Evaluating the Taxonomic Status of the Mexican Gray Wolf and the Red Wolf (2019)

Chapter: Appendix A: Open Session Meeting Agendas

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Suggested Citation: "Appendix A: Open Session Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2019. Evaluating the Taxonomic Status of the Mexican Gray Wolf and the Red Wolf. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/25351.

Appendix A

Open Session Meeting Agendas

These in-person public meetings held by the committee served as information-gathering sessions. They are listed in chronological order. The locations of in-person meetings are provided. Presentations that were made via the Internet at the in-person public meetings are noted.

MEETING 1

National Academies of Sciences, Room 120
2101 Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
September 13, 2018

1:00 Welcome—Joseph Travis, Committee Chair
1:10 Context and Expectations for the NAS Study—Elsa Haubold, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
2:00 Considerations for the Science and the Potential Societal Implications of the Study Outcomes
What kinds of evidence do we need and use (at a minimum) to determine a species in consideration of evolution and hybridization?—Scott Edwards, Harvard University (by video conference)
What evidence do we have and/or need to help determine the taxonomic status of the Mexican gray wolf (e.g., ancestry, genetics, reproductive behavior, demography)?—Robert Wayne, University of California, Los Angeles (by video conference)
Suggested Citation: "Appendix A: Open Session Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2019. Evaluating the Taxonomic Status of the Mexican Gray Wolf and the Red Wolf. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/25351.
What evidence do we have and/or need to help determine taxonomic status of the red wolf (e.g., ancestry, genetics, reproductive behavior, demography)?—Lisette Waits, University of Idaho (by video conference)
What are social and legal implications of/considerations for scientific deliberation about the taxonomy of extant species—Holly Doremus, University of California, Berkeley, Law School
Committee discussion with the speakers
4:00 Break
4:15 Public Comments. Members of the public are invited to share evidence and views they would like for the committee to take into consideration. Advanced sign-up is required.
5:00 Adjourn Open Session

MEETING 2: RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS ON WOLF BEHAVIOR AND GENETICS

Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center, Board Room
100 Academy Way, Irvine, CA
November 6, 2018

Welcome and Opening Remarks
8:00 Joseph Travis, Chair, Committee on Assessing the Taxonomic Status of the Red Wolf and the Mexican Gray Wolf
Approaches and Challenges with Determining Taxonomy: Salmon Case Study
8:10 Robin S. Waples, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Wolf Natural History and Population Dynamics
8:40 Douglas W. Smith, National Park Service (remote)
9:10 L. David Mech, U.S. Geological Survey (remote)
9:40 Break
Computational Analysis for Questions About Population Evolution and Genetics
10:00 Making inferences about unique and potentially adaptive alleles; and past population history and demographics
Graham Coop, University of California, Davis (remote)
Molly Przeworski, Columbia University (remote)
Suggested Citation: "Appendix A: Open Session Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2019. Evaluating the Taxonomic Status of the Mexican Gray Wolf and the Red Wolf. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/25351.
Behavior and Genetic Analyses of the Red Wolf
11:00 Joseph W. Hinton, University of Georgia (remote)
11:30 Bridgett M. vonHoldt, Princeton University (remote)
12:00 Break for Lunch
1:00 Paul A. Hohenlohe, University of Idaho (remote)
Computational Analysis for Questions About Population Evolution and Genetics
1:30 Making inferences about admixture—Jonathan K. Pritchard, Stanford University (remote)
Genetic Analyses of the Mexican Gray Wolf
2:00 Matthew A. Cronin, Northwest Biology Company LLC
2:30 Richard Fredrickson, Independent researcher
3:00 Break
Public Comment Session
3:15 Advanced sign-up is required. Members of the public are invited to share evidence and views they would like for the committee to take into consideration.
4:00 Adjourn
Suggested Citation: "Appendix A: Open Session Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2019. Evaluating the Taxonomic Status of the Mexican Gray Wolf and the Red Wolf. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/25351.

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Suggested Citation: "Appendix A: Open Session Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2019. Evaluating the Taxonomic Status of the Mexican Gray Wolf and the Red Wolf. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/25351.
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Suggested Citation: "Appendix A: Open Session Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2019. Evaluating the Taxonomic Status of the Mexican Gray Wolf and the Red Wolf. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/25351.
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Suggested Citation: "Appendix A: Open Session Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2019. Evaluating the Taxonomic Status of the Mexican Gray Wolf and the Red Wolf. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/25351.
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Suggested Citation: "Appendix A: Open Session Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2019. Evaluating the Taxonomic Status of the Mexican Gray Wolf and the Red Wolf. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/25351.
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