Flyway Nights: Elk of California

Yolo Basin Foundation welcomes Joe Hobbs, Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area Supervisor, to present at the first Flyway Nights speaker series event of the new year where he will discuss the history and current state of California’s elk population.

Before coming to the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area, Joe Hobbs was the Statewide Elk and Pronghorn Coordinator. During his 18 years with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Joe has worked in the wetlands program, timber harvest review and the private lands management program. He also worked for the Department from 1992 to 1997 in Wildlife Management as a student assistant while going through undergrad and graduate school at California State University, Sacramento. Joe completed his M.S. on the Fall and Winter Distribution and Habitat Use of the Tule Greater White-fronted Goose in the Sacramento Valley.

Flyway Nights is a monthly speaker series highlighting environmental issues, natural history of Northern California, and current research topics in conservation.