Preliminary Program Pre-Registration and Hotel Information

27th VERTEBRATE PEST CONFERENCE

March 7-10, 2016 Newport Beach, California

Revision - 8 Jan 2016

Includes special symposia:

Urban Coyotes Bird Management Wild Pig Management

Sponsored by:

The Vertebrate Pest Council

27th VERTEBRATE PEST CONFERENCE March 7-10, 2016

Newport Beach, California

The 27th Vertebrate Pest Conference will be held Monday, March 7 through

Thursday, March 10 in Newport Beach, California. It features an optional full-day

field trip (Monday, Mar. 7) and three days of presentations (Tuesday through

Thursday, Mar. 8-10) covering many aspects of human-wildlife conflict.

Who Should Attend The Conference significantly contributes to understanding and resolving

undesirable wildlife-human interactions and wildlife damage problems, promoting

better management methodology, and minimizing adverse environmental and

ecological effects. Vertebrate pest management is applied ecology with improved

agriculture, public health, and conservation of natural and human-made resources

as the primary goals. The Conference is a forum for exchanging knowledge,

information and experiences among researchers, administrators, regulators,

extension personnel, practitioners, and students. Participants have various

professional backgrounds, but all have one common interest – managing human-

wildlife conflicts. The following represents previous attendee affiliations:

· Wildlife control and animal control officials and personnel

· Wildlife managers employed by federal, state, and regional agencies

· Health department officials and employees

· Pest control advisors (PCAs) and others involved in pesticide use and pesticide

regulation

· Agricultural producers, both using conventional and organic methods

· Consultants in vertebrate pest problems

· Manufacturers and suppliers of vertebrate pest materials

· Extension Specialists, Advisors, and Agents

· Foresters

· Administrators and staff of federal and state agriculture departments,

environmental protection agencies, and other regulatory agencies

· Sanitarians

· Food processing and warehouse managers

· Educators teaching integrated pest management and agricultural topics

· Researchers (public agencies and private sector)

· Natural resource managers (conservationists) in public agencies and NGOs

Continuing Education Credits

California Continuing Education (CE) credits for pest control professionals (PCA,

QAC, etc.) and Vector Control personnel are to be determined. Past Conferences

have provided 18 - 22 DPR credit hours, plus CE credits from CDPH; credits are

based on final program content. For updates, see www.vpconference.org. 1

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION

Pre-registration is highly recommended and can be accomplished online via the

Internet, using a credit card (Visa, MasterCard, American Express, or Discover), by

going to https://papaseminars.eventsair.com/27th-annual-vertebrate-pest-

conference/vpcportal. To obtain the discounted pre-registration rate, be sure to

complete your registration by February 8, 2016. Registration after February 8 or

at the Conference will include an additional $50 surcharge.

Registration Options are as follows:

Discounted Pre-Registration Complete Conference (Mar. 8-10)* $375.00

Per-Day [ ] Mar. 8 [ ] Mar. 9 [ ] Mar. 10 $150.00

Retiree, Complete Conference (Mar. 8-10)* $175.00

Student Pre-Registration

Complete Conference – Student (Mar. 8-10)** $ 75.00

Per-Day [ ] Mar. 8 [ ] Mar. 9 [ ] Mar. 10 $ 30.00

Commercial Exhibitor

Complete Conference – Exhibitor $800.00 (includes 1 person registration with 1 exhibit table)

Optional Events

Field Trip (full day Mar. 7, includes lunch) $ 80.00

Field Trip – Guest (full day Mar. 7, includes lunch) $ 80.00

Additional Options (available at Conference)

Printed copy of Conference Proceedings†

(includes handling & shipping to U.S. addresses) $ 35.00

(includes handling & shipping to non-U.S. addresses) $ 60.00

Conference Proceedings on USB drive††

(includes handling & shipping to U.S. addresses) $ 20.00

(includes handling & shipping to non-U.S. addresses) $ 30.00

* Includes printed copy of Proceedings to U.S. addresses, or Proceedings on USB

drive to non-U.S. addresses

** Includes copy of Proceedings on USB drive

† Printed Proceedings are automatically included in non-student Complete Conference

registration to U.S. addresses and on USB drive to non-U.S. addresses

†† Proceedings on USB drive are automatically included in Complete Conference–

Student registration

Pre-registration fees will be refunded minus a 20% administrative fee if the request

for refund is made to Conference Registration Coordinators Judy Letterman or 2

Stephanie Souza (phone: 831-442-3536) by February 17, 2016. No refunds will

be granted after this date. Pre-registration fees can be transferred to another

individual, to permit their attendance in your place, if the request is made by

February 17.

