:30 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. — BREAKFAST
  • 7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. — Registration in Northland Prefunction Area
  • 7:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. — Retail Sales in Northland Prefunction Area
  • 8:00 a.m. - 5:15 p.m. — Exhibits in Northland Prefunction Area and Poster Displays in Minnesota Ballroom
  • 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

  • 10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. — BREAK
  • 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
  • 11:45 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. — LUNCH in the Northland Ballroom
  • 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

  • 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

  • 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. — PRE-BANQUET SOCIAL HOUR with CASH BAR
  • 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
  • 8:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. — DANCE with DJ for ALL SYMPOSIUM ATTENDEES
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