Training

See also: California Tiger Salamander, Habitat Restoration

Workshop description

On May 26, 2016, Pete Trenham, Ph.D. presented a workshop at the Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve on the biology and conservation of the California tiger salamander (CTS). Dr. Trenham has published a variety of papers on the ecology and life history of the California tiger salamander and has taught this popular relojes imitacion workshop on several occasions.  

Workshop objectives

Increase participant understanding of:

• the biology of California tiger salamanders;
• habitat management for this species, and;
• how to apply information in large-scale and local conservation planning efforts. 

Improve these participant skills:

• species identification;
• aquatic habitat sampling techniques, and;
• upland and aquatic site assessment.

Topics addressed

• Geographic distribution of California tiger salamanders and hybrid populations;
• aquatic habitats and their management;
• individual organism movement patterns;
• population and community ecology;
• survey methods, and;
• methods for assessing potential project impacts and approaches for avoidance and minimization.

Field training practicum

Participants received skills-based training in species identification, sampling techniques, and habitat requirements of the California tiger salamander.  Pete Trenham and Dr. Wesley Savage led participants through a hands-on skill building exercises for conserving the species.