HOTEL RESERVATIONS To make your hotel reservation at the Fairmont Newport Beach, direct your web

browser to https://resweb.passkey.com/go/vpconf2016. If you prefer, you can call

the Fairmont toll-free reservation line at 1-800-257-7544. Be sure to ask for the

Vertebrate Pest Conference room rate. Regardless of how reservations are made,

Reservation Requests must be made by February 12, 2016 in order to qualify

for the group rate. Complimentary high-speed internet access will be provided by

the hotel if you sign up for the Fairmont President’s Club membership

(https://www.fairmont.com/fpc/). The membership is free.

Fairmont Newport Beach, 4500 MacArthur Blvd., Newport Beach, CA 92660

TRANSPORTATION

Airports: The Fairmont Newport Beach is an approximate 5-minute drive from

the Orange County/John Wayne Airport.

Ground Transportation: A complementary shuttle service runs from the

airport to the hotel. Once you have collected your luggage, proceed outside of

Terminal B to the second island that is posted “Hotel Courtesy Shuttles, Taxi”.

Once there, call the Fairmont Valet desk at 949-476-2001. Wait time is

approximately 10-15 minutes. Numerous vehicle rental options are also

available from the airport. 3

Parking: Guests can conveniently Valet at The Fairmont Newport Beach

Hotel; overnight valet parking is available for $30.00. Self-Parking is available

to conference attendees for $10/day. Valet parking for Hybrid vehicles is half

price.

DRIVING DIRECTIONS Traveling from the Orange County/John Wayne Airport: Use airport exit

instructions to MacArthur Intersection. Once arriving at airport exit, turn right

onto MacArthur Blvd. (south). Drive 3 signal lights further and make your first

left into The Fairmont Newport Beach Hotel. Your destination is on the left

hand side located at 4500 MacArthur Blvd., Newport Beach, CA 92660.

Traveling from the north or south: From I-405, exit MacArthur Blvd. Turn left

onto MacArthur. Pass through the light at Birch Street and make an immediate

left turn into The Fairmont Newport Beach driveway. The hotel is located on

MacArthur Blvd. between Birch Street and Von Karman Ave.

Traveling from the east: Follow Highway 91 (Riverside Fwy.) west to Highway

55 (Costa Mesa Fwy.) south to I-405 south. Exit MacArthur Blvd. Turn left

onto MacArthur. Pass through the light at Birch Street and make an immediate

left turn into The Fairmont Newport Beach driveway. The hotel is located on

MacArthur Blvd. between Birch Street and Von Karman Avenue.

COMMERCIAL DISPLAYS The Conference will have commercial exhibit displays. Space is available for

exhibiting commercial products and services. The exhibition fee is $800, which

includes one full conference registration. Complimentary hors d’oeuvres and a no-

host bar will be available Wednesday evening in conjunction with the displays,

poster exhibits, and a vendors’ forum. For further information, contact Ashley

Freeman at 916-445-4239 or email: Ashley.freeman@cdpr.ca.gov.

FIELD TRIP (Monday, March 7, 2016) The conference begins with an optional all-day field trip on Monday, March 7.

The field trip departs from the Fairmont Newport Beach Hotel at 7:30 AM,

traveling by bus throughout the Orange County region. Orange County is the

second most densely populated county in California, while its ideal climate and

many tourist attractions make it an inviting place to live and visit. Rapid

population growth has also made it an area of high human-wildlife interaction.

A tour guide will accompany each bus to provide local insights of human-

wildlife interactions and vertebrate pest control. Stops will feature

demonstrations and mini-lectures about bird abatement using non-lethal

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approaches, ground squirrel control on flood channels, vector control for

protection of public health, and wildlife corridors, fencing, and underpasses. A

catered lunch will be provided (included in cost). Buses will return to the

Fairmont Newport Beach Hotel by approximately 5:00 PM.

