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Proceedings
4th Microcomputer Applications in Fish & Wildlife Conference
October 24-27, 1999
Stateline, Nevada

Sponsored by:

The Organization of Fish and Wildlife Information Managers

Fish and Wildlife Information Exchange
The Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences, Virginia Tech

Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries

The US Fish and Wildlife Service National Conservation Training Center

The Wildlife Society Geographic Information System and Remote Sensing Workgroup

American Fisheries Society Computer User Section

Keynote Speaker and Plenary Session
Keynote Speaker: Help for Managing the World Wide Wildlife (WWW) Resource
Robert H. Giles, Jr., Virginia Tech
Increasing Access to Fish and Wildlife Data: Opportunities for Collaboration
Anne Frondorf, USGS/BRD
When Apples become Supercomputers: The Emerging Environment for Information
Doug Johnston, University of IL
The MARIS Partnership: Using Desktop Applications to Share Data Nationwide
Andrew Loftus, MARIS Coordinator
Information Technology Applications for Fish and Wildlife Management: Dilbert and the Zen of Technology Adoption
Jefferson L. Waldon, Conservation Management Institute
General Session Presentations

Three Dimensional Physical and Bioenergetics Habitat in Large River Systems Using State-of-the-Art Hydroacoustics, GPS, GIS, Photogrammetry, and Computational Fluid Dynamics R. Craig Addley* and Thomas B. Hardy

A GIS for Wetland Management Districts
Steve Kallin
Using a Dynamically Segmented Hydrographic Dataset as an Aquatic Information Referencing System
Matt Freid
Tracking Fisheries and Water Quality Trends in the Klamath River Basin in Northwestern California Using a Custom Database Program and GIS
Patrick Higgins*, William M. Kier and Dr. Jan Derksen
Use of GPS-assisted Mapping of Ephemeral Cover Types to Study Habitat Use of Sympatric Foxes and Coyotes in Agricultural Habitat
Todd E. Gosselink*, Timothy R. Van Deelen, and Mark Joselyn
Advances in Video Technology for Wildlife Research
John J. Christensen
Development and Implementation of a Fisheries Data Management and Analysis Program for Impoundments
Robert S. Greenlee
The Wild Animal and Plant Information Infrastructure (WAPITI): The Development of an Online Multistate Wildlife Data Gateway
Nancy A. Brauer
Save Time and Resources with Efficient Database Management: Upgrading Legacy Systems, Integrating Datasets and Maintaining Metadata
Sheryl K. Soborowski
Software for Recording and Managing Water Body Survey Data
Roger L. Parsons
FishXing - Software for Fish Passage Through Culverts
Susan Firor*, Michael Love*, Robert Gubernicki
Advanced Techniques Employing State-of-the-Art Audio Technologies for Wildlife Research
John J. Christensen
The California Wildlife Habitat Relationships System
Monica Parisi*, Mollie Hurt*
Using Transactional Voice Technology to Improve Wisconsin's Lake Michigan Fishery
Bradley T. Eggold
Use the Internet to Engage Your Constituents!
Rebecca K. Wajda
Marine Angler Survey Management and Reporting via the Internet
Wade H. Van Buskirk
WDNR's Aquatic Metadata Search on the Internet
Don Fago
Web-based Planning Systems: Guidance at Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia
Stacy McNulty*, Robert H. Giles, Jr.
Virginia's Wildlife Information Online
Kathy Quindlen
Information Strategic Planning for Fisheries Resource Management
Christine L. Larson
Creating and following a Paperless Trail - CRiS – the Columbia River Information System
Stephen M. Pastor
Wisconsin's Internet based Propagation System, Active X meets Fish
T. Douglas Beard, Jr.
NRIS Fauna: Organizing, Displaying, and Analyzing Wildlife Data To Support Forest Service Planning and Management
Chris Frye*, Jim Fenwood*, Tom DeMeo
Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Large Scale Seabird and Environmental Databases, the Internet/WWW and Spatial Statistics to Investigate Seabird-Habitat Relationships in the Northwest Atlantic
Falk Huettmann* and A.W. Diamond
Geospatial Information Usage in Kenya
Luke Odhiambo Ouko
Doing GIS in a Distributed Environment: OpenGIS
Prakash Narayan

