Declining
Amphibian Task Force (DAPTF) California-Nevada
Working Group Meeting January 10, 2003 California
State University, Sacramento
AGENDA
8:30 - 8:40 am:
Introduction - Dave Bradford (EPA)
8:40 - 9:10 am:
Chytrid fungus and declining amphibian populations.
a. Chytrid-amphibian biology
and the UC Berkeley NIH project
- Roland Knapp
(UC)
b. Field detection of chytridiomycosis
- Lara Rachowicz (UC
Berkeley)
9:10 - 10:10 am:
Relicensing of Hydroelectric Projects - Opportunities for Research
and Conservation of Amphibians: Amy Lind (UC Davis/USFS), Moderator.
a. Summary of impacts of dams
on amphibians - Amy Lind
(U.C. Davis/U.S.
Forest Service) and Robert Fisher
(U.S. Geological Survey)
(15 min)
b. Overview of the Relicensing
Process - Jim Canaday
(State Water Resources
Control Board) and Michael
Graf (Private Attorney (10 min)
c. Status of Relicensing in
California and Nevada - Dennis
Smith (U.S.
Forest Service) and Steve Wald (California
Hydropower Reform
Coalition) (10 min)
d. Gaining Biological Knowledge
and Application of Study
Results - Stafford
Lehr (California Dept. of Fish and Game),
Craig Seltenrich
& Alicia Pool
(Pacific Gas & Electric Co.),
and Sarah Kupferburg (Environmental
Consultant) (15 min)
e. Questions/Discussion (10
min)
10:10 - 10:45 am:
BREAK
10:45 - 11:20 am:
Recent findings in phylogeography that may influence conservation.
a. Mtn. Yellow-legged Frog
- Vance Vredenberg (UC Berkeley)
(10 min)
b. Foothill Yellow-legged
Frog - Amy Lind (US Forest Service
and UC Davis) (10 min)
c. Calif. Tiger Salamander:
distinct population segments - Brad
Shaffer (UC Davis) (10
min)
d. Western Spadefoot - Brad
Shaffer (UC Davis) (5 min)
11:20 am - 12:10
pm: Chemical contaminants and amphibian population declines
- Carlos Davidson (CSU-Sacramento, Moderator)
a. Are chytrid-pesticide interactions
contributing to amphibian
declines?
Carlos Davidson
(Calif. State Univ., Sacramento) (15 min)
b. Frogs and pesticides in
the Sierra Nevada - Gary Fellers
(US Geological Survey)
(15 min)
c. Recent legal actions related
to pesticides and amphibian
declines - Michael Graf (Private
Attorney) (15 min)
d. Additional discussion (5
min)
12:10 - 1:40 pm:
LUNCH
1:40 - 2:50 pm:
Exotic species and active management for the benefit of amphibians
- Betsy Bolster (CDFG), Moderator.
a. Results of Klamath-Siskiyou
amphibian-fish interaction
survey - Hartwell Welsh (US Forest
Service) (15 min)
b. CDFG Sierra Nevada amphibian/fish
surveys: 2001
highlights and 2002 preliminary results - Betsy
Bolster & Ed
Pert (Calif. Dept. of Fish & Game) (20 min.)
c. CDFG fish removal &
frog reintroduction projects - Curtis
Milliron (Calif. Dept. of
Fish & Game) (10 min)
d. Progress in the Sequoia/Kings
Canyon fish eradication/frog
restoration program - Harold Werner
(Sequoia/Kings
Canyon Nat. Parks) (10 min).
e. Invasive California Tiger
Salamanders - Ben Fitzpatrick (UC
Davis) (10 min)
f. Pitch for forming a working
group within DAPTF to review
reintroduction
proposals - Amy Lind (US Forest Service and
UC Davis) (5
min)
2:50 - 3:35 pm:
Legal actions and activities pertaining to listed or proposed
T&E species.
a. 12-month findings for the
petitions to list the Yosemite Toad
and Mtn. Yellow-legged
Frog - Peter Epanchin & Jake
Martin (US Fish & Wildlife
Service) (15 min)
b. Final recovery plan for
Red-legged Frog - Peter Epanchin
(US Fish &
Wildlife Service) (5 min)
c. Recovery of the California
Tiger Salamander - Peter
Trenham
(UC Davis) (5
min)
d. Other species and perspectives
- Deanna Spooner
(Pacific Rivers
Council) (20 min)
3:35 - 4:10 pm:
BREAK
4:10 - 5:15 pm:
Status, distribution, and population biology.
a. California Tiger Salamander
update: landscape correlates of
presence/absence
- Peter Trenham (UC Davis) (10 min)
b. Oviposition Sites of the
Amargosa Toad (Bufo nelsoni) -
Denise Jones, C.R. Tracy,
and E.T. Simandle (Univ. Nevada
- Reno) (15 min)
c. Population status &
distribution of amphibians in the eastern
Mojave Desert - Dave
Bradford (US EPA) (10 min)
d. Predicting extinction of
the Mtn. Yellow-legged Frog - Roland
Knapp (UC) (20 min).
e. Modeling suitable habitat
for the Yosemite Toad - Roland
Knapp (UC) (10 min)
5:15 - 5:30 pm:
Briefings
a. Status of relevant listservs.
b. Target dates for completion
of first drafts of various
conservation strategy documents.
c. Request for feedback on
Nevada amphibian guide, &
proposition for next meeting venue
- Anita Cook (Nevada
Division of Wildlife).
d. Set date & place for
next meeting. Try to avoid Jan 4-8,
2004 (Sun-Thurs; SICB mtg.).
e. Completion of list of activities
about CA/NV amphibians
in 2002.
f. Comments regarding structure
& content of meeting.
