Tuesday, August 3, 2021

Time	Session or Presentation	Moderator or Presenter
8:30–8:35 AM	Welcome & Introductions	Sara Holm & Scott Gardner
8:35–12:00 PM	PLENARY: Integrating Nutrition into Deer and Elk Management: Why, What, and How?	Moderator: Kristin Denryter
8:40–9:10 AM	Nutritional Condition, Population Performance, and Animal-Indicated Nutritional Carrying Capacity	Tom Stephenson
9:10–9:40 AM	Density Dependence, Nutrition, and White-tailed Deer Management in Southern Texas	Charles DeYoung
9:40–9:55 AM	Break
9:55–10:25 AM	Using Remote Sensed Data to Monitor Mule Deer Population Performance	Mark Hurley
10:25–10:55 AM	Linking Plant Communities to Large Ungulate Performance: The Importance of Fine-scale Data	Rachel Cook
10:55–11:25 AM	Using Knowledge Co-Production to Support Integrated Research-Management Partnerships: Recent Successes for Elk	Mike Wisdom
10:25–12:00 PM	Plenary Panel Discussion Q & A
12:00–1:00 PM	Sponsor Lunch Lounge: Lotek Wireless Inc. – Emerging Technologies in Telemetry	Michael Crawford
1:00–2:30 PM	State/Province Updates	Moderator: Sara Holm
1:00–1:10 PM	California Deer and Elk Status Update	David Casady
1:10–1:20 PM	Colorado State of the Herds Report	Andy Holland
1:20–1:30 PM	Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation (RMEF) Update	Karie Decker
1:30–1:40 PM	Nebraska State Update	Luke Meduna
1:40–1:50 PM	Nevada Deer and Elk Update	Cody Schroeder
1:50–2:00 PM	Oregon State Update	Don Whittaker
2:00–2:10 PM	Texas State Update	Shawn Gray
2:10–2:20 PM	Washington State Report	Kyle Garrison
2:20–2:30 PM	Status Update for Mule Deer in Saskatchewan, Canada	Tom Perry
2:30–2:40 PM	Idaho State Update	Rick Ward
2:40–2:50 PM	Q & A
2:50–3:30 PM	OPEN TIME – recommended time to visit posters
3:30–3:45 PM	Break
3:45–4:45 PM	Nutrition Session	Moderator: Brad Burkholder
3:45–4:05 PM	Long-term (1870-2010) Retrospective Evaluation of Forage Resources for Elk in North-Central Idaho	John Cook
4:05–4:25 PM	Nutritional-Landscape Models Link Habitat Use to Condition of Mule Deer	Jennifer Merems
4:25–4:45 PM	Comparing the Fundamental Nutritional Niches of Mule (Odocoileus hemionus) and White-tailed Deer (O. virginianus)	Anna Staudenmaier
4:45–5:25 PM	Awards Ceremony & Social
	Excellence in Elk Country	Black Henning
	O.C. Wallmo Award	Orrin Duvuvuei