CONFERENCE PROGRAM (Tuesday - Thursday, March 8-10) Conference presentations will begin at 9:00 AM on Tuesday, March 8, with a

single plenary session, led off by a keynote address. Concurrent sessions will occur

from Tuesday afternoon through Thursday afternoon, offering participants a choice

of topical sessions and special symposia. Morning and afternoon refreshment

breaks, as well as evening social activities on Tuesday and Wednesday, will permit

ample time for meeting speakers and conference participants to engage in informal

discussions.

The final program, containing exact times and assignments of concurrent sessions

and individual presentations, will be provided at the time of the Conference.

Updates on program details will be posted on the Conference’s web site

(http://www.vpconference.org) when they become available.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER The Keynote Address will be given by Dr. Valerius Geist, Professor Emeritus of

Environmental Science, Faculty of Environmental Design, University of

Calgary. He is a specialist on the biology, behavior, and social dynamics of

large North American mammals. Born in Nikolajew, Ukraine, USSR and raised

in Germany and Austria, he now resides on Vancouver Island, B.C. He is the

author and/or editor of 17 books and has written 7 documentary films. His

work has been published in Nature, Ethology, Behaviour, Evolution, Natural

History, Harrowsmith, Outdoor Life, and Field and Stream, as well as

Grzimek's, The New Canadian Encyclopedia, and Encyclopædia Britannica.

Dr. Geist will discuss the habituation of wildlife and how this creates a need for

management at the urban-wildland interface in North America.

POSTER SESSION A special Poster Session will be available for informal viewing from Tuesday

afternoon (March 8) through Thursday morning (March 10). Posters are still being

accepted for the Conference and can present either practical or technical aspects of

managing human-wildlife conflicts, or summarize research related to wildlife

damage management or work currently in progress. Easels and poster boards will

be provided to display posters, so posters should not be larger than 36 inches ×

36 inches. For further details, see the Conference’s web site or contact Kathy

Fagerstone by email at kathy.fagerstone@gmail.com.

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Conference At-A-Glance: Tentative Schedule

Monday, March 7 Optional Field Trip, 7:30 AM - 5 PM

Tuesday, March 8

Opening Plenary

Session

9:00 – 11:50 AM

Lunch (on your own) Posters and Commercial Exhibits open – 1:15

Symposium

Bird Management

1:20 – 5:00 PM

Symposium

Wild Pig

Management

1:20 – 5:00 PM

Concurrent

Session

Vertebrate Pesticides

1:20 – 5:00 PM

5:30 No-Host Welcoming Social

Wednesday, March 9

Concurrent Session:

Vertebrate Management Tools and

Disease

8:10 AM – 11:50 PM

Symposium:

Urban Coyotes

8:10 AM – 11:50 PM

Lunch (on your own)

Concurrent

Session:

Vertebrate Management Tools

and Disease

1:20 – 5:00 PM

Symposium:

Urban Coyotes

1:20 –5:00 PM

6:00 PM: Hors d’oeuvres, Poster Session, and Vendors’ Forum

Thursday, March 10

Concurrent Session:

Non-lethal Vertebrate Control

8:10 AM – 11:50 PM

Symposium:

Bird Management

8:10 AM – 11:50 PM

Lunch (on your own) Posters and Commercial Exhibits conclude

Concurrent Session:

Field Rodents / Closing Remarks

1:20 – 4:00 PM

Symposium:

Wild Pig Management / Closing

Remarks

1:20 – 4:00 PM

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TENTATIVE PROGRAM – TOPICS AND SPEAKERS

Special Symposium:

Bird Management

The Efficacy of OvoControl (0.5% nicarbazin) in the Management of Feral

Pigeons (Columba livia).

Erick Wolf, Innolytics, LLC., San Clemente, CA

Use of Falconry as Deterrent of Nuisance Birds in Leafy Greens Fields in

Northern California.

