Association for Nature WOLF: Winter Wolf Seminar in the Western Beskidy Mountains

WINTER WOLF SEMINAR IN THE WESTERN BESKIDY MOUNTAINS (S POLAND)

DRAFT AGENDA

1^st day

16.00 - 19.00 Arrival of participants, accommodation

20.00 - 20.30 Dinner

20.40 - 21.30 Organizational meeting and a short lecture: Welcome to the Western Beskidy Mountains, a country of wolves, lynxes and bears (in Power Point)

2^nd day

8.45 - 9.15 Breakfast

9.15 - 10.00 Time for preparation for a field trip (making sandwiches and tee/coffee to vacuum flasks, fitting of snow shoes, checking an equipment and outdoor wear, etc.)

10.00 - 16.00 Field trip to a territory of a wolf pack:
training in using of snow shoes
recognition of evidences of wolf and lynx presence within the area
identification of tracks of predators and ungulates in the field

16.00 - 17.00 Dinner

17.00 - 18.00 Break for resting

18.00 - 18.30 Resume of the field trip, presentation of using GIS methods in data computing and collecting.

18.30 - 19.15 Lecture: Wolf biology and behaviour (in Power Point)

19.15 - 19.30 Coffe break

19.30 - 20.15 Lecture: Tracking of wolves - methods and evidences of wolf activity in the field (in Power Point)

20.20 - 20.50 Lecture: Ecology and behaviour of lynx, tracking of lynxes (in Power Point)

21.00 Supper, sitting near fire place, exchange of experiences or feelings of participants connected with large carinvores

3^rd day

8.45 - 9.15 Breakfast

9.15 - 9.45 Break - preparation to field work

9.45 - 16.00 Field trip:
wolf or lynx snow tracking, collecting of scats and prey remains
explanation and teaching different tracking methods, using of GPS during tracking,

16.00 - 17.00 Dinner

17.00 - 18.00 Break for resting

18.00 - 18.30 Resume of the field trip, presentation of pictures taken during the walk

18.30 - 19.15 Lecture: Wolves in the Western Beskidy Mountains - distribiution and ecology, resolving of men/wolves conflicts and conservation problems

19.15 - 19.30 Coffe break

19.30 - 20.40 Night howling session. How to use a night vision eqiupment

20.40 - 21.30 Supper

4^th day

8.45 - 9.10 Breakfast
9.15 - 9.45 Break - preparation to field work

9.45 - 16.00 Field trip: Training in using of radiotelemetry as a research method for mammals. Snow tracking of wolves and lynxes, collecting data in GPS

16.00 - 17.00 Dinner

17.00 - 18.00 Time for resting

18.00 - 18.30 Resume of the field trip, presentation of pictures taken during the walk

18.30 - 19.15 Lecture: Wolf distribution and ecology in Poland; large mammals migration corridors trough Poland to Westeren Euope, conflicts with roads and highways, our activities to mitigate the impact of transportation network on wolf habitats in Poland and abroad (in Power Point)

19.15 - 19.30 Coffe break

19.30 - 20.00 Resume of the seminar, questions and comments of participants, disscusion

20.00 Social gathering (sitting around a fire place, eating, playing, singing, enjoying the atmosphere of the Beskidy Mts. area)

5^th day

8.30 - 9.00 Breakfast (can be earlier for those leaving earlier)

Departure

1^st day
16.00 - 19.00	Arrival of participants, accommodation
20.00 - 20.30	Dinner
20.40 - 21.30	Organizational meeting and a short lecture: Welcome to the Western Beskidy Mountains, a country of wolves, lynxes and bears (in Power Point)

2^nd day
8.45 - 9.15	Breakfast
9.15 - 10.00	Time for preparation for a field trip (making sandwiches and tee/coffee to vacuum flasks, fitting of snow shoes, checking an equipment and outdoor wear, etc.)
10.00 - 16.00	Field trip to a territory of a wolf pack: training in using of snow shoes recognition of evidences of wolf and lynx presence within the area identification of tracks of predators and ungulates in the field
16.00 - 17.00	Dinner
17.00 - 18.00	Break for resting
18.00 - 18.30	Resume of the field trip, presentation of using GIS methods in data computing and collecting.
18.30 - 19.15	Lecture: Wolf biology and behaviour (in Power Point)
19.15 - 19.30	Coffe break
19.30 - 20.15	Lecture: Tracking of wolves - methods and evidences of wolf activity in the field (in Power Point)
20.20 - 20.50	Lecture: Ecology and behaviour of lynx, tracking of lynxes (in Power Point)
21.00	Supper, sitting near fire place, exchange of experiences or feelings of participants connected with large carinvores
3^rd day
8.45 - 9.15	Breakfast
9.15 - 9.45	Break - preparation to field work
9.45 - 16.00	Field trip: wolf or lynx snow tracking, collecting of scats and prey remains explanation and teaching different tracking methods, using of GPS during tracking,
16.00 - 17.00	Dinner
17.00 - 18.00	Break for resting
18.00 - 18.30	Resume of the field trip, presentation of pictures taken during the walk
18.30 - 19.15	Lecture: Wolves in the Western Beskidy Mountains - distribiution and ecology, resolving of men/wolves conflicts and conservation problems
19.15 - 19.30	Coffe break
19.30 - 20.40	Night howling session. How to use a night vision eqiupment
20.40 - 21.30	Supper

4^th day
8.45 - 9.10	Breakfast
9.15 - 9.45	Break - preparation to field work
9.45 - 16.00	Field trip: Training in using of radiotelemetry as a research method for mammals. Snow tracking of wolves and lynxes, collecting data in GPS
16.00 - 17.00	Dinner
17.00 - 18.00	Time for resting
18.00 - 18.30	Resume of the field trip, presentation of pictures taken during the walk
18.30 - 19.15	Lecture: Wolf distribution and ecology in Poland; large mammals migration corridors trough Poland to Westeren Euope, conflicts with roads and highways, our activities to mitigate the impact of transportation network on wolf habitats in Poland and abroad (in Power Point)
19.15 - 19.30	Coffe break
19.30 - 20.00	Resume of the seminar, questions and comments of participants, disscusion
20.00	Social gathering (sitting around a fire place, eating, playing, singing, enjoying the atmosphere of the Beskidy Mts. area)

5^th day
8.30 - 9.00	Breakfast (can be earlier for those leaving earlier)
	Departure