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NEAFWA 2017

To return to the Northeast Fish & Wildlife Conference website, go to: http://www.neafwa.org/conference.html. The following schedule and room names are subject to change (as of April 3, 2017). Please check back for updates. Session titles marked with an asterisk (*) have student presenters.

Maura Duffy

National Aquarium
Conservation Project Manager
Baltimore, MD

11:00am EDT

Conference Registration Desk Open Hampton Foyer

1:00pm EDT

Doumar’s Ice Cream Giveaway Hampton Foyer Speaker Preparation Room Jefferson

6:00pm EDT

Welcome Dinner and Cruise - Sponsored by SAFE Boat International, National Shooting Sports Foundation, The Port of Virginia, and Wetland Studies and Solutions Offsite - Aboard the Spirit of Norfolk

7:00am EDT

Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors - Sponsored by TriTech Software Systems Hampton I-IV Speaker Preparation Room Jefferson

8:00am EDT

Plenary Session and Awards Presentation Hampton Ballroom (V - VIII)

10:30am EDT

Refreshment Break with Exhibitors Hampton I-IV

12:00pm EDT

Take a Student to Lunch! Offsite

1:40pm EDT

Technical Presentation. The World's Largest and Most Detailed Digital Aerial Surveys of Offshore Wildlife: Highlights of Findings Hampton VI Technical Presentation. Working with Your State Department of Education Marriott Ballroom I-III

2:00pm EDT

Technical Presentation. *Assessing Fishery Benefits of Restored Oyster Reefs Hampton VI Technical Presentation. Engaging Volunteers in Successful Habitat Projects Marriott Ballroom I-III

2:20pm EDT

Symposium 1 Technical Presentation. Identifying and Leveraging Regional Species of Greatest Conservation Need Hampton VII

2:40pm EDT

Refreshment Break with Exhibitors - Sponsored by National Rifle Association Hampton I-IV

3:20pm EDT

Technical Presentation. Innovative Partnerships for Land Protection in the Chesapeake Bay: A Partnership Between the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Marriott Ballroom I-III

3:40pm EDT

Symposium 1 Technical Presentation. Don’t Stop Swimming – Regional Aquatic Connectivity Tool Guiding Habitat Restoration Hampton VII Technical Presentation. Anglers Opinions of a Recreational Reporting Program, with a Focus on Virginia's Recreational Cobia Fishery Hampton VI

4:00pm EDT

Technical Presentation. Continuing a 40-year legacy: Maintaining Virginia's Artificial Reef Program Marriott Ballroom I-III

4:20pm EDT

Technical Presentation. Establishing a Baseline Assessment of Aquatic Communities and Seasonal Water Quality Patterns in a Highly Urbanized Waterfront Through Partnerships and Citizen Science Marriott Ballroom I-III

5:00pm EDT

Poster Viewing & Reception with Exhibitors Hampton I-IV & Presidential Foyer

6:30pm EDT

A Celebration of NEAFWA and the 100th Day of the Year! Sponsored by Brandt Information Services, Inc. Offsite - Halfe Moon/Nauticus Complex

7:00am EDT

Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors Hampton I-IV

8:00am EDT

Technical Presentation. VA Department of Game and Inland Fisheries Boating Access Study Marriott Ballroom I-III

8:20am EDT

Technical Presentation. Changing Landscapes for Wildlife Management: Consumptive and Non-consumptive Users in New Jersey Wildlife Management Areas Hampton VIII Technical Presentation. Filling Knowledge Gaps in Hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis) Distribution Through Broad-scale Environmental DNA Surveys Hampton VII

8:40am EDT

Technical Presentation. A Monumental Removal of a Hazel River Mill Dam Hampton VII Technical Presentation. The Evolution of the Virgina Department of Game and Inland Fisheries' Website Marriott Ballroom I-III

9:00am EDT

Technical Presentation. *Multi-level Impacts of Coal Mining on Stream Fish Communities in the Clinch River and Powell River Watersheds of Virginia Hampton VII Technical Presentation. Managing Conflicts in Conservation Ethics Hampton VIII Technical Presentation. Virginia Blue Crab Harvest Marriott Ballroom IV

9:40am EDT

Refreshment Break with Exhibitors Hampton I-IV Technical Presentation. Back Bay: Past, Present and....is there a Future? Hampton VII

10:20am EDT

Technical Presentation. Identifying Regional Species of Greatest Conservation Need Hampton V

10:40am EDT

Technical Presentation. Identifying Key Threats to Regional Species and Habitats of Greatest Conservation Need Hampton V

11:20am EDT

Technical Presentation. The Virginia Wildlife Conflict Helpline: Development and Implementation Marriott Ballroom I-III

11:40am EDT

Technical Presentation. Potential Implications for the Restoration of Stream Ecological Condition of Excluding the Migratory American Eel Hampton VII

12:00pm EDT

Lunch on your own N/A

1:40pm EDT

Technical Presentation. *Evaluating Interactions Between Allegheny Woodrats (Neotoma magister) and Raccoons (Procyon lotor) in Western Maryland Using Remote Cameras Hampton VIII Technical Presentation. Wetland Restoration on Maryland's Eastern Shore Hampton V

2:00pm EDT

Technical Presentation. Coastal Impoundment Restoration on Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge Hampton V

2:40pm EDT

Refreshment Break with Exhibitors Hampton I-IV

3:40pm EDT

Technical Presentation. Sharing Customers- A Review of Conservation’s Industry Partners Marriott Ballroom I-III

4:00pm EDT

Technical Presentation. Population Dynamics and Survival Rates of American Oystercatchers (Haematopus palliatus) in Virginia, USA Hampton V

4:20pm EDT

Technical Presentation. Spatially-Explