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SCHEDULE FOR DESERT TORTOISE COUNCIL SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL DESERT TORTOISE SURVEYING, MONITORING, AND HANDLING TECHNIQUES WORKSHOP
When: November 7-8, 2009
| Saturday November 7, 2009 | |
| 07:00 to 08:00 | Check-in - Maturango Room (Continental Breakfast - China Lake Room) |
| 08:00 to 08:15 | Welcome (Ed LaRue) |
| 08:15 to 09:30 | General Overview of Mojave Desert Tortoises (Dr. Kristin Berry) |
| 09:30 to 09:50 | Break |
| 09:50 to 10:25 | Threats to Tortoises (Dr. Kristin Berry) |
| 10:25 to 11:05 | Field Evaluations of Desert Tortoises for Health and Disease; Effects of Diseases on Populations (Dr. Kristin Berry) |
| 11:05 to 11:15 | Questions for Dr. Berry |
| 11:15 to 12:00 | Finding Tortoises and Distinguishing One Type of Sign From Another (Peter Woodman) |
| 12:00 to 13:30 | Mexican Lunch - China Lake Room. Dr. Berry will be here to answer questions. |
| 12:30 to 13:45 | Instructions for outdoor session (Ed LaRue) |
| 13:45 to 14:00 | Travel to Field Session #1 |
| 14:00 to 16:00 | Outdoor Field Session #1 Artificial burrow construction demonstration: auger, PVC, plywood, pallet Egg handling and burrow excavation Field identification: burrow, scat, carcass |
| Sunday November 8, 2009 | |
| 07:00 to 07:55 | Full Breakfast - China Lake Room |
| 07:55 to 08:00 | Announcements (Ed LaRue) |
| 08:00 to 08:20 | Bureau of Land Management (Larry LaPre) |
| 08:20 to 08:40 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Ray Bransfield) |
| 08:40 to 09:00 | Department of Fish and Game (Becky Jones) |
| 09:00 to 09:20 | Questions for Agency Personnel |
| 09:20 to 09:35 | Break |
| 09:35 to 10:30 | Tortoise Field Surveys, Data Collection, and Interpretation (Dr. Alice Karl) |
| 10:30 to 11:10 | Resource Monitoring on Construction Projects (Sharaih Romero) |
| 11:10 to 11:25 | Instructions for outdoor session (Ed LaRue) |
| 11:25 to 12:45 | Lunch (on your own) and travel to field site for Outdoor Session #2 |
| 12:45 to 13:15 | Tortoise Handling Demonstration |
| 13:15 to 14:45 | Plot Surveying |
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Contact tracy.bailey@mchsi.com for more information |