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Proceedings of the 22nd Biennal Symposium
Virtual Meeting, Alberta, Canada
Table of Contents
Introduction, Sponsors, Guidelines and Forward
Tributes to Dr. Valerius Geist (1938 – 2021)
DISEASE PLENARY: IN A BLINK AT THE BRINK
Bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) disease management in Wyoming
Doug McWhirter, William H. Edwards and Peach Van Wick
“Little Bo-Peep, please test your sheep” Managing disease risk in Alberta
Anne Hubbs and Mark Ball
Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae surveillance in Yukon wildlife
N. Jane Harms, Kristenn Magnusson, Meghan Larivee, Maud Henaff and Mary Vanderkop
The role of bighorn ewe infection status in managing pneumonia in lambs
Frances Cassirer, Tom Besser, Logan Weyand, Raina Plowright, Kezia Manlove, Brandi Felts, Tyler Garwood, Jon Jenks, Mike Cox, Peregrine Wolff, Paul Cross, Andy Dobson, Jack Hogg, Pete Hudson, Matt Jeffress, Chad Lehman, Amy Lisk, Pat Matthews, Paul Wik and
Dan Walsh
A preliminary look at what drives individual and herd response to Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae: Integrating information from focal herds and wider-scale monitoring
Kezia Manlove, Kylie Sinclair, Lauren Ricci, Brianna Johnson, Jace Taylor, Annette Roug and Mike Cox
DISEASE AND PARASITES
Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae: Mitigating the risk of transmission in Yukon
Kristenn Magnusson, N. Jane Harms, Mary Vanderkop, Jesse Walchuk and Matthew Larsen
Bighorn movement and domestic sheep presence surrounding a case of acute fatal pneumonia in a bighorn sheep
Kevin A. Blecha and Karen A. Fox
Symptom progression and serological dynamics following introduction of a low-virulence
Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae strain in a desert bighorn herd
Brianna Johnson, Kezia Manlove, Janice Stroud-Settles, Jace Taylor and Annette Roug
Identifying drivers of bighorn sheep population recovery in the wake of pneumonia die-off events
Kylie Sinclair, Mike Cox, Peregrine Wolff and Kezia Manlove
Health Surveillance in thinhorn sheep (Ovis dalli) herds in British Columbia and Alaska
Caeley Thacker, Helen Schwantje, Thomas Lohuis, Kathreen E. Ruckstuh and Douglas Whiteside
Determining the source of the Psoroptes outbreak in British Columbian bighorn sheep
Adam M. Hering, Neil B. Chilton, Tasha Y. Epp and Murray R. Woodbury
Testing of new options for the treatment of Psoroptes ovis in bighorn sheep
Adam M. Hering, Andrew Walker, Helen Schwantje, Tasha Epp, Craig McLean, Aaron Reid, Sean O’Donovan, James Pepper, Cailyn Glasser and Murray Woodbury
HABITAT AND CLIMATIC FACTORS
Mapping Alberta bighorn sheep winter range – RSF validation and inter-jurisdictional collaboration
Grant Chapman, Scott Jevons, Layne Seely, Kim Poole, Rob Serrouya, Irene Teske, Anne Hubbs, Jack Hogg, Kathreen E. Ruckstuhl and Dale Paton
Evaluating characteristics of mineral licks used by two mountain ungulates
Emma C. Grusing, Blake H. Lowrey, Jesse DeVoe and Robert A. Garrott
Estimating nutritional carrying capacity of bighorn sheep in the Elk Valley
Kyle H. Knopff, Meghan M. Beale and Christina Small
Spatial genetic structure of Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis canadensis) at the northern limit of their native range
Samuel Deakins, Jamieson C. Gorrell, Jeffery Kneteman, David S. Hik, Richard M. Jobin and David W. Coltman
Evaluating bighorn sheep restoration using genomics
Elizabeth P. Flesch, Tabitha A. Graves, Jennifer M. Thomson, Kelly M. Proffitt, P.J. White, Thomas R. Stephenson and Robert A. Garrott
MANAGEMENT
Despite denials, persistent harvest-based selection leads to the evolution of smaller horns in mountain sheep
Marco Festa-Bianchet and Michael B. Morrissey
Size-at-Age of Alberta’s bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis)
Nils Anderson
Management update and summary: Alaskan Dall Sheep 2020
Wayne E. Heimer
Fast phenotypic change in a sexually selected trait: A new mechanism
Peter Neuhaus, Susanne Schindler and Kathreen E. Ruckstuhl
Reintroducing and augmenting mountain goat populations in the north cascades:Translocations from the Olympic Peninsula, 2018-2020
Richard B. Harris, Clifford G. Rice, Ruth L. Milner and Patti Happe
Removing non-native mountain goats from the Olympic Peninsula
