Livestock-Wildlife Conflicts in Rangelands of the Central Coast: A Review of the Research

1. Bryan Voelker Livestock-Wildlife Conflicts in Rangelands of the Central Coast: A Review of the Research Sheri Spiegal October 17, 2013 Central Coast Rangeland Coalition Fall Meeting Guy E. Connolly Tejon Ranch Conservancy Bryan Voelker

3. Central Coast Rangeland Coalition “What significant conflicts occur between livestock grazing and wildlife on the Central Coast; which can be mitigated, and which cannot; how have these conflicts been mitigated effectively?”

4. Outline • Methods • Results so far • Four areas of conflict • Five principal species • Examples of mitigations • Conclusions so far • Your ideas

5. Outline • Methods • Results so far • Four areas of conflict • Five principal species • Examples of mitigations • Conclusions so far • Your ideas

6. Range ecosystemmodel John Sandy Rancher, Range manager Erica Spotswood Erica Spotswood Domestic and wild grazers Primary consumers Bryan Voelker Vegetation Primary producers Predators Secondary consumers Wikipedia Decomposers

7. Range ecosystemmodel John Sandy Rancher, Range manager Erica Spotswood Erica Spotswood Domestic and wild grazers Primary consumers Bryan Voelker Vegetation Primary producers Predators Secondary consumers Wikipedia Wikipedia Decomposers

8. Range ecosystemmodel John Sandy Rancher, Range manager Erica Spotswood Erica Spotswood Domestic and wild grazers Primary consumers Bryan Voelker Vegetation Primary producers Predators Secondary consumers Wikipedia Decomposers

9. Range ecosystemmodel John Sandy Rancher, Range manager Erica Spotswood Erica Spotswood Domestic and wild grazers Primary consumers Bryan Voelker Vegetation Primary producers Predators Secondary consumers Wikipedia Decomposers

10. Range ecosystemmodel John Sandy Rancher, Range manager Erica Spotswood Erica Spotswood Domestic and wild grazers Primary consumers Bryan Voelker Vegetation Primary producers Predators Secondary consumers Wikipedia Decomposers

11. What are the conflicts experienced on the ground? Does the scientific literature address these conflicts? Lynn Huntsinger

12. Outline • Methods • Results so far • Four areas of conflict • Five principal species • Examples of mitigations • Conclusions so far • Your ideas

13. Results so far • 6 preliminary interviews • 17 popular media articles • 98 scientific studies

14. Results so far • 4 main areas of conflict

15. Habitat conflicts John Sandy Erica Spotswood Erica Spotswood Bryan Voelker Wikipedia

16. Forage conflicts John Sandy Erica Spotswood Erica Spotswood Bryan Voelker Wikipedia

17. Predation conflicts John Sandy Erica Spotswood Erica Spotswood Bryan Voelker Wikipedia

18. Disease conflicts John Sandy Erica Spotswood Erica Spotswood Bryan Voelker Wikipedia

19. Predation conflicts Habitat conflicts Forage conflicts Disease conflicts John Sandy Erica Spotswood Erica Spotswood Bryan Voelker Wikipedia

20. Results so far • 5 principal species

21. Rebecca Wenk

22. Bryan Voelker

23. Tejon Ranch Conservancy

24. Bryan Voelker Bryan Voelker

25. Bryan Voelker Bryan Voelker

27. Results so far

28. Results so far

29. Habitat

30. Habitat Pinnacles National Park

31. Habitat Pinnacles National Park Pinnacles National Park Pinnacles National Park

32. Results so far

33. Forage Bryan Voelker

34. Forage gothunts.com

35. Results so far

36. Tejon Ranch Conservancy Predation

37. santacruzpumas.org Predation

38. Results so far

39. Guy E. Connolly Predation

40. Marin County Livestock Protection Program UC Hopland Field Station Predation

41. Outline • Methods • Results so far • Four areas of conflict • Five principal species • Examples of mitigations • Conclusions so far • Your ideas

42. Pinnacles National Park gothunts.com santacruzpumas.org UC Hopland Field Station

43. Guy E. Connolly

44. Your ideas Interviews Sheri Spiegal 510-643-1367 spiegal@berkeley.edu G. Smith

45. Thank you! Central Coast Rangeland Coalition