Barring any last-minute changes, this is the schedule of sessions and presenters:
TUESDAY, MARCH 6
9:00 - 10:00 Plenary Session -- Keynote Speaker: Jesus Garcia, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
10:30—11:30 Simultaneous Sessions (1)
Quitobaquito and Sonoyta Valley
- Historic and Current Management of Quitobaquito Pond and Springs, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument (Tyler Coleman)
- Groundwater Trends in the Sonoyta Valley Borderlands and Implications for Vulnerable Aquatic Species (Peter Holm)
Native Plants and Restoration
- Building a Native Plant Materials Program in the Borderlands: Successes & Next Steps (Allegra Mount)
- RAMPS: The Restoration Assessment and Monitoring Program for the Southwest (Molly McCormick)
Recent Excavations at a Late Archaic Period Site
- Archaic Hunter-Gatherers in Childs Valley: Archaeological Excavations along Manned Range 1 Road on the BMGR East (Robert Wegener)
- Landscapes and Plants used by Prehistoric People of the Ajo Area (Sue Rutman, Karen Adams, Susie Smith, Robert Wegener)
POSTER SESSION
11:30—1:00 Lunch with Poster Session
1:00—2:00 Simultaneous Sessions (2)
Pupfish and Mud Turtles
- Current Population Status of the Sonoyta pupfish (Cyprinodon eremus) and Longfin Dace (Agosia chrysogaster) in the Agua Dulce Ramsar Site and Reproduction Refuges in Sonora, Mexico (Miguel Grageda Garcia)
- Monitoring and Telemetry of Sonoran Mud Turtle (Kinosternon sonoriense longifemorale) at Sonoyta river (Hector García Miranda)
Borderlands Activism
- Borderlands Activism -- Organizing Informed and Inspired by Science (Dan Millis)
Late Prehistory of the Gila Bend Area
- Late Prehistory in the Gila Bend Area (David Doyel)
The Desert is Food
- The DESERT is FOOD: Growing, Farming, and Research (Richard Felger)
2:30—3:30 Simultaneous Sessions (3)
Aquatic Systems
- Aquatic Biodiversity, Food Web Dynamics, and Hydrology in the Rio Sonoyta Basin (Michael Bogan)
- Monitoring of Aquatic Systems in U.S. National Parks in the Sonoran Desert (Andy Hubbard)
Species Monitoring on the Goldwater Range
- An Evaluation of Spatial and Temporal Bat Habitat use Patterns at the Barry M. Goldwater Range East (Ron Mixan)
- Amphibians, Reptiles, and Small Mammals on the Barry M. Goldwater Range – West (Sky Arnett-Romero)
O’odham Place Names, Traditions, Warfare, and Stories
- The Pad ‘Aangam Tradition of the O’odham (Andrew Darling, Harry Winters)
- Piipaash, Halychduum and O’odham, Centuries on the Gila (Harry Winters)
Movie Highlighting the Work of Richard Felger
- The Guy who Cuts the Tops off Plants (Peter Blystone)
4:00—5:00 Simultaneous Sessions (4)
Aquatic Invertebrates and Pozos
- From Dry Stream-Beds to Palm Spring Oases: Aquatic invertebrates of the Anza-Borrego Desert (Kate Boersma)
- Hidden Water: Pozos of the Gran Desierto (Benjamin Wilder)
Innovative Approaches to Desert Insight
- Learning by Drawing (Lee Ann Woolery)
- Knowing by Naming (Gary Reger)
Indigenous Communities and Pottery Puzzles in the Western Papaguería
- Indigenous Communities of the Papaguería at and since Colonial Contact (Aaron Wright)
- Pottery of the Western Desert: Puzzles and Possiblities (Linda Gregonis, Rick Martynec)
Indigenous Dry Farming
- Growing Corn in the Eagletail Mountains, Arizona: A Mystery (Douglas Newton)
- O’odham Dry Farming (Sterling Johnson)
WEDNESDAY – MARCH 7
9:00—10:00 Simultaneous Sessions (5)
Ranching and Ranching Families in Ajo – Ajo Public Program
- A Brief History of Ranching around Ajo (Robin Pinto, Bill Broyles)
- Early Ranching Families of Ajo (Sue Rutman, Bill Broyles, Robin Pinto)
Climate Change and Vulnerability
- A Look to Sonoran Plant Community Vulnerability to Changing Climate (Kathryn Thomas)
- Vulnerability Analyses to Prioritize Species for Management: Case Study Using Desert Herpetofauna (Kerry Griffis-Kyle)
Native American Perspectives
- T-A:ga, Introduction to O'odham History and Culture (Bernard Siquieros, Jeannette Garcia, Dedric Lupe)
10:15—11:15 Simultaneous Sessions (6)
Mining in Ajo – Ajo Public Program
- Ajo’s mining identity (Aaron Cooper + Panel)
Fire Risk and Fire Effects
- Increased Fire Risk in Sonoran Creosote Shrublands due to Exotic Species and Climate Change (Kirk Moloney)
- Prescribed Fire Effects on Habitat Components Important to the Critically Endangered Masked Bobwhite Quail (Colinus virginanus ridgwayi) using 30 Year Landsat Derived Fire History Data (Emily Yurcich)
Native American Perspectives—continued
- T-A:ga, Introduction to O'odham History and Culture (Bernard Siquieros, Jeannette Garcia, Dedric Lupe)
11:30—12:30 Plenary Session – Ajo Public Program with Keynote Speaker, David Yetman: What Do Our Landmarks Mean?