Nora Navarro-Gonzalez, Western Center for Food Safety, University of California,

Davis, CA

Pathogen Risks Related to the Movement of Birds Frequenting Livestock and

Fresh Produce Growing Areas.

Paula Rivadeneira, University of Arizona, Yuma, AZ.

The USDA/APHIS/WS Unified Model for Estimating DRC-1339 Bait Application

Take Estimates: Past, Present, Future.

Randal S. Stahl, USDA Wildlife Services, Nat. Wildlife Res. Center, Fort Collins, CO.

Insect Pest Control and Bird Damage as a Function of Distance from Riparian

Habitat in a California Vineyard.

Sara Kross, Department of Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology, University of

California, Davis, CA

Gopherbusters? A review of the Candidacy of Barn Owls as the Ultimate Natural

Pest Control Option.

Sara Kross, Department of Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology, University of

California, Davis, CA

Non-lethal Management of American Kestrels: A Case Study at the Los Angeles

International Airport.

Todd J. Pitlik, USDA Wildlife Services, Los Angeles, CA

Female Blackbirds’ Response to Stress during Breeding: Possible Implications for

Future Management.

Jessica Mahoney, Biological Sciences Department, North Dakota State University,

Fargo, ND

Managing Raptor-aircraft Collisions on a Grand Scale: Summary of a Wildlife

Services Raptor Relocation Program.

Laurence M. Schafer, USDA Wildlife Services, Olympia, WA

Bird Damage to Fruit Crops: A North American Overview.

Karen Steensma, Trinity Western University, Lynden, WA

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Prey Consumption by a Large Aggregation of Barn Owls in an Agricultural

Setting.

Mark Browning, Barn Owl/Rodent Project, Pittsburgh, PA

West Nile Virus Activity in a Winter Roost of American Crows (Corvus

brachyrhynchos).

Mitchell G. Hinton, University of California, Davis, CA

Depredation of the California Ridgway’s Rail: Causes and Distribution.

Cory Overton, U.S. Geological Survey, Dixon, CA.

Predator Management Techniques for the Protection of Federally Listed Beach

Nesting Species.

Jake Manley, Institute for Wildlife Studies, San Diego, CA

Improving Bullfrog Capture Methods to Benefit Endangered Birds.

Jared Grant Underwood, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Honolulu, HI

Population Dynamics of the Feral Pigeon in the Heart of Butte America.

Cody Richardson, Montana Tech of the University of Montana, Butte, MT

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Special Symposium:

Wild Pig Management

Development of a Self-contained Carbon Dioxide Euthanasia Trailer for Large

Scale Euthanasia of Feral Pigs.

John C. Kinsey, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Hunt, TX

An Overview of San Diego County’s Ongoing Feral Pig Eradication Project.

Ryan McCreary, USDA-Wildlife Services, El Cajon, CA

Land Management and Land Cover Influence the Emergence of Pseudorabies in

Feral Swine in Florida.

Samantha Wisely, Department. of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of

Florida, Gainesville, FL

Bait Preference for Delivering Pesticide to Feral Swine.

Nathan P. Snow, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, TX and USDA Nat. Wildlife Res.

Center, Fort Collins, CO

Wild Pig Damage Abatement in Texas: A Comprehensive Ten-Year Case History

of Educational Impacts.

Billy Higginbotham, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

A Survey of Feral Swine Damage in California.

Aaron Anderson, USDA Wildlife Services, Nat. Wildlife Res. Center, Fort Collins, CO

The Value of Reducing Uncertainty about Feral Swine Population.

Chris Slootmaker, USDA Wildlife Services, Nat. Wildlife Res. Center, Fort Collins,

CO

Evaluating Feral Pig Management Strategies at Tejon Ranch, California.

Michael D. White, Tejon Ranch Conservancy, Frazier Park, CA

Estimating Feral Pig Abundance and Damage at Tejon Ranch, California.

Ben Teton, Tejon Ranch Conservancy, Frazier Park, CA.

An Overview on Feral Hog Management in Brazil after Two Years of Control

Regulation.

Marcelo Osório Wallau, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegro,

Brazil

Landowner Opinions Regarding Wild Pigs in Georgia, USA.

Michael T. Mengak, Warnell School of Forestry & Natural Resources - University of

Georgia.

