Training

See also: California Tiger Salamander, Habitat Restoration

Overview: This will be a unique opportunity for California Department of Fish and Wildlife staff to participate in a workshop on the ecology and conservation of the California tiger salamander.  The workshop will consist of a 7 hour classroom session and a choice of one of two field sessions.  We will send out an email to those registered which field session they are assigned to by May 10.

Workshop Objectives: The workshop is designed to provide participants a working understanding of the complex biology of California tiger salamanders including discussion of published research. Participants will gain an understanding for how to identify, survey, conserve and manage habitat for the species. The information conveyed will be useful in large-scale and local conservation planning efforts.

Topics: Specific topics include:  the geographic distribution of California tiger salamanders and hybrid populations; replicas relojes upland and aquatic habitats and their management; species movements; population and community ecology; survey methods; methods for assessing potential project impacts, and; approaches for avoidance and minimization. Participants will receive skills-based field training in species identification, sampling techniques, and habitat requirements of the California tiger salamander.

Workshop Format:

May 23 classroom session (8:00am – 3:30pm): Overview of biology and management of the California tiger salamander.

May 23 or May 24 field sessions (site TBD): Your registration includes enrollment in one of the two field training sessions on either May 23 (4:30pm – 8:00pm) or May 24 (9:00am – 1:00pm).  In order to reduce the teacher:student ratio, we are limiting these sessions to 12 participants each.  We will attempt to accommodate your scheduling preferences but cannot guarantee registration in your preferred choice. 

Please Note:

Elkhorn Slough is subsidizing the cost of this workshop to make the event free to Department employees only.  If you sign up, please show up.  Otherwise, you will be taking the space of another Department employee, wasting funding, materials, etc.  Those who do not show up or notify us well in advance of their absence may not be offered priority replica uhren enrollment at future such events.     

Due to cost constraints, we will not be serving refreshments or lunch for this event:  please bring your own lunch, coffee, water, etc.