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WRA to Sponsor/Exhibit/Present at The Wildlife Society-Western Section Annual Meeting 2023

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WRA is a proud sponsor of The Wildlife Society-Western Section Annual Meeting in February 7-10, 2023 in Riverside, California. This year’s theme is “Challenge Accepted! Confront Obstacles, Create Opportunities”.

WRA experts are excited for this year’s program and you can find our team members throughout the week chairing or presenting in a variety of sessions.

Thursday, February 9
8am: Rob Schell, WRA’s Wildlife and Fisheries Director will serve as Chair of “Addressing Conservation Challenges through Technology” Session.

8am: Marisa Ishimatsu, WRA’s Environmental Compliance Team Leader will serve as Chair of “Reptiles and Amphibians II” Session.

9:45am: Patricia Valcarcel, CWB, WRA’s Regulatory Program Director will present in the Reptiles and Amphibians II Session, “Giant Gartersnake Historical Habitat Design at Lookout Slough, a Multi-Benefit Restoration Project”.

Friday, February 10

8:05am: Katie Smith, PhD, current President of TWS-WS and a Wildlife Biologist with WRA will present two talks in the Mammals V: Rodents / Lagomorphs Session, “Building a Better Prediction: A Case Study in Evaluating a Quick Field Assessment Technique for Predicting Salt Marsh Harvest Mouse Occupancy” and at 8:25 am she will present “Utilizing the ARCGIS Field Maps Mobile App to Optimize Survey Data Collection for a Large-Scale Collabrative Regional Study”.

8:45am: Carla Angulo, Biologist with WRA, will present in the Challenges and Opportunities II: Human Dimensions Session, “Evaluation of Dam Decommissioning as a Marsh Restoration Method”.

10:45am: Erik Schmidt, Restoration Permitting Specialist with WRA will present in the Challenges and Opportunities I: Species Recovery Session, “20 Years of Progress in California: Advances in State and Federal Permitting and CEQA Review for Wildlife Habitat Restoration and Multi-Benefit Projects”.

Details of the meeting program are available on the event website.

Please stop by our exhibitor table to say hello to our team and enter to win a raffle prize!