Program Overview
Tuesday – November 3
8:30–9:00
Welcome/Symposium Introduction (Kevin Hurley, Beth MacCallum, Matt Besko)
9:00-15:40
In a Blink at the Brink: Disease Plenary (Moderator: Margo Pybus)
- 11:50-12:10 Discussion
- 12:10-13:00 Lunch Break
13:00-15:40
Disease and parasites (Moderator: Susan Kutz)
15:40-16:05
Wild and Wool (feature film) (Moderator: Kevin Hurley)
Here is the (temporary) link to the Wild and Wool film.
Here is the (temporary) link to the Wild and Wool film.
16:05-16:35
Discussion (Moderator: Kevin Hurley)
16:35-open
Open Virtual Social and Battle of the Bands!
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IMPORTANT: to take part in the social, you will need to join via this separate Zoom link (Password: Alberta).
Wayne Heimer (Barbershop Singers): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LbLMbDsSKAQEooigOk2Z1xDzqVoM2aqg/view?usp=sharing
Kirby Smith (Not Quite Right band):
Song #1: https://youtu.be/TqYT9xMppfw
Song #2: https://youtu.be/3qgIEMkhyXA
Song #3: https://youtu.be/sik5X-BlaWY
Song #4: https://youtu.be/fKwL_fLAbCg
Song #5: https://youtu.be/0-esGxBH6lA
Song #6: https://youtu.be/0WVPmQGp5ts
Song #7: https://youtu.be/VI32TorhTpI
Song #8: https://youtu.be/_hirQonrjvo
Song #9: https://youtu.be/z71GbCK88qc
IMPORTANT: to take part in the social, you will need to join via this separate Zoom link (Password: Alberta).
Wayne Heimer (Barbershop Singers): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LbLMbDsSKAQEooigOk2Z1xDzqVoM2aqg/view?usp=sharing
Kirby Smith (Not Quite Right band):
Song #1: https://youtu.be/TqYT9xMppfw
Song #2: https://youtu.be/3qgIEMkhyXA
Song #3: https://youtu.be/sik5X-BlaWY
Song #4: https://youtu.be/fKwL_fLAbCg
Song #5: https://youtu.be/0-esGxBH6lA
Song #6: https://youtu.be/0WVPmQGp5ts
Song #7: https://youtu.be/VI32TorhTpI
Song #8: https://youtu.be/_hirQonrjvo
Song #9: https://youtu.be/z71GbCK88qc
Wednesday – November 4
9:00-10:40
Habitat and Climatic Factors (Moderator: Mike Jokinen)
10:40-11:30
NWSGC Business Meeting (All encouraged to attend)
11:30-12:30
Lunch Break
12:30-13:50
Genetics and Movement (Moderator: Jocelyn Poissant)
13:50-14:20
Break
14:20-16:00
Management (Moderators: Mark Boyce)
Thursday – November 5
9:00-10:40
Population Ecology (Moderator: Marco Festa-Bianchet)
10:40-10:50
Short Break
10:50-12:10
Behaviour and Ecology – Part I (Moderator: Matt Mellon)
12:10-13:10
Lunch Break
13:10-14:10
Behaviour and Ecology – Part II (Moderator: Matt Mellon)
14:10-16:00
Wrap up
Scientific Program – Details
Tuesday – November 3
8:30-9:00
Welcome/Symposium Introduction (Kevin Hurley, Beth MacCallum, Matt Besko)
9:00
In a Blink at the Brink: Disease Plenary (Moderator: Margo Pybus)
9:00-9:30
Tom Besser: Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae in bighorn sheep epizootic pneumonia: Updating the conceptual model
9:30-9:50
Doug McWhirter: Wyoming jurisdiction: Bighorn Sheep Disease Management in Wyoming
9:50-10:10
Helen Schwantje (British Columbia jurisdiction): A Walk on the Wild Side: BC Wild and Domestic Sheep Update
10:10-10:30
Anne Hubbs, Mark Ball: Alberta jurisdiction: “Little Bo-Peep, please corral & test your sheep” Managing disease risk in Alberta
10:30-10:50
Jane Harms: Yukon jurisdiction: Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae surveillance in Yukon wildlife
10:50-11:10
Peregrine Wolff: Words of Wisdom from a Wealth of Experience
11:10-11:30
Frances Cassirer: The Role of Bighorn Ewe Infection Status in Managing Pneumonia in Lambs
11:30-11:50
Kezia Manlove: A preliminary look at what drives individual and herd response to Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae: Integrating information from focal herds and wider-scale monitoring
11:50-12:10
General Discussion
12:10-13:00
Lunch Break
13:00-15:40
Disease and parasites (Moderator: Susan Kutz)
13:00-13:20
Kristenn Magnusson: Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae: mitigating the risk of transmission in Yukon.