12:30—1:15 Lunch (outdoors at SDCC)
1:15—2:15 Simultaneous Sessions (7)
Pinacate as Analog for Planetary Exploration
- The Pinacates and Surroundings: Used as Analogs in Planetary Exploration 1960s-2018 (William Hartmann)
Sonoran Desert Toad -- Ethnoherpetology
- When Kware'epa Tricked Yuku: Ethnoherpetology and Conservation of Bufo alvarius, the Sonoran Desert Toad. (Robert Villa)
O'odham Memoirs and the People at Chico Shunie
- Born Before they Knew the Years had Numbers—Memoirs of Laura Kerman, Tohono O’odham Woman (Karen Reichhardt)
- Chico Shunie Village and Temporal (Lorraine Eiler, Rick Martynec, Sandy Martynec)
POSTER SESSION
2:30--3:30 Simultaneous Sessions (8)
Pinacate – Bombs and Blocks
- Bombs and Blocks and Flying Rocks in Pinacate on the World’s most Enigmatic Volcano (Daniel Lynch)
Parks and the Santa Cruz River
- The Lowermost Santa Cruz River: An Unappreciated Resource Within the Sonoran Desert (David Brown)
- Monitoring Mammals with Remote Cameras in U.S. National Parks (Andy Hubbard)
People at Darby Wells Village
- The People of Darby Wells Village (Bill Broyles, Sue Rutman)
The Bountiful Sonoran Desert Agave
- Magueyes y Mezcales of the Sonoran Desert – A Hands-On Approach (Jesus Garcia)
3:45--4:45 Simultaneous Sessions (9)
Deep History of the Sonoran Desert
- Deep History of the Sonoran Desert (Thomas Van Devender)
Endangered Species -- Flat-Tailed Horned Lizard and Sonoran Pronghorn
- The Flat-Tailed Horned Lizard in the Yuma Desert Management Area: Studies of Demography, Occupancy, and Population Viability (Ashley Grimsley)
- Sonoran Pronghorn Reintroduction on Kofa National Wildlife Refuge and Adjacent Lands (Christa Weise)
O’odham Cultural Resource Program
- Tohono O’odham Cultural Resource Program (Jefford Francisco)
A New Kind of Company Town
- A new kind of company town: the borderland, the desert, and the next extractive industry (Scott Warren)
THURSDAY--MARCH 8
9:00—10:00 Simultaneous Sessions (10)
Tinaja Database for Border Barriers
- Launch of the Tinaja Data Base for Border Barriers and Wildlife Movements (Roger McManus)
Sahara Mustard
- Diverse Soilborne Fungi may Influence the Coexistence between the Invasive Sahara Mustard and Native Desert Winter Annual Plants (Max Li)
- Roads, Arroyos, and Vegetation: The Difference between Vectors and Preferred Habitat for Invasive Sahara Mustard in Southwestern Arizona (Jim Malusa)
Rock Art Study and Stone Balls – New Insights
- They’ve Got Game: Stone Balls in Central Arizona (Sharlot Hart)
- Becoming Human: Rock Art Depictions of Transformation in Landscapes of Emergence (Janine Hernbrode)
Chinese Farming and Tucson’s Mission Garden
- Long Beans, Long Life. The History of Chinese Farming in the Tucson Basin (Dena Cowan)
10:30—11:30 Simultaneous Sessions (11)
Border – Wildlife Stewardship and Security Strategies
- Panel Discussion on Incorporating Wildlife Stewardship in Security Strategies at the U.S./Mexico Border (Roger McManus)
Summit Paths and Native Travel
- More Observations about Summit Paths and other Enigmatic Trail Features (Andy Laurenzi)
- Human Travel through the Western Papaguería (Michael Spears, Maren Hopkins, T.J. Ferguson)
Sonoran Desert Foodways
- Sonoran Desert Foodways: An Architecture of Local Food Meanings (Maribel Alvarez)
11:30—1:00 Lunch & Closing Plenary Session – Awards & Recognitions, Jesus Garcia, Keynote Speaker