Great Lakes Wolf Symposium

In support of wolves.

The Timber Wolf Alliance hosted the Great Lakes Wolf Symposium October 20-22, 2020, coinciding with Wolf Awareness Week. Northland College hosts this symposium every four years. Due to COVID-19, 2020’s symposium was held virtually. The next Great Lakes Wolf Symposium will be held during the third week of October 2024.

The intent of the symposium is to provide an opportunity for researchers and other wildlife professionals to share research and knowledge regarding wolves in the Great Lakes region. The geographic scope of the symposium is regional and centered on the Great Lakes region: states, tribes, and provinces within or adjacent to current wolf range within the Great Lakes region. This range includes jurisdictions that currently do not have an established wolf population, but may occasionally detect dispersing wolves.

Questions?

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Recorded Sessions

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2020 Symposium Agenda

Tuesday, October 20 Schedule

1:00	Introductions and Notes for the Day
1:15	Explanation of the Virtual Platform
	SUBMITTED PRESENTATIONS
1:35	Frequency-dependent prey selection by wolves and its importance for predator-prey dynamics. Sarah R. Hoy, College of Forest Resources & Environmental Science Daniel R. MacNulty, Douglas W. Smith, Daniel R. Stahler Matthew C. Metz, Rolf O. Peterson and John A. Vucetich
2:00	Monitoring wolf pup survival and causes of mortality in northeastern Minnesota Morgan Swingen, 1854 Treat Authority Mike Schrage
2:25	Adult wolf survival in Minnesota from 2004-2019 Joseph Bump, Stotra Chakrabarti, Shawn O’Neil, John Erb University of Minnesota, Minnesota DNR
2:50	BREAK
3:05	Interference competition supports niche partitioning in sympatric canids Nicholas L. Fowler, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Tyler R. Petroelje, Todd M. Kautz, Clay M. Wilton, Kenneth F. Kellner, Bill Parsons, Daniel O’Brien, Dean E. Beyer, Jr., and Jerrold L. Belant
3:30	Wolf predation rates on white-tailed deer in the western Upper Peninsula of Michigan, USA, 2009–2019 Todd M. Kautz, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Nicholas L. Fowler, Tyler R. Petroelje, Jared F. Duquette, Dean E. Beyer, Jr., and Jerrold L. Belant
3:55	Wolves in the Corn Belt? Status of Gray Wolves in Iowa—an Update Vince Evelsizer, IA DNR
4:20	A Machine Learning Platform to Automate Identification of Wolves (Canis lupus) in Remote Camera Images Tyler Petroelje, SUNY ESF Global Wildlife Conservation Center Matthew Lewis, Michigan Aerospace Corporation Clay Wilton, Bill Parsons, Mellissa Starking, Gary Roloff, Jerrold Belant
4:45	CONCLUSION

