Workshop Schedule (June 27 - July 2, 2016)

A black bear photo taken during the 
Camera Trapping Workshop in 2011 

This year's workshop will be presented by yours truly and E. William (Bill) Wilson

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SIERRA NEVADA MAMMALS

WORKSHOP SCHEDULE 

TENTATIVE

  

Monday, June 27, 2016

•               Arrive: noon through late afternoon

• Dinner: 6:00 PM

•               Evening: Class introductions, workshop goals and work plan.

•               Power Point presentation: How to find wild mammals.


Tuesday, June 28

•               Breakfast: 7:00AM (make your own bag lunch)

•               8:30 AM: Power Point presentation: Sierra Nevada habitats and the annual climate regime.

•               9:30 AM: Overview of the Orders and Families of Sierra Nevada Mammals

•               Presentation: Ungulates: Cervidae (deer and elk), Antilocapridae (pronghorn), and Bovidae (bighorn sheep)

•               Lunch  

•               Afternoon: Habitat excursion (or where to look for mammals): Riparian, mountain meadow, talus/scree slope, chaparral, red fir forest, etc.

•               Dinner: 6:00 PM

•               Power Point presentation/discussion: Human-wildlife dynamics in the Sierra Nevada and the coming of the naturalists   

Wednesday, July 29

•           Breakfast: 7:00AM (make your own bag lunch)

•               8:30 AM, Powerpoint Presentation: Rodents American beaver, Mountain beaver, porcupine, and squirrels (tree, ground, chipmunks and marmot).

•               Activity: Photograph, observe, and identify diurnal rodents around campus (chipmunks, ground squirrels, tree squirrels, mountain beaver).

•               Lunch:  

•               Afternoon: Presentation: mice and rats (gophers, kangaroo rats/mice, and pocket mice, wood rat, deer and harvest mice, and voles and muskrat

  

•               Dinner: 6:00 PM

•               Demonstration/discussion: Listen to alarm call recordings of squirrels, marmots, pikas, and deer.

•               Guest Lecture: Amanda Schufelberger -- Tracking "Buddy" and other elusive mustelids in the high Sierra.

Thursday, July 30 

•               Breakfast: 7:00AM (make your own bag lunch)

•               8:30 AM: Excursion to Knuthson Meadow to observe beaver works (a 40-minute drive).

•               Activity (11:00 AM): Examination of skins and skulls of Lagomorphs and Insectivores

•               Lunch  

•               Afternoon Presentation: Lagomorphs (rabbits and pika) and Insectivores (shrews and moles)

•               Dinner: 6:00 PM

•               Power Point presentation/discussion: physiological and behavioral adaptations to winter

• Guest presentation: Ken Hickman -- Charismatic lagomorphs of the Sierra Nevada's east slope

Friday, July 1

•               Breakfast: 7:00AM (make your own bag lunch)

•               8:30 AM: Topic: Carnivores Part 1: skunks, weasels, river otter, marten, fisher, and wolverine.

•               Activity (mid morning): Examine specimens

•               Lunch: in field

•               Afternoon: Carnivores Part 2: cats, dogs, and bears

•               Dinner: 6:00 PM

•               Power Point presentation/discussion: the disappearance of California’s furbearers

•               General discussion   

Saturday, July 2

•               Breakfast: 7:00AM (make your own bag lunch)

•               Activity: workshop evaluation and class photo

•               Farewell and Departure

For registration materials contact: sfsu.snfc@gmail.com