In keeping with the mission of the Bordercats Working Group, the BWG is committed to contributing to the dissemination of oral and written information on Bordercats, their habitat and their ultimate recovery. This will be done three ways:
Presentations
Outreach Opportunities (media & other appearances and workshops)
(All Documents are in pdf format, you will need Acrobat to view these files, click the icon to download)
Past Presentation:
The following are citings of past presentations:
Menke, K.A. Retrofitting in Tijeras Canyon. Washington Wildlife Crossings Field Course. Roslyn, Washington. June 3, 2008. Invited Speaker. (Note- Large File).
Grigione, M. M. Identifying priority habitats in the U.S. and Mexico for North America’s Neotropical Cats: An International Effort. Fordham University, Department of Biological Sciences, NY. March 2008. Invited Speaker.
Grigione, M. M. Defenders of Wildlife’s Carnivores 2006 conference. Scientific Advisory Committee member and Moderator for session on Predator-Prey Relations. November 2006.
Wilcox, S., Grigione, M. M., K. Menke, and R. Thomas. "The Bordercats Working Group: Protecting Neotropical Cats in the U.S./Mexico Borderlands." Eighth Annual SCGIS Conference, Monterey, CA. August 2005. Invited Speaker & Presenter (Thomas).
Wilcox, S., Grigione, M. M., K. Menke, and R. Thomas. "The Bordercats Working Group: Protecting Neotropical Cats in the U.S./Mexico Borderlands." Poster Presentation. Twenty-Fifth Annual ESRI International User Conference, San Diego, CA. July 2005. Invited Presenter (Thomas).
Grigione, M. M.. "Border Security Policies and their Impacts on the Environment and Environmental Community." Panel Discussion. Fifth Meeting on the Border Environment, Rosarito, Baja California. May 2005. Invited Speaker.
Wilcox, S., Grigione, M. M. and K. Menke. "The Bordercats Working Group: Protecting Neotropical Cats in the U.S./Mexico Borderlands." Poster Presentation. Fifth Meeting on the Border Environment, Rosarito, Baja California. May 2005. Invited Speakers (Wilcox & Grigione).
Grigione, M. and K. Menke. "Identifying priority habitats in the U.S. and Mexico for North America's Neotropical Cats: An International Effort." US Fish and Wildlife Service Region 2, Brown Bag Lunch Series, Albuquerque, NM. March 2005. Invited Speaker (Grigione).
Grigione, M. and K. Menke. "Identifying priority habitats in the U.S. and Mexico for North America's Neotropical Cats: An International Effort." Borderlands Ecological Symposium, Tucson, Arizona. March 2005. Invited Speaker (Menke).
Grigione, M. M. "Opportunities and Constraints for Neotropical Cat Conservation in the Border Region of U.S.-Mexico." San Diego Natural History Museum and the American Association of Zoo Keepers, San Diego, California. January 2005. Invited Speaker.
Grigione, M. and K. Menke. "Identifying priority habitats in the U.S. and Mexico for North America's Neotropical Cats: An International Effort." U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ocelot Recovery Team, Haligen, Texas. December 2004. Invited Speaker (Grigione).
Grigione, M. and K. Menke "Identifying priority habitats in the U.S. and Mexico for North America's Neotropical Cats: An International Effort." Biology Departmental Seminar Series, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia. November 2004. Invited Speaker (Grigione).
Grigione, M. and K. Menke "Identifying Priority Habitats in the U.S.-Mexico Border Region for America’s Neotropical Cats, the Jaguar, Jaguarundi and Ocelot: An International Effort" The Society of Conservation GIS Conference Presentation at the 24th Annual ESRI International User Conference, San Diego. August 2004. Invited speaker (Menke).
Grigione, M. "Turning night into day: the effects of artificial night lighting on endangered animal species and other mammals." The Urban Wildlands Group and UCLA Institute of the Environment's Ecol Consequences of Artificial Night Lighting conference. February 2002. Invited speaker.
Grigione, M., R. List, and C. Lopez. "The Status and Distribution of Neotropical Cats in the US-Mexico Border Region." Carnivores 2000. Denver, Colorado. November 2000. Invited speakers and moderators.
Grigione, M. "Conservation of Neotropical Cats in the United States: Fragmentation and the International Border." National Wildlife Federation's Endangered Cats of North America Workshop. White Oak Conservation Center, Yulee, Florida. February 2000. Invited speaker.