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Challenges and Lessons Learned from Feral Swine Elimination Efforts in New

York.

Mark Jackling, USDA-APHIS, Wildlife Services, Castleton, NY

Development of a National Wild Pig Task Force as a Focal Point for National

Leadership.

Mark D. Smith, School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn,

AL

Thinking Outside of the Box Trap.

Joshua A. Gaskamp. The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, OK

TBD.

Michael J. Bodenchuk, USDA Wildlife Services, San Antonia, TX

Special Symposium:

Urban Coyotes

Using Coyote Hazing at the Community Level to Change Behavior and Reduce

Human-coyote Conflict in Urban Areas.

Mary Ann Bonnell, Jefferson County Open Space, Golden, CO

How Human Predation Can Shape Coyote Temperament and Implications for

Management in Urban Environments.

Stewart Breck, USDA Wildlife Services, Nat. Wildlife Res. Center, Fort Collins, CO

Potential Increases in High Elevation Coyote Susceptibility to Neck Snaring

Efforts During Breeding.

Pat Jackson, Nevada Department of Wildlife, Reno, NV

Dealing with the Issues of the Urban Coyote – One County’s Experience.

Jim Hartman, Los Angeles County Agricultural Commissioner/Weights and Measures

Department, Arcadia, CA

Coyotes, Conflicts and Southern California.

Niamh Quinn, University of California, ANR, Irvine, CA

Food Habits of Coyotes (Canis latrans) along an Urban-rural Gradient in

Alabama.

Jim Armstrong, School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn,

AL

A National Coyote Database to Aid in Selective Management of Problem Animals. Rob Erickson, Scientific Wildlife Management, Cortland, IL

A Balanced Approach to the Adaptive Management of Urban Coyotes: Integrating

Geospecific Behavior Density with Human Dimensions for Establishing Targeted

Management Implementation Threshold Levels. Randy Farrar, USDA Wildlife

Services, Advance, MO

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Recent Developments in Coyote Management at Cape Breton National Park, Nova

Scotia.

Mike Boudreau, Dept. of Natural Resources, Nova Scotia, Canada

The Role of Previous Human-Coyote Interactions on Coyote Response to Hazing.

Julie Young, USDA Wildlife Services Nat. Wildlife Res. Center, Logan, UT

How Canids Target New Prey.

Valerius Geist, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Formulating a Coyote Management Plan for a New York Municipality.

Eileen Gallagher, New Castle, NY

Coyotes in the City: Results from a Pilot Study of GPS-Collared Coyotes in

Downtown Los Angeles.

Justin L. Brown, National Park Service, Thousand Oaks, CA

Concurrent Sessions: Vertebrate Pesticides

EradiRat: an Eco-friendly, Natural, Palatable, and Effective Rodent Fertility Control

Bait.

Karen Chase, SenesTech, Inc., Flagstaff, AZ

Free-Ranging Wild-caught Norway Rats have Reduced Fecundity after Consuming

Liquid Oral Fertility Bait. Brandy Pyzyna, SenesTech, Inc., Flagstaff, AZ

Are Cholecalciferol and Anticoagulant Rodenticides a Viable Option for Field

Rodents? Roger A. Baldwin, Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology, University of

California, Davis, CA

Anticoagulant Poisoning of Non-target Species: Have Things Changed after

Implementation? Philippe J. Berny, USC1233-INRA-Vetagro Sup., Marcy l'étoile, France

Usefully Persistent? Anticoagulants as Quantitative Markers of Bait Uptake in

Brushtail Possums.

Penny Fisher, Landcare Research, Lincoln, New Zealand

The Other Rodenticide: Bromethalin Intoxication in Wildlife in California.

Stella McMillin, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Rancho Cordova, CA

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The Ground View of Navigating FIFRA and the ESA: one Pesticide Registrant’s

Perspective.

Jeanette R. O’Hare, USDA Wildlife Services, Nat. Wildlife Res. Center, Fort Collins,

CO

The Use of Forced Gas Rodent Burrow Fumigation Systems and the Potential for Risk

to Humans.

