9:45-10:00 Introductions
Myles Traphagen Science Coordinator, Malpai Borderlands Group
Richard Winkler Executive Director, Malpai Borderlands Group
10:00-10:30 David Simeral Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV
“Western climate trends and weather monitoring.”
10:30-10:55 Kathy Gerst University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
“USDA Plant Phenology Network Monitoring.”
10:55-11:20 Jeff Fehmi University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
“Lehman lovegrass ecology and control.”
11:20-11:40 BREAK
11:40-12:05 Laura Norman United States Geological Survey- Tucson, AZ
“Quantifiable benefits of erosion control structures in the San Bernardino Valley”
12:05- 12:30 Brandon Bestelmeyer USDA Jornada Experimental Range, Las Cruces, NM
“Socioeconomic and environmental changes in the Malpai region.”
LUNCH 12:30-2:00
2:00- 2:30 Phil Rosen & Cecil Schwalbe University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
“Reptile and Amphibian Conservation with the Malpai Borderlands Group”
2:30- 2:55 Ivonne Cassaigne Primero Conservation- Mexico City, DF, Mexico
“Rancher and jaguar conflicts in Sonora, Mexico”
2:55- 3:20 Juan Carlos Bravo Wildlands Network- Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
“Mexico Highway 2 expansion and effects on Borderlands jaguar linkages”
3:20- 3:55 Cody Wooden University of Arizona- Tucson, AZ
“Woody shrub increase in the Malpai region from 1990 to the present.”
3:55- 4:20 Shelemia Nyamuryekung’e USDA Jornada Experimental Range, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico
“Criollo cattle research: Landscape use, heat tolerance, mothering style & range finishing.”