Patti Happe, Kristin Mansfield, Jenny Powers, William Moore, Susan Piper, Bryan Murphie and Richard B. Harris
POPULATION ECOLOGY
An integrated population model for Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep in the Elk Valley
Steven F. Wilson and Christina Small
Stone’s sheep lambing habitat selection in the Cassiar Mountains, British Columbia
Grace Enns, Bill Jex and Mark S. Boyce
Limiting factors on a small herd of Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep residing in the Kicking Horse Canyon, near Golden, British Columbia
Margaret Langley
BEHAVIOUR AND ECOLOGY
Behavioural states as a proxy for habitat hotspots by mountain goats (Oreamnos americanus) using hidden Markov models
Laura Kroesen, David Hik and Seth Cherry
Colonization of a reclaimed landscape by bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis)
Beth MacCallum and Alice Paquet
Mountain goat response to human activity in Jasper National Park
Kyle H. Knopff, Aliah R.A. Knopff and Martin G. Jalkotzy
Mountain goats and people: Cultural resurgence as Indigenous methodology
Charles R. Menzies
From pellets to genomes: New tools provide novel insights into mountain goat ecology and evolution
Aaron B.A. Shafer, Sarah E. Haworth, Daria Martchenko, Jesse Wolf and Kiana B. Young
| Recorded Zoom Meeting | |
| Tuesday – November 3 | |
| Welcome/Symposium Introduction (Kevin Hurley, Beth MacCallum, Matt Besko) | https://youtu.be/D-xy6sgcz68 – Kevin Hurley https://youtu.be/LEFuO5Wt7Z0 – Beth MacCallum https://youtu.be/y0r3nvkx5pw – Matt Besko |
| In a Blink at the Brink: Disease Plenary (Moderator: Margo Pybus) | https://youtu.be/Tmc0-MIvWb8 |
| Tom Besser: Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae in bighorn sheep epizootic pneumonia: Updating the conceptual model | https://youtu.be/KMCx4Sh6oyk |
| Doug McWhirter (Wyoming jurisdiction): Bighorn Sheep Disease Management in Wyoming | https://youtu.be/x4554CZ4K4Q |
| Helen Schwantje (British Columbia jurisdiction): A Walk on the Wild Side: BC Wild and Domestic Sheep Update | https://youtu.be/REDuIeyCluc |
| Anne Hubbs & Mark Ball (Alberta jurisdiction): “Little Bo-Peep, please test your sheep” Managing disease risk in Alberta | At the presenter’s option, this ZOOM recording is not available. |
| Jane Harms (Yukon jurisdiction): Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae surveillance in Yukon wildlife | https://youtu.be/C96Nw-P63co |
| Peregrine Wolff: Don’t Lose Sight of Health in the Forest of Disease | https://youtu.be/Os9emY5612I |
| Frances Cassirer: The role of bighorn ewe infection status in managing pneumonia in lambs. | By the descrition of the presenter this Zoom recording is not available. |
| Kezia Manlove: A preliminary look at what drives individual and herd response to Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae: Integrating information from focal herds and wider-scale monitoring. | https://youtu.be/qifO3l0hVh4 |
| Disease and parasites (Moderator: Susan Kutz) | At the presenter’s option, this ZOOM recording is not available. |
| Kristenn Magnusson: Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae: mitigating the risk of transmission in Yukon. | https://youtu.be/c_ocUcWige8 |
| Kevin Blecha: Bighorn movement and domestic sheep presence surrounding a case of acute fatal pneumonia in a bighorn sheep | At the presenter’s option, this ZOOM recording is not available. |
| Robert Spaan: Impact of Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae on lamb survival for “California”-managed bighorn sheep in southeastern Oregon and northern Nevada. | At the presenter’s option, this ZOOM recording is not available. |
| Brianna Johnson: Symptom progression and serological dynamics following introduction of a low-virulence Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae strain in a desert bighorn herd. | https://youtu.be/53nf74jzEX0 |
| Kylie Sinclair: Identifying drivers of bighorn sheep population recovery in the wake of pneumonia die-off events. | https://youtu.be/nXnOx9uYwUg |
| Caeley Thacker: Respiratory Disease Pathogens in Thinhorn Sheep – Preliminary Findings and Review of Methods. | https://youtu.be/T-LNOvSLH88 |
| Adam M Hering: Determining the source of the?Psoroptes outbreak in British Columbian bighorn sheep. | https://youtu.be/3LviI2WE9qo |
| Adam M Hering: Testing of new options for the treatment of Psoroptes ovis in bighorn sheep | https://youtu.be/3zTGiT0cvCs |