John D. Eisemann, USDA Wildlife Services, Nat. Wildlife Res. Center, Fort Collins,

CO

Efficacy of a commercially available para-aminopropiophenone formulation for

coyote control.

Julie K. Young, USDA Wildlife Services, Nat. Wildlife Res. Center, Logan, UT

Vertebrate Management Tools and Disease

Optimizing Landscape-scale Vertebrate Pest Management using Control and

Surveillance Data.

Dean Anderson, Landcare Research, Lincoln, New Zealand

A Decision Tool for Determining Federal Regulatory Authority over Products for

Vertebrate Wildlife.

Emily W. Ruell, USDA Wildlife Services, Nat. Wildlife Res. Center, Fort Collins, CO

“Achilles Heel” Approach for Vertebrate Pest Control.

Brian Hopkins, Landcare Research, Lincoln, New Zealand

Landscape Scale Wireless Technology for Vertebrate Pest Control.

Simon Croft, Encounter Solutions Ltd., Auckland, New Zealand

User-friendly Resource Design: Providing Accessible Ground Squirrel Extension for

the Web.

Monica Dimson, UC Cooperative Extension, Orange County, Irvine, CA

Self-resetting Traps provide Sustained Landscape Scale Control of Rat Plagues in

New Zealand.

Darren Peters, Department of Conservation, Wellington, New Zealand

The Development of Semiochemical Lures for Invasive Rats.

Michael Jackson, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

Decision Support Systems for Improving Invasive Rabbit Management in Australasia.

Bruce Warburton, Landcare Research, Lincoln, New Zealand

Aversive or Attractive: the Effects of Skunk Oil and Pelt Coloration on Carnivore

Behavior.

Holly Schiefelbein, Department of Biological Sciences, CSU Long Beach, CA

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A Contractor Industry that Underpins a National-scale Pest Control Programme.

Bruce Warburton, Landcare Research, Lincoln, New Zealand

Mountain Lions in Southern California: Interactions with People and the

Consequences for this Large Carnivore.

Winston Vickers, UC Davis Wildlife Health Center, CA

Identification of Zoonotic and Vector-borne Diseases associated with Opossums in

Orange County, CA.

Laura Krueger, Orange County Mosquito and Vector Control District, Garden Grove,

CA

Orange County Vector Control and the County’s Feral Cat TNR Program: Ne’er the

Twain shall Meet? Robert Cummings, Orange County Mosquito and Vector Control District, Garden

Grove, CA

Vector Control has a Role in Mitigating High Incidents of Flea-borne Typhus in Los

Angeles County.

J. Wakoli Wekesa, San Gabriel Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District, West

Covina, CA

Controlling Sympatric Pest Mammal Populations with Self-resetting, Toxin-free

Traps: an Opportunity.

Robert van Dam, Goodnature Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand

The Current Status of Feral Goat Eradications on the Island of Oahu, HI.

Christopher Miller, Hawaii Division of Forestry and Wildlife, Pearl City, HI

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Non-Lethal Vertebrate Management

Acceptable Management Practices for Bat Control Activities in Structures.

Alyssa Bennett, White-nose Syndrome Conservation and Recovery Working Group, Las

Lunas, NM

What if Everything You Thought You Knew About “Feral” Cats was Wrong?

Peter J. Wolf, Research analyst, Best Friends Animal Society, Kanab, UT

Making a Killing without Killing.

Rebecca Dmytryk, Humane Wildlife Control, Moss Landing, CA

The Need for Humane Wildlife Control Standards.

Sara Dubois, University of British Columbia and BC SPCA, Canada.

Coyotes in our Midst – Learning to Live with an Adaptable, Resilient and Intelligent

Native Carnivore.

Camilla H. Fox, Project Coyote, Larkspur, CA

Influence of Visual Input on Behavior of White-tailed Deer.

George R. Gallagher, Department of Animal Science, Berry College, Mount Berry, GA

Hazing and Deterrents – “Preventive Medicine” Deployed for Protection of

Wildlife in or near Oil Spills.

Winston Vickers, Oiled Wildlife Care Network, Wildlife Health Center, UC Davis, CA

Protecting Small Livestock and Predators Alike: Early Successes.

