Washington Chapter

of The Wildlife Society

2024 Schedule

Schedule

  • March 26 – Workshops, Working Group Meetings, DEI Student Mixer/Social, and Opening Reception and Poster Session
  • March 27 – Plenary, General and Special Sessions, Business Lunch (ICTWS and WATWS), and Student/Professional Mixer
  • March 28 – Breakfast with a Biologist, General Sessions continue, SNVB Lunch, and Banquet and Awards Dinner

Schedule at a glance (subject to change)

    TUESDAY: MARCH 26, 2024

    Registration Desk Open: 07:00-09:00; 12:00-13:30; 17:00-18:00

    Time Workshops (Coffee Breaks at 10:15 & 15:00)

    08:00-12:00 Bayesian Analytics

    08:00-12:00 Survey Design

    08:00-12:00 Intro to R

    08:00-12:00 Idaho Bat Working Group

    12:00-13:00 LUNCH ON YOUR OWN

    13:00-17:00 Bayesian Analytics continued

    13:00-17:00 Human Dimensions continued

    13:00-17:00 Intro to R continued

    13:30-17:30 Idaho/North West Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Meeting

    16:00-18:00 DEI Student Mixer/Social

    16:00-20:00 Poster Session/Opening Reception


    WEDNESDAY: MARCH 27, 2024

    Registration Desk Open: 07:00-09:00; 12:00-13:30; 17:00-18:00

    Time Plenary 08:15-08:30

    Introduction -WATWS President—Alex Pavlinovic

    Welcome Address– Caj Matheson (CDA Tribes)

    08:30-12:00 Plenary Session: “Restoration Works! Success Stories in Habitat Restoration for Fish and Wildlife”

    08:45-09:15 David Leptich— “Gray’s Meadow Habitat Restoration”

    09:15-09:45 Kristi Olney— “Restoring Tribal Food Sovereignty: Yakama Nation Buffalo Program”

    09:45-10:15 Christian Hagen— “Saving the Sagebrush Sea from Tree Invasion: a 15-year retrospective of habitat restoration in the Great Basin”

    10:15-10:45 Rebecca McCaffery— “Ten years of restoration and renewal in the Elwha Valley, WA following dam removal”

    10:45-11:00 BREAK

    11:00-12:00 Plenary Discussion

    12:00-13:30 Business Lunch—ICTWS

    12:00-13:30 Business Lunch—WATWS

    13:30-17:00 Special Session: “Traditional Ecological Knowledge”

    13:30-17:30 Special Session: “Beaver Believers”

    13:30-17:30 Special Session: “Micro Climate Change in Wildlife Management”

    15:10-15:30 BREAK

    17:30-21:00 Student Mentoring Reception


    THURSDAY: MARCH 28, 2024

    Registration Desk Open: 07:00-09:00; 12:00-13:30; 17:00-18:00

    07:30-9:00 Breakfast with a Biologist

    Contributed Papers (Morning Session): Break at 10:10-10:30

    08:30-12:00 Special Session: “Fear, Fangs, and Fur”

    08:30-12:00 Special Session: “Genomics and its Role in Understanding and Managing Wildlife”

    08:30-10:10 Contributed Papers: “Wildlife Ecology”

    10:30-12:00 Contributed Papers: “Human Dimensions”

    12:00-13:30 LUNCH ON YOUR OWN

    12:00-13:30 SNVB Meeting

    Contributed Papers (Afternoon Session): Break at 15:10-15:30

    13:30-16:50 Contributed Papers: “Habitat Use and Management”

    13:30-15:10 Contributed Papers: “Methodologies/Modeling/Sampling”

    13:30-15:10 Contributed Papers: “Landscape Ecology”

    15:30-17:10 Contributed Papers: “Population Dynamics”

    15:30-16:30 Contributed Papers: “Habitat Use and Management continued”

    16:30-17:00 IGNITE!

    17:30-21:00 Banquet/Fundraiser


      Feeling Social? Join us for these evening opportunities to socialize and network!

      • Tuesday – DEI Social followed by the Opening Reception and Poster Session
      • Wednesday – Washington Student Chapters of TWS get-together followed by the Student/Professional Mixer
      • Thursday – Banquet and Fundraiser




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