Symposium 1: Microcomputer Applications in Population Modeling and Viability Analysis; Resit Akcakaya, Leader

 PVA's for Populations with Movements Constrained by Landscape Pattern: the Case of the Southwestern Willow Flycatcher
Roland H. Lamberson* and Barry Noon
Metapopulation Models of Threatened Species of Shorebirds and Seabirds: the Challenge of Developing Realistic and Useful Models
Nadav Nur*, Gary Page, William J. Sydeman, and Lynne E. Stenzel
Linking Metapopulation Modeling and Viability Analysis to Landscape and Habitat Models
H. Resit Akçakaya
A Regional Population Model of the Endangered Karner Blue Butterfly, Lycaeides melissa samuelis
Virginia Dale*, Linda Mann, and Tom Ashwood
Symposium 2: Wildlife Habitat Relationship – Their Development and Application; Tom O'Neil, Leader
Predicting Landscape Quality for Northern Bobwhite from Classified Landsat Imagery
Garrett L. Schairer*, Randolph H. Wynne, Michael L. Fies, Scott D. Klopfer
Bird-Habitat Relationships at Multiple Spatial Resolutions in the Oregon Coast Range
Jonathan Brooks
Wildlife Habitats and Species Associations in Oregon and Washington: Building A Common Understanding For Management
Thomas A. O’Neil*, David H. Johnson
Symposium 3: Statistical Analysis Software, Techniques, and Applications for Spatial Data; Kevin Sallee, Leader
Map Oriented Tracking Editor (MOTE), a New Tool for Editing Argos Satellite Transmitter Data
Martha H. Cavit  
 Application of the Fast Fourier Transform for Bootstrap Confidence Intervals on Kernel Density Home Range Estimators: Methods and Computer Software
John W. Kern* and Trent L. McDonald, Steven. C. Amstrup
The Biotas™ Computer Program and its Utility for Biogeographical Data Analysis.
Kevin Sallee
Query-Based Spatial Analysis System for Triangulation and Animal Survival Analysis
Joel Sartwell
Quantifying Spatial Patterns with the National Resources Inventory
Stephen J. Brady*, Curtis H. Flather, and Dean M. Thompson
Effect of Sample Size on the Performance of Five Resource Selection Methods
Frederick A. Leban*, Edward O. Garton, Michael J. Wisdom, and John G. Kie
Symposium 4: Technology in the Wildlife Profession: Research, Application, and Education; Dave Morton and Scott Klopfer, Leaders
Habitat Predictability Model for Willow Flycatchers (Empidonax trailii) in Northern California, using Landsat Thematic Imagery
Christopher J. Stermer*, Timothy S. Burton, Richard L. Callas, Dr. Lawrence Fox III
Seals, Satellites & Sandeels
Bernie McConnell* and Mike Fedak
Application Of GPS And GIS To Line-Transect Sampling Methodology
Brian L. Pierce*, Scott C. Pettengill, and John T. Baccus
Are Livestock Trails in Rugged Terrain Least Effort Pathways?
David Ganskopp
R8BIRD: The Southern Region's Neotropical Migrantand Resident Landbird System
Dr. Margaret Katherine Trani (Griep)
Taking NatureMapping teachers through the process of collecting Wildlife Data to Conducting GIS Analyses
Karen M. Dvornich, and T.M. Grover*
WildlifeMapping: Who is Participating and how is Their Data Filling the ‘Gaps’
Jeffrey B. Trollinger*, Karen K. Reay
Distributional Information on Herpetofauna and the WildlifeMapping Project: Making the Connection
Karen K. Reay* and Jeffrey B. Trollinger
Mississippi Alluvial Plain Ecoregion Clearinghouse Node of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure
Mark Swan
Using Multimedia CD-ROM Technology In Support Of Conservation Education And Private Stewardship Programs
Scott Wilson

* denotes presenter

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