Christy Wyckoff, Santa Lucia Conservancy, Carmel, CA

Field Rodents

Impact of Field Border Plantings on Rodents and Food Safety Concerns.

Laurel Sellers, University of California Cooperative Extension, Woodland, CA

Herbal Repellents against Agricultural Rodent Pest Species.

Sabine Hansen, Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI) Institute for Plant Protection in Horticulture

and Forests, Muenster, Germany

Managing Field Rodents in Idaho Crops and Landscapes.

Danielle Gunn, University of Idaho, Fort Hall, ID

Evaluation of Potential Repellents for Pocket Gophers (Thomomys bottae).

Gary Witmer, USDA Wildlife Services, Nat. Wildlife Res. Center, Fort Collins, CO

Evaluation of Forage Preferences and their Corresponding Nutritional Content of

Northern Pocket Gophers.

Gary Witmer, USDA Wildlife Services, Nat. Wildlife Res. Center, Fort Collins, CO

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Comparison of 3 Kill Traps to Manage Pocket Gophers in Alfalfa.

Nicole Frey, Utah State University Extension, Cedar City, UT

Poster Session

The Role of Feral Swine in the Emergence of Neglected Pathogens in Cattle in

Florida.

Mary M. Merrill, Department of Environmental and Global Health, University of

Florida, Gainesville, FL.

Behavioral Responses of Red-winged Blackbirds to Simulated Unmanned Aerial

System Scare Tactics.

Lucas Wandrie, Department of Biological Sciences, North Dakota State University,

Fargo, ND

Observations of Feral Hog Ecology in South and Southeast Brazil.

Marcelo Osorio Wallau, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre,

Brazil

Could Spectral Characteristics of Decayed Wood Signal Woodpeckers? Sean T. O'Daniels, Missouri Cooperative Research Unit, Department of Fisheries and

Wildlife Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO

Exploring Novel Tools for Island Conservation through the Mating of Wild and

Laboratory Mouse Strain.

Megan Serr, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

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27th VERTEBRATE PEST CONFERENCE

CONFERENCE CHAIR:

Roger A. Baldwin, University of California, Davis

(530)752-4551; Email rabaldwin@ucdavis.edu

PROGRAM CHAIRS:

Stella McMillin, California Department of Fish and Wildlife

(916)358-2954; Email stella.mcmillin@wildlife.ca.gov

Marc Kenyon, California Department of Fish and Wildlife

(916)358-1356; Email marc.kenyon@wildlife.ca.gov

Dirk Van Vuren, University of California, Davis

(530)752-4181; Email dhvanvuren@ucdavis.edu

REGISTRATION:

Judy Letterman, Professional Association of Pesticide Applicators

(831)442-3536; Email judy@papaseminars.com

Stephanie Souza, Professional Association of Pesticide Applicators

(831)442-3536; Email Stephanie@papaseminars.com

LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS:

Charlie Crabb, Vertebrate Pest Council Business Manager

(805)704-4514; Email crabbster@me.com

PROCEEDINGS EDITOR:

Robert M. Timm, University of California - ANR

(707)744-1424 Ext. 103; Email rmtimm@ucanr.edu

FIELD TRIP:

Niamh Quinn, University of California – ANR

(949)653-1813; Email nmquinn@ucanr.edu

COMMERCIAL DISPLAYS:

Ashley Freeman, California Department of Pesticide Regulation

(916)445-4239; Email ashley.freeman@cdpr.ca.gov

POSTER AND STUDENT AWARD COORDINATOR: Kathy Fagerstone, USDA APHIS - Retired

(303)880-5066; Email kathy.fagerstone@gmail.com

CONTINUING EDUCATION:

Edmund Duarte, Alameda County Agricultural Commissioner’s Office

(926)245-0853; Email ed.duarte@acgov.org

David Kratville, California Department of Food and Agriculture

(916)262-1102; Email david.kratville@cdfa.ca.gov

Michelle Dennis, California Department of Food and Agriculture

(916)262-1102; Email michelle.dennis@cdfa.ca.gov

PUBLICITY:

Mike Taber, Wildlife Control Technology, Inc.

(559)490-2262; Email miket@wildlife-control.com

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