Wednesday, October 21 Schedule

9:00	Introductions and Notes for the Day
	WOLVES IN THE GREAT LAKES REGION
9:10	An Update on the Wolves of Minnesota John Erb/Dan Stark, MN Department of Natural Resources
9:30	An Update on Wolf Management in Wisconsin Randy Johnson, WI Department of Natural Resources Jane Wiedenhoeft, Shannon McNamara, Matt Gross, Nathan Kluge, and Scott Walter
9:50	An Update on the Wolves of Michigan Cody Norton/Brian Roell, MI Department of Natural Resources
10:10	An Update on the Wolves of Ontario Brent Paterson, Ontario Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
10:30	An Update on the Wolves of Manitoba Brian Joynt, Manitoba Wildlife & Fisheries Daniel Dupont
10:50	Wolves and the Ceded Territories Peter David, Great Lakes Fish & Wildlife Commission
11:10	An Update on the Federal Status of Wolves Garret Peterson, , US Fish & Wildlife Service Tim Patronski
11:30	BREAK
	WOLF-HUMAN CONFLICT IN THE GREAK LAKES REGION
11:45	An Update on Wolf-human Conflict in Minnesota John P Hart, USDA-Wildlife Services
12:05	An Update on Wolf-human Conflict in Wisconsin Dave Ruid, USDA-Wildlife Services
12:25	An Update on Wolf-human Conflict in Michigan Cody Norton, MI Department of Natural Resources Brian Roell
12:45	Non-lethal wolf damage management in Minnesota Jack Morawczynski, USDA-Wildlife Services John Hart
1:05	Morning Closing
1:15	LUNCH BREAK
2:30	Afternoon Session Opening
	SUBMITTED PRESENTATIONS – Rapid-fire Talks
2:40	Testing a New Passive Acoustic Recording Unit to Monitor Wolves Shannon Barber-Meyer, U. S. Geological Survey Vicente Palacios, Barbara Marti Domken, and Lori Schmidt
2:50	Preliminary summer predation and social dynamics for wolves introduced to Isle Royale Elizabeth K. Orning, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Mark C. Romanski, Kenneth F. Kellner, and Jerrold L. Belant
3:00	A first genetic assessment of the newly introduced Isle Royale Gray Wolves Kristin Brzeski, Michigan Technological University Mark Romanski
3:10	Great Lakes Wolf Collaboration Jerrold L. Belant, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Shannon Barber-Meyer, Dean E. Beyer, John D. Erb, John P. Hart, David M. MacFarland, L. David Mech, Seth A. Moore, Brent R. Patterson, Jennifer L. Price Tack, Mark C. Romanski, David Ruid, Mike Schrage, Morgan Swingen, and Steve Windels
3:20	Afternoon Closing
7:00	Diane Boyd: Keynote Address Retired Region 1 Wolf and Carnivore Specialist from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks

Thursday, October 22 Schedule

9:00	Morning Opening
	SUBMITTED PRESENTATIONS
9:10	Scaling occupancy probabilities to estimate wolf abundance in Wisconsin Glenn Stauffer, WI Department of Natural Resources Dave MacFarland, Timothy van Deelen, and Jennifer Price Tack
9:35	Grey Wolf (Canis lupus) Seasonal Space Use and Movement in a Protected Archipelago in Lake Superior, Ontario Ashley McLaren, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry Brent Patterson
10:00	An eighteen-year spatial and temporal analysis of the recolonization of a disjunct population of gray wolves (Canis lupus) Theresa L Simpson, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
10:25	Wolves And The Isle Royale Environment: Restoring An Island Ecosystem, 2018-2020 Mark C. Romanski, National Park Service, Isle Royale National Park Elizabeth K. Orning, Kenneth F. Kellner, Dean E. Beyer Jr., Kristin E. Brzeski, John Hart, Donald H. Lonsway Jr., Ashley A.D. McLaren and Brent R. Patterson, Seth A. Moore, Brent R. Patterson, Lynette R. Potvin, Michelle L. Verant, Tiffany M. Wolf, and Jerrold L. Belant
10:50	Relationship building and rematriation with indigenous groups toward traditional, time test conservation of Ma’iingan (Gray Wolf; Canis lupus) Abi Fergus, Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians
11:15	Avoiding risk areas and information of wolves’ movements decrease wolf attacks on dogs Mari Tikkunen, Oulu University and Natural resources institute Finland
11:40	Outsized effect of predation: wolves alter wetland creation and recolonization by killing ecosystem engineers Thomas Gable, University of Minnesota Sean Johnson-Bice, Austin Homkes, Steve Windels, and Joseph Bump
12:05	Expression of Gratitude and Closing
12:30	Symposium End

Questions?

Recorded Sessions

SUBMITTED PRESENTATIONS

WOLVES IN THE GREAT LAKES REGION

WOLF-HUMAN CONFLICT IN THE GREAK LAKES REGION

SUBMITTED PRESENTATIONS – Rapid-fire Talks

SUBMITTED PRESENTATIONS

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