2025 NSW Vertebrate Pest Management Symposium

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First Name Last Name Paper Title
Amanda Turner "Seed Money" a Success: Integrated Feral Pig Management 
Andrew Bengsen Targeted Adaptive Surveillance for Exotic and Emerging Pathogens in Feral Pigs
Andrew Woolley The Role of the Chemical Regulator in Vertebrate Pesticide – registrations, permits, reconsiderations and research
Andrew Hammond Leveraging Drones and AI to monitor invasive species in Goulburn’s BioBank
Annalie Dorph Evaluating camera trap allocations for density estimation of a feral cat population
Annaliese Geddes Pigs Out, Community In: Tackling Feral Pigs Together
Anthony Elliott Case Study: Landholder versus Government pig control – Northern Tablelands LLS region
Bec Lipscombe Going with the Flow: Cane Toad Dispersal via River Systems 
Ben Watts Real-Time Eyes in the Sky: Deploying Defence-Grade, Purpose-Built Drone Platforms for Advanced Pest Animal Surveillance Across Australia
Bernie Lai Access is Everything: The Critical Role of Land Availaibility in Feral Deer Control
Dave Forsyth Population dynamics of house mice in New South Wales pasture–cropping systems
Deane Smith PIGCOUNT–  a monitoring method to measure population change following feral pig control
Deane Smith Feral pig activity across Australia for integration into disease spread models
Fabiola Silva Challenges in using environmental DNA for feral pig detection in disease surveillance
Guy Pitchford Feral cat response to aerial detection with drone – not what we thought!
Guy Ballard Wild dog population changes over time
Heather Channon Adapting and embracing new approaches to feral pig management
Heather Channon Development of a guided property feral pig assessment methodology for pig producers
Hugh Davies A review of fox management at Booderee National Park
Jack Gough Keynote Address
Jacopo Bartholomew A Sound Strategy: The Efficacy of Monitoring Invasive Mammals Using Acoustic Recorders
Joanne Walker Making the link between vertebrate pests and One Health 
Linton Staples Keynote Address: 38 years of vertebrate pest management and other mistakes!
Lisa Wellman Hop Nation: The Science of Slowing the Spread 
Matthew Hall Enhancing vertebrate pest management: NPWS new approach
Michael Smart Co-presenter: Case Study: Landholder versus Government pig control – Northern Tablelands LLS region
Michael Phelan Co-presenter: Enhancing vertebrate pest management: NPWS new approach
Michael Elliott Urban and Peri-Urban Feral Deer Trapping – Evolving Traps
Nathan Cutter A comparison of vertebrate pest management regulation across Australia
Paul Meek Using Artificial Intelligence to Auto Govern Feral Pig Traps
Paul Meek When science meets silicon: how technology might influence the scientific method
Peter West Usage of the FeralScan platform by communities and pest controllers in NSW
Peter Fleming MANAGING TOTAL PREDATION PRESSURE AND TOTAL GRAZING PRESSURE FOR LANDSCAPE BENEFIT.
Rachel Elliot Co-presenter: Engaging Landholders at Scale:  Regional Model for High-Participation Pest Animal Programs
Rebecca Stone Exploring the habitat and spatial ecology of European hares in forest ecosystems
Richard Bradhurst Keynote Address: Incorporating outcomes from feral pig field studies into decision support tools for outbreaks of FMD and ASF
Rob Hunt Feral Animal Ammunition Assessment Trials (FAAAT)
Field testing performance of lead-free projectiles
Rob Hunt Aerial catch and release of Sambar deer – without becoming a rodeo clown.
Rob Hunt Lethal baiting of Rusa deer using a target selective feed structure.
Scott Schlunke Engaging Landholders at Scale:  Regional Model for High-Participation Pest Animal Programs
Sebastien Comte Feral pig movements near cattle feedlots in NSW
Shauna Chadlowe Keynote Address: National Coordination of Invasive Species Solutions
Steve McLeod How Many Chances Should You Get? A Study of Shooting Tests and the Critical Role of Attempt Limits in Maintaining Standards
Steve McLeod Spatiotemporal Effectiveness of Aerial Baiting for Wild Dog Control: A Bayesian Analysis of Landscape-Scale Management in New South Wales
Tarnya Cox Investigations into aerial shooting approaches to achieve rapid removal of invasive animals
Tarnya Cox Welfare assessment of aerial shooting methods for pigs
Tim Heffernan Wallis Lake Feral Deer Program
Victoria Greentree Parrots, Pythons & Public Posts:  Tracking Australia’s Non-Indigenous Invaders 
Download 2023 Symposium Program

