Interdisciplinary Approaches to Managing Health of Fish and Wildlife May 1-2, 2018 Kimberley, British Columbia Canada Columbia Mountains Institute of Applied Ecology Avoiding Incidental Take of Bird Nests: From Law to Practice Columbia Mountains Institute of Applied Ecology Avoiding Incidental Take of Bird Nests: From Law to Practice Columbia Mountains Institute of Applied Ecology Print or CD copies of this document are available at cost plus shipping from the Columbia Mountains Institute of Applied Ecology. This document is available as a free PDF download from the website of the Columbia Mountains Institute, at www.cmiae.org in the “Past Events” section. Look for the write-up for this forum here. Pages have been left blank intentionally to allow for correct pagination when this document is printed in double-sided format. Columbia Mountains Institute of Applied Ecology Box 2568, Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada V0E 2S0 Phone: 250-837-9311 Fax: 250-837-9311 Email: [email protected] Website: www.cmiae.org Avoiding Incidental Take of Bird Nests: From Law to Practice Columbia Mountains Institute of Applied Ecology Avoiding Incidental Take of Bird Nests: From Law to Practice Columbia Mountains Institute of Applied Ecology Table of contents Page Ackowledgements iv Conference description 1 Summaries of presentations (in the order which they were presented) 1. A Walk on the One Health Wild Side: how wildlife health knowledge 3 can help with human health, Glenna McGregor, BC Animal Health Centre – BC Ministry of Agriculture 2. Bats: threatening or threatened? Bat health and how it may directly 5 impact human health, Vikram Misra, Western College of Veterinary Medicine 3. Engaging citizens in disease surveillance and population monitoring - 11 the BC Community Bat Program’s citizen science initiatives, Leigh Anne Issac, Kootenay Community Bat Program 4. Preliminary baseline data for creating dynamic predictive models to 15 characterize the risks of translocating free ranging mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) from urban to non-urban habitats in the Kootenay region, Amélie Mathieu, The Wilds 5. First evidence of intracranial and peroral transmission of Chronic 17 Wasting Disease (CWD) into Cynomolgus macaques: a work in progress, Stefanie Czub, University of Calgary 6. Managing for Northern Goshawk Populations impacted by both 18 forestry and by our changing climate through black fly induced mortality of nestlings, Frank Doyle, Wildlife Dynamics Consulting 7. The importance of local communities working together for the 22 betterment of wildlife in rural British Columbia, Bill Oestrich, Tahltan Guide Outfitters Association 8. The Local Environmental Observer (LEO) Network for surveillance of 24 ecological changes, Thomas A. Okey, Ocean Integrity Research, Linda Pillsworth and Dionne Sanderson, First Nations Health Authority, Michael Y. Brubaker and Michael J. Brook, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium 9. How do we Meaningfully Incorporate Local and Traditional 37 Knowledge in Wildlife Health Surveillance and Management?, Susan Kutz, University of Calgary 10. Predictors of survival of nestlings during harsh weather events in an 39 aerial insectivore, the tree swallow, Ilsa Griebel, University of Northern British Columbia i Interdisciplinary Approaches to Managing Health of Fish and Wildlife Columbia Mountains Institute of Applied Ecology Page 11. Wildlife Stewardship Council: To be a voice and advocate for wildlife 42 and the ecosystems that sustain all life, John Henderson, Wildlife Stewardship Council 12. From Bighorns to Bats and Everything In Between: Year 25 of a 44 Wildlife Vet’s Story, Dr. Helen Schwantje, BC Wildlife Health Program – BC Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development 13. Risk assessment on the use of South American camelids for back 45 country trekking in British Columbia, Tyler Stitt, Centre for Coastal Health 14. The BC Sheep Separation Program: 18 years of Collaborative 48 Management of Respiratory Disease Transmitted from Domestic Sheep to Wild Sheep, Jeremy Ayotte, BC Sheep Separation Program 15. Lessons learned from an interdisciplinary approach to managing 50 bovine tuberculosis at a wildlife-domestic animal interface in southern Manitoba, Todd Shury, Parks Canada 16. From Monkeys to Salmon: Harm reduction as an approach out of 58 stagnation in wildlife health management, Craig Stephen, Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative 17. Whirling Disease in British Columbia, Stephanie Whyte, Ministry of 62 Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development 18. Monitoring and Evaluating Health in the Vancouver Island Marmot 64 (Marmota vancouverensis), Malcolm McAdie, Marmot Recovery Foundation 19. Advances in the treatment and management of psoroptes ovis in 72 bighorn