| Wild and Wool (feature film) (Moderator: Kevin Hurley) | https://youtu.be/Na-crlPbcwQ |
| WILD AND WOOL FILM | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbZU36U49Cc |
| Discussion (Moderator: Kevin Hurley) | https://youtu.be/PtkKg7vizjA |
| Wednesday – November 4 | |
| Habitat and Climatic Factors (Moderator: Mike Jokinen) | https://youtu.be/hpGOt_Xg9CM |
| Grant Chapman: Mapping Alberta Bighorn Sheep Winter Range – RSF validation and inter-jurisdictional collaboration. | https://youtu.be/H4YzGbw8bcg |
| Laura Balyx: Conflict and Coexistence with Mountain Goats in a Protected Alpine Landscape. | https://youtu.be/k_8pnLhqKb4 |
| Emma C. Grusing: Evaluating Characteristics of Mineral Licks used by Two Mountain Ungulates. | https://youtu.be/YCJPou9G4rU |
| Kevin S. White: Climate and anthropogenic effects on mountain goat population dynamics in coastal Alaska. | https://youtu.be/z2Sh1_UDXo0 |
| Kyle Knopff: Estimating nutritional carrying capacity of bighorn sheep in the Elk Valley. | https://youtu.be/WsmZ2GEn9Io |
| NWSGC Business Meeting | https://youtu.be/M8_HEZz-s3s |
| Genetics and Movement (Moderator: Jocelyn Poissant) | https://youtu.be/CeYc0iZAvhw |
| Samuel Deakins: Spatial genetic structure of Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep Ovis canadensis canadensis at the northern limit of their native range. | https://youtu.be/yyUJI2vGnGU |
| Elizabeth P. Flesch: evaluating bighorn sheep restoration using genomics. | https://youtu.be/QaPuvX_S3xs |
| Joshua P. Jahner: Characterizing genetic differentiation and hybridization among California, Rocky Mountain, and desert bighorn sheep in Nevada to inform future translocations. | https://youtu.be/NFijL-wLcpg |
| Lauren Ricci: Identifying environmental and demographic drivers of foray behavior in bighorn sheep. | https://youtu.be/Of5WoBl6vQg |
| Management (Moderators: Mark Boyce) | |
| Marco Festa-Bianchet: Despite denials, persistent harvest-based selection leads to the evolution of smaller horns in mountain sheep. | https://youtu.be/Utx9Jbxz8cs |
| Nils Anderson: Developing a size-at-age relationship from hunter harvested bighorn sheep to support management relevant population models. | https://youtu.be/0OB2cBIWNls |
| Wayne E. Heimer: Management Update and Summary: Alaskan Dall Sheep 2020. | https://youtu.be/lenCNCwRML0 |
| Pamela Hengeveld: Looking Forward: Insight from 20 Years of Wild Sheep and Goat Research in British Columbia. | https://youtu.be/GvrNz6to868 |
| Peter Neuhaus: Fast phenotypic change in a sexually selected trait: a new mechanism | https://youtu.be/V28KoaFNz7g |
| Thursday – November 5 | |
| Population Ecology (Moderator: Marco Festa-Bianchet) | |
| Steven F. Wilson: An Integrated Population Model for Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep in the Elk Valley, BC. | https://youtu.be/d-hmJAM9wTk |
| Sofia Karabatsos: Distribution of bighorn sheep in their Alberta Rocky Mountain winter range over half a century. | https://youtu.be/ZlVixNIXtck |
| Grace Enns: Stone’s sheep lambing habitat selection in the Cassiar Mountains, British Columbia. | https://youtu.be/Y7DYLiAP5Xo |
| Margaret Langley: limiting factors on a herd of about 15 Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis canadensis) resident in the Kicking Horse Canyon. | https://youtu.be/_i0uWZHftE4 |
| Behaviour and Ecology – Part I (Moderator: Jenna Curtis) | |
| Thomas R. Stephenson: Energy Conservation in Alpine Resident Bighorn Populations. | https://youtu.be/C22zAGRIlc0 |
| N. Beth MacCallum: Colonization of a Reclaimed Landscape by Bighorn Sheep. | At the presenter’s option, this ZOOM recording is not available. |
| Laura Kroesen: Life on the edge: identifying mountain goat habitat hotspots in the high alpine | https://youtu.be/exu12mqL11Y |
| Behaviour and Ecology – Part II (Moderator: Jenna Curtis) | At the presenter’s option, this ZOOM recording is not available. |
| Charles R. Menzies: Mountain Goats and People: cultural resurgence as Indigenous methodology | https://youtu.be/9YUVuSyuxHQ |
| Kyle Knopff: Mountain Goat Response to Human Activity in Jasper National Park. | https://youtu.be/bK_bD2BnBGw |
| Jesse Wolf: From pellets to genomes: new tools provide novel insights into mountain goat ecology and evolution. | https://youtu.be/qCE-nl_qcJs |