WEST Attending Ecological Society of America Annual Conference

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WEST is excited to be in attendance at the 2026 Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City this week! Stop by our booth (#405) to connect with the WEST team and learn how we’re advancing ecological research, wildlife conservation, and technology-driven solutions.

We’re proud to have the WEST team contributing to several presentations and events throughout the week:

• Amanda Mumford – Caribou Migration Corridors in a Highly Developed Landscape (Poster Session)

• Kirsten Pearson – Using Modern Drone Technology to Minimize Disturbance During Raptor Nest Surveys (Contributed Oral Session)

• Cait Rottler – Getting into Graduate School and Finding the Right Program (Career Central)

• Cait Rottler – Careers in Environmental Consulting: A Q&A with Environmental Consultants (Career Central)

• Cait Rottler – Private and Public Sector Ecologists and Early Career Ecology Sections Combined Mixer (Social Event)

• Dale Strickland – Applications of Remote Sensing Technologies for Research and Management: Cross-sector Cast Studies (Special Session)

• Kirsten Pearson – Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS) Base-line Transects for Bat Detection (Case Study)

• Grace Hartman – Automated Processing of Mule Deer Video Collar Data (Case Study)

We look forward to connecting with you!

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