sheep: A highly collaborative approach to wildlife health, Adam Hering, University of Saskatchewan 20. The impacts of human footprint on caribou populations may depend 74 on migratory behaviour, Jessica Theoret, University of Calgary 21. Building resilience of our bats to the impacts of white-nose syndrome, 82 Frank Doyle, Wildlife Dynamics Consulting 22. White-nose Syndrome Survivorship Modelling and Probiotic 86 Management Strategies to Conserve Bats in British Columbia, Cori Lausen, Wildlife Conservation Society of Canada ii Interdisciplinary Approaches to Managing Health of Fish and Wildlife Columbia Mountains Institute of Applied Ecology Posters 1. Development of eDNA monitoring tools and protocols for assessment 101 of Western Painted Turtles (Chrysemys picta bellii) in British Columbia, Amanda Baxter, Grad student UNBC 2. Using local knowledge and hunter-based sampling to inform woodland 102 caribou conservation, Naima Jutha, DVM, BSc, MSc candidate University of Calgary 3. Evaluating potential health implications of maternal penning in a 104 threatened population of northern caribou, Janie Dubman, Wildlife Infometrics 4. Current status of chronic wasting disease in wildlife in Alberta, Margo 106 Pybus, Alberta Fish and Wildlife 5. If you build it will they come? Snake use of artificial habitat within a 107 commercial scale vineyard, Valerie Law, BNRS, TRU 6. Chronic Wasting Disease Surveillance and Management in Montana, 108 Emily Almberg, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks 7. Migration and parasitism: Wildlife health on the move, Stephanie 109 Peacock, University of Calgary Summary of Conference Evaluation Forms 110 iii Interdisciplinary Approaches to Managing Health of Fish and Wildlife Columbia Mountains Institute of Applied Ecology Acknowledgements This conference was hosted by the Columbia Mountains Institute of Applied Ecology (CMI). The CMI is proud to have worked with the following agencies in the development of this event: Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative, BC Animal Health Centre – BC Ministry of Agriculture, BC Wildlife Health Program – BC Ministry of Forests Lands and Natural Resource Operations, and the BC Sheep Separation Program. CMI extends our gratitude for the financial support provided by: Columbia Basin Trust, Wild Sheep Foundation, Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program, Vast Resource Solutions, and Wild Sheep Society of British Columbia. iv Interdisciplinary Approaches to Managing Health of Fish and Wildlife Columbia Mountains Institute of Applied Ecology We are appreciative of the fabulous work done by our conference organizing committee, and others who contributed expertise as the event developed. The members of the organizing committee were: Jeremy Ayotte, BC Sheep Separation Program Ilsa Griebel, University of Northern British Columbia Doris Hausleitner, Selkirk College Glenna McGregor, BC Ministry of Agriculture Helen Schwantje, BC Ministry of Forest, Lands and Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development Craig Stephen, Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative Harry van Oort, BC Hydro Hailey Ross, Columbia Mountains Institute Mia King, Columbia Mountains Institute We thank our conference volunteers, Ilsa Griebel, UNBC, Doris Hausleitner, Selkirk College, and Robyn Irvine, Poisson Consulting Ltd. Our presenters and the people who brought posters and displays travelled from various communities in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ohio, and Montana. We are grateful for your willingness to share your knowledge with us, and for the support of your agencies in sending you to our event. v Interdisciplinary Approaches to Managing Health of Fish and Wildlife Columbia Mountains Institute of Applied Ecology Conference description The expanding footprint of humans increasingly alters the complex dynamics of wildlife health and disease, which can threaten wildlife populations. An unprecedented rate of emergence and re-emergence of infectious disease has been enabled via transport of organisms, environmental degradation, and by other factors that compromise ecological stability, including climate change. In Western North America, population-threatening diseases are occurring in fish and wildlife at an increasing rate, presenting significant conservation challenges. To ensure proactive conservation of wildlife populations, there is a need for cross- discipline sharing of information on current disease issues by governments, communities, scientists, wildlife managers, the agriculture industries, public health, and stakeholders from all sides. This conference provided an opportunity for improved dialogue among experts: First Nations, veterinarians, academics, epidemiologists, wildlife biologists, stakeholders, managers, stewardship groups, and the public. Over