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First Name Last Name Paper Title
Alison Towerton Understanding fallow deer movements to improve control options in peri-urban Sydney
Amy Edwards Indirect impacts of fox control on feral cat behaviour in semi-arid NSW
Andrew Bengsen Feral Ungulate Disease Surveillance and Modelling in NSW
Andrew Claridge Performance of Felixer devices when faced with captive-held spotted-tailed quolls.
Andrew Walsh Bang for your buck – the value of licensed hunters in IPM
Andrew Walsh An Update on the Lord Howe Island Rodent Eradication Project 
Annelise Wiebkin National Feral Deer Action Plan: raising the profile of feral deer management
Bec Gray An Approach to Foot and Mouth Disease and Ferals
Belinda Davies Don’t go it alone; creating collective action at a local scale
Benjamin Allen Dingo removal does not cause trophic cascades in Australian rangeland ecosystems
Chantelle Geissler Can technology increase landholder participation in landscape-scale feral cat control programs?
Claudia Broughton Wild Horse Control on the North Coast: From Pest to Pet
Darren Marshall The human dimensions of controlling and managing feral pigs
Dave Forsyth A glovebox guide for managing wild deer in Australia
David Rudder Rambo & Co.  strategies for eradicating cats and foxes inside fenced exclosures 
Deane Smith Wild dog movement behaviours in western NSW
Eliane McCarthy Capturing and monitoring sambar, fallow, and red deer in alpine Australia
Glen Charlton Continuing the development of AI-driven automated pest animal baiting system. 
Heather Channon Adaptive, collaborative and sustained feral pig management – is this possible?
Ian Boutell NSW Tilapia Control Plan 2023: Minimising the risk of tilapia to NSW
Jack Gough Keynote Address: How to get people to accept lethal control of invasive species
Jaime Heiniger Managing feral cats in northern New South Wales
Jessica Todd Why we want what we want: working with researchers to collect data
Lachlan Marshall Foot and mouth outbreak simulation, is it possible to locally eradicate feral pigs?
Lou Streeting Evaluating electric fences for protecting endangered freshwater turtle nests from fox predation.
Lucy Collingridge Eyes in the Outback: camera trap monitoring wild dogs in western NSW
Mark Lamb Innovation and Techniques for Controlling Invasive and Nuisance Birds
Mark Lamb Finding the 2021 NSW Hide and Seek Champion: Sambar Deer
Michael Elliott Urban Deer Management – coming soon to a backyard near you
Paul Marynissen Close Encounters of the Unusual Kind 
Paul Meek Ecology of Dingoes from a mine site in the Cooper Basin, SA.
Peter Fleming Keynote Address: Managing invasives: thoughts of an old f##t on practice, science and art
Pip Taylor Population dynamics and behaviour of house mice in NSW pasture–cropping systems 
Rajendra Shilpakar Near-real Time Mapping Applications to Optimise Deer Control in Greater Sydney region
Rod Baker Ellerslie Proof of Concept Eradication Project
Sarah Johnson Literature Review & Learnings Guiding Cane Toad Monitoring & Control, Northern NSW
Sean Freney Using DNA for Managing Wild Dogs: A dive into the NSW Project 
Sebastien Comte Challenges and opportunities of deer management in peri-urban landscapes
Sebastien Comte Spatial Behaviour of Fallow Deer (Dama dama) in NSW
Stephen Frankenberg Genetic biocontrol for invasive vertebrate pests
Tarnya Cox Using thermal imaging equipment in aerial shooting programs
Terry Korn PSM Keynote Address: Traped in the Past – Don’t Be!
Troy Crittle Lessons learned from 45 years of feral pig control in NSW
Victoria Greentree NSW Cane toad management…. Hop to it, a toadally serious priority!
Download 2018 Symposium Program

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First Name Last Name AbstractTitle
Alyssa Trotter Corn Snakes: A Community Problem Requiring Community Solutions
Andrew Bengsen Camera Trap Survey Methods for Estimating Changes in Deer Density and Occurrence
Birgitte Verbeek Community Engagement – Evolution Not Revolution
David Worsley “Glossy Management Plans Never Killed a Dog”, the Importance of Community and Personal Engagement to Achieve Effective Management Outcomes in Wongwibinda!
Edward Rowley A Land Manager’s Experience with Deer – an Emergent Pest Animal in NSW
Emma Sawyers RHDV1 K5- Results from the Community Focused National Release
Georgeanna Story Dear Oh Deer, Landholders Perception of Wild Deer in South-eastern NSW
Grant Eccles Aerial Baiting for Wild Dogs on NPWS Estate: From 0 to 40 and All Year Round
Grant Eccles Aerial Control of Deer, What Works? What to Consider?
Jason Wishart Field Efficacy of HOGGONE® MeSN Feral Pig Bait for Control of Feral Pigs in Australia
Jillian Macintyre Urban Feral Animal Action Group Case Study
Lynette McLeod Using Audience Segmentation to Improve Participation in Invasive Species Management
Mal Leeson Recovery Capabilities and Biosecurity Threats of Wild Deer in the NSW Central Tablelands
Margarita Gil-Fernandez Where in Sydney Should We Place the Canid Pest Ejector to Control Urban Foxes?
Michael Leane The Western Riverina Pig Program
Nigel Gillan Opportunistic Disease Surveillance in Culled Wild Fallow Deer (Dama Dama)
Nathan Cutter Management of Pest Animals Under the Biosecurity Act 2015 (NSW)
Paul Meek Putting the ‘Snap’ Back in Traps: Technology Advances
Paul Meek Lethal Trap Devices
Peter West FeralScan Community invasive Species Monitoring Website – Update and Future Directions
Quentin Hart Deer in the Headlights…or a Clear Way Forward for Wild Deer Management Policy and Planning in NSW?
Rob Hunt Developing a Target Selective Bait Delivery Technique for Control of Feral Goats.
Rob Hunt Minimising Noise Disturbance During Ground Shooting Programs Using a Muzzle Blast Suppressor/silencer
Salahadin Khairo The Perceptions and Attitudes of Livestock Producers Towards Wild Dog Impact and Management in Northern NSW
Sally Box Keynote Address
Stephen Larsson Update on Firearm Suppressors in New South Wales
Tanya Howard Keynote Address: Beyond ‘tick-the box’ community engagement: building our capacity to catalyse and sustain community-led action for pest management
Troy Crittle What do deer control objectives really mean?

Symposium Managers

For further information regarding the 2025 NSW Pest Management Symposium, please contact:

ECC

East Coast Conferences
Jayne Hindle, Amy McIntosh, Jasmine Durbidge

Phone: +61 2 6650 9800
Mobile: 0423 497 038
Postal: PO Box 848, Coffs Harbour,
NSW, 2450 Australia
Email: jayne@eastcoastconferences.com.au
ABN: 56 515 955 798 (East Coast Conferences)

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