13:20-13:40
Kevin Blecha: Bighorn movement and domestic sheep presence surrounding a case of acute fatal pneumonia in a bighorn sheep
13:40-14:00
Robert Spaan: Impact of Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae on lamb survival for “California”-managed bighorn sheep in southeastern Oregon and northern Nevada.
14:00-14:20
Brianna Johnson: Symptom progression and serological dynamics following introduction of a low-virulence Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae strain in a desert bighorn herd.
14:20-14:40
Kylie Sinclair: Identifying drivers of bighorn sheep population recovery in the wake of pneumonia die-off events.
14:40-14:50
Short Break
14:40-15:00
Caeley Thacker: Respiratory Disease Pathogens in Thinhorn Sheep – Preliminary Findings and Review of Methods.
15:00-15:20
Adam M Hering: Determining the source of the Psoroptes outbreak in British Columbian bighorn sheep
15:20-15:40
Adam M Hering: Testing of new options for the treatment of psoroptes ovis in bighorn sheep
15:40-16:05
Wild and Wool (feature film) (Moderator: Kevin Hurley)
Here is the (temporary) link to the Wild and Wool film.
Here is the (temporary) link to the Wild and Wool film.
16:05-16:35
Discussion
16:35
Open Virtual Social and Battle of the Bands!
IMPORTANT: to take part in the social, you will need to join via this separate Zoom link here (Password: Alberta). Wayne Heimer (Barbershop Singers): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LbLMbDsSKAQEooigOk2Z1xDzqVoM2aqg/view?usp=sharing
Kirby Smith (Not Quite Right band):
Song #1: https://youtu.be/TqYT9xMppfw
Song #2: https://youtu.be/3qgIEMkhyXA
Song #3: https://youtu.be/sik5X-BlaWY
Song #4: https://youtu.be/fKwL_fLAbCg
Song #5: https://youtu.be/0-esGxBH6lA
Song #6: https://youtu.be/0WVPmQGp5ts
Song #7: https://youtu.be/VI32TorhTpI
Song #8: https://youtu.be/_hirQonrjvo
Song #9: https://youtu.be/z71GbCK88qc
IMPORTANT: to take part in the social, you will need to join via this separate Zoom link here (Password: Alberta). Wayne Heimer (Barbershop Singers): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LbLMbDsSKAQEooigOk2Z1xDzqVoM2aqg/view?usp=sharing
Kirby Smith (Not Quite Right band):
Song #1: https://youtu.be/TqYT9xMppfw
Song #2: https://youtu.be/3qgIEMkhyXA
Song #3: https://youtu.be/sik5X-BlaWY
Song #4: https://youtu.be/fKwL_fLAbCg
Song #5: https://youtu.be/0-esGxBH6lA
Song #6: https://youtu.be/0WVPmQGp5ts
Song #7: https://youtu.be/VI32TorhTpI
Song #8: https://youtu.be/_hirQonrjvo
Song #9: https://youtu.be/z71GbCK88qc
Wednesday – November 4
9:00-10:40
Habitat and Climatic Factors (Moderator: Mike Jokinen)
9:00-9:20
Grant Chapman: Mapping Alberta Bighorn Sheep Winter Range - RSF validation and inter-jurisdictional collaboration.
9:20-9:40
Laura Balyx: Conflict and Coexistence with Mountain Goats in a Protected Alpine Landscape.
9:40-10:00
Emma C. Grusing: Evaluating Characteristics of Mineral Licks used by Two Mountain Ungulates.
10:00-10:20
Kevin S. White: Climate and anthropogenic effects on mountain goat population dynamics in coastal Alaska.
10:20-10:40
Kyle Knopff: Estimating Nutritional Carrying Capacity of Bighorn Sheep in the Elk Valley.
10:40-11:30
NWSGC Business Meeting (All encouraged to attend)
11:30-12:30
Lunch Break
12:30-13:50
Genetics and Movement (Moderator: Jocelyn Poissant)
12:30-12:50
Samuel Deakins: Spatial genetic structure of Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep Ovis canadensis canadensis at the northern limit of their native range.
12:50-13:10
Elizabeth P. Flesch: Evaluating Bighorn Sheep Restoration Using Genomics.
13:10-13:30
Joshua P. Jahner: Characterizing genetic differentiation and hybridization among California, Rocky Mountain, and desert bighorn sheep in Nevada to inform future translocations.
13:30-13:50
Lauren Ricci: Identifying Environmental and Demographic Drivers of Foray Behavior in Bighorn Sheep.
13:50-14:20
Break
14:20-16:00
Management (Moderator: Mark Boyce)
14:20:-14:40
Marco Festa-Bianchet: Despite denials, persistent harvest-based selection leads to the evolution of smaller horns in mountain sheep
14:40-15:00
Nils Anderson: Developing a size-at-age relationship from hunter harvested bighorn sheep to support management relevant population models.
15:00-15:20
Wayne E. Heimer: Management Update and Summary: Alaskan Dall Sheep 2020.
15:20-15:40
Pamela Hengeveld: Looking Forward: Insight from 20 Years of Wild Sheep and Goat Research in British Columbia.
15:40-16:00
Peter Neuhaus: Fast phenotypic change in a sexually selected trait: a new mechanism.
Thursday – November 5
9:00-10:40
Population Ecology (Moderator: Marco Festa-Bianchet)
9:00-9:20
Steven F. Wilson: An Integrated Population Model for Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep in the Elk Valley, BC.
9:20-9:40
Sofia Karabatsos: Distribution of bighorn sheep in their Alberta Rocky Mountain winter range over half a century.
9:40-10:00
Grace Enns: Stone’s sheep lambing habitat selection in the Cassiar Mountains, British Columbia.
10:00-10:20
Margaret Langley: limiting factors on a herd of about 15 Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis canadensis) resident in the Kicking Horse Canyon.
10:20-10:50
Short Break
10:50-12:10
Behaviour and Ecology – Part I (Moderator: Matt Mellon)
10:50-11:10
Petra McDougall: Nonconscious behavioural mimicry is a cornerstone of effective group functioning in social animals.
11:10-11:30
Thomas R. Stephenson: Energy Conservation in Alpine Resident Bighorn Populations.
11:30-11:50
N. Beth MacCallum: Colonization of a Reclaimed Landscape by Bighorn Sheep.
11:50-12:10
Laura Kroesen: Life on the edge: identifying mountain goat habitat hotspots in the high alpine
12:10-13:10
Lunch Break
13:10-14:10
Behaviour and Ecology – Part II (Moderator: Matt Mellon)
13:10-13:30
Charles R. Menzies: Mountain Goats and People: cultural resurgence as Indigenous methodology.
13:30-13:50
Kyle Knopff: Mountain Goat Response to Human Activity in Jasper National Park.
13:50-14:10
Jesse Wolf/Aaron B.A. Shafer: From pellets to genomes: new tools provide novel insights into mountain goat ecology and evolution.
14:10
Wrap up
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