2011 Wolf Stewards Meeting

2011 Wolf Stewards Meeting

 

Thursday, April 28
8:00 -9:00
  Registration
9:00- 9:15
   Welcome
9:15-9:45   Proposed Gray Wolf Delisting Rule for Western Great Lakes Distinct
Population Segment
  Laura Ragan, US Fish and Wildlife Service
9:45-11:15   Genetics of Wolves in the Western Great Lakes Region: What wolf do we have? What are the genetic attributes of this wolf population? From a genetic standpoint, how should we manage this population?
Steven Fain, USFWS Forensic Lab, Ashland, OR/ Tyler Wheeldon, Trent Univ., Peterborough, ON/ Roland Kays, New York State Museum, Albany, NY
11:15-12:00   Genetics of Wolves in the Western Great Lakes Region
Panel Discussion
12:00-1:00   LUNCH
1:00-1:20   Current Status and Management of Wolves in Ontario
  Brent Patterson, ON-MNR
1:20-1:40   Current Status and Management of Wolves in Minnesota
  Dan Stark, MN-DNR
1:40-2:00   Current Status and Management of Wolves in Michigan
  Brian Roell, MI-DNR
2:00-2:20   Current Status and Management of Wolves in Wisconsin
  Adrian Wydeven, WI-DNR
2:20-2:40   Wolf Depredation Management in Wisconsin
  Dave Ruid, USDA-APHIS-Wildlife Services
2:40-3:00   Wolf Depredation Management in Michigan
  Brian Roell, MI-DNR
3:00-3:20  

BREAK
3:20-3:40   Wolf Depredation Management in Minnesota
  John Hart, USDA-APHIS-WS
3:40-4:00   Free-roaming Wolf –dog hybrids living in the Wild in Wisconsin
  Ron Schultz, WI-DNR
4:00-4:20   Minnesota Wolf Management after Delisting
  Dennis Udovich, MN Bear Guide Assoc., and Mark Johnson, MN Deer Hunters Assoc.
4:20-4:40   Attitudes toward wolves and wolf management by members of the Bad River Band of Chippewa
  Peter David , Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission, Victoria Shelly, UW-Madison, Adrian Treves, and Lisa Naughton
4:40-5:00   Best Management Practices for Trapping and Wolves
  John Olson, WI-DNR 
     
Friday, April 29, 2011
7:00-8:00 
   Registration
8:00-8:30
   Welcome
8:30-9:00
   Sinking tolerance for wolves in Wisconsin exposes Global Challenges for Predator Restoration.
  Adrian Treves, Lisa Naughton, & Victoria Shelly
9:00-9:30
   Trophic Cascades in Great Lakes Wolves.
Tom Rooney , Wright  State University, OH
9:00-9:30
   Forecasting Environmental  Hazards and the Application of Risk Maps to Predators Attacks on Livestock. 
Adrian Treves, UW-Madison, Kerry Martin, Adrian P. Wydeven, and Jane E. Wiedenhoeft
9:30-10:00
  

Compensatory mortality and the demographic consequences of harvesting wolves. Brent Patterson, ON-MNR
10:00-10:20
   Break
10:20-10:40
   Michigan Citizen’s Attitudes toward Wolves & Wolf Management
  Michelle Lute, MI State Univ.
10:40-11:00
   An Allee effect in the Southern Lake Superior wolves
  Jennifer Stenglein, UW-Madison
11:00-11:20   Effectiveness of Wolf Howl Playbacks for Displacing Wolves
 Christine Anhalt, UW-Madison
11:20-11:40   Geospatial predictions of wolf attacks on bear-hunting dogs
  Erik Olson, UW-Madison, Adrian Treves, Adrian P. Wydeven, Stephen J. Ventura
11:40-12:00   Tracking Wisconsin Carnivores with Volunteers
 Jane E. Wiedenhoeft, Adrian P. Wydeven, Ronald N. Schultz, and Sarah R. Boles