Wednesday, August 4, 2021

Time	Session or Presentation	Moderator or Presenter
8:30–8:35 AM	Welcome to Day Two	Sara Holm & Kristin Denryter
8:35–9:55 AM	Deer Session 1: Demography	Moderator: Christine Found-Jackson
8:35–8:55 AM	Comparing Fecal DNA Mark-Recapture to Mark-Resight for Estimating Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) Abundance on Winter Range in the Eastern Sierra Nevada	Andi Stewart
8:55–9:15 AM	Post-Capture Mortality in Eastern Sierra Mule Deer Populations	Nicholas Shirkey
9:15–9:35 AM	Demographic Performance of a Large Herbivore: Effects of Winter Nutrition and Weather	Nathan Jackson
9:35–9:55 AM	Open Time
8:35–9:55 AM	Elk Session 1: Nutrition	Moderator: Josh Bush
8:35–8:55 AM	Factors Influencing Predictions of Understory Vegetation Biomass from Visual Cover Estimates	Deborah Monzingo
8:55–9:15 AM	Forage Quality and Quantity in Migratory and Resident Mule Deer Summer Ranges	Elizabeth Schuyler
9:15–9:35 AM	Assessing the Effects of Fire Severity on Elk Forage Quality and Quantity in West-Central Montana	Lauren Snobl
9:35–9:55 AM	Open Time
9:55–10:10 AM	Break
10:10–11:50 AM	Deer Session 2: Movement	Moderator: Julie Garcia
10:10–10:30 AM	Mule Deer and Anthropogenic Change: Effects of Agricultural Encroachment on Movement, Morphology, and Population Performance	Levi Heffelfinger
10:30–10:50 AM	A Population Perspective on Spring Migration Mule Deer	Tatum Del Bosco
10:50–11:10 AM	Idaho’s Big Game Projects & Priorities: Putting Science into Action	Jessie Shallow
11:10–11:30 AM	Migrational Behavior and Its Influence on Survival During a Short Distance Migration	Jerrod Merrell
11:30–11:50 AM	Quantifying the Impacts and Assessing the Permeability of a Divided Four-Lane Highway on Migratory Mule Deer	Daniel Taylor
10:10–11:50 AM	Elk Session 2: Nutrition/Disease/Management/Genetics	Moderator: Carrington Hilson
10:10–10:30 AM	The Role of Supplemental Feeding on Winter Elk Aggregation and Methods for Assessing Disease Risk	William Janousek
10:30–10:50 AM	Management of Multiple Migration Routes for Mule Deer and Elk across Idaho	Scott Bergen
10:50–11:10 AM	Behavioral Disparity in a Partially Migratory Elk Herd on a Sympatric Winter Range	Madeline Trottier
11:10–11:30 AM	Genetic Diversity and Connectivity of Tule Elk Herds in Northern California’s Interior Coast Range	Tom Batter
11:30–11:50 AM	Balancing CWD Risk and Public Expectations: An Experiment in a Mule Deer Special Management Area in Western Montana	Rebecca Mowry
12:00–1:00 PM	Sponsor Lunch Lounge: Mule Deer Foundation – Meet the MDF Staff	Randy Morrison
12:00–1:00 PM	2021 WAFWA Deer & Elk Business Meeting	Jim Heffelfinger
1:00–2:40 PM	Deer Session 3: Disease	Moderator: Brandon Munk
1:00–1:20 PM	Open Time
1:40–2:00 PM	Implication of Prion Disease Across Geographic Populations: A Case Study Examining Wild North American Deer	Emily Wright
1:40–2:00 PM	Risky Business: Relating Risk of Direct Contact with Disease Risk	Maria Dobbin
2:00–2:20 PM	Individual-Based Modelling of Chronic Wasting Disease	Kelsey Gritter
2:20–2:40 PM	Characterization of the Prion Protein Gene in Axis Deer and Implications for Susceptibility to Chronic Wasting Disease	Matthew Buchholz
1:00–2:40 PM	Elk Session 3: Harvest Management	Moderator: Alex Heeren
1:00–1:20 PM	Harvest Management and Chronic Wasting Disease Prevalence Trends in Western Mule Deer Herds	Anne Hubbs
1:20–1:40 PM	Bull Elk Survival, Vulnerability, and Antler Size in a Partially Migratory Population	Hans Martin
1:40–2:00 PM	Using Hunter Submitted Antler Measurements to Estimate Age of Elk in Nevada	Cody McKee
2:00–2:20 PM	Using Nutritional Indices, Population Estimates, and Harvest Data to Manage Elk on a Large Private Ranch in Northeastern New Mexico	Lance Bernal
2:20–2:40 PM	Comparison of Harvest Statistics and Deer Management Programs in the Eastern and Western U.S.	Kip Adams
2:40–3:00 PM	Break
3:00–4:20 PM	Deer Session 4: Genetics & Habitat	Moderator: David Casady
3:00–3:20 PM	Odocoileus Rex and the Evolution of Mule Deer	Jim Heffelfinger
3:20–3:40 PM	Analysis of a Gamete Recognition Protein Called Zonadhesin Reveals Unique Insight into the Hybridization of Deer Species in North America	Emma Roberts
3:40–4:00PM	Trade-offs in Forest Disturbance Management for Plant Communities and Mule Deer in Northwest Montana	Teagan Hayes
4:00–4:20 PM	Habitat Selection by Partially Migratory Mule Deer in Northwest Montana	Collin Peterson
3:00–4:20 PM	Elk Session 4: Predation & Disease	Moderator: Mario Klip
3:00–3:20 PM	Assessing the Impacts of the Recovering Mexican Wolf Population on Elk Behavior	Zack Farley
3:20–3:40 PM	Influence of Mexican Wolves on Elk Resource Selection	Cara Thompson
4:00–4:20 PM	Surveillance for an Emergent Hoof Disease in Elk in the U.S. Pacific West Supplemented by Metagenomic Analysis	Margaret Wild
3:40–4:00PM	Lessons Learned from Initial Surveillance for Treponeme-Associated Hoof Disease in Elk in California	Emma Lantz
4:20–4:30 PM	Closing Remarks	Sara Holm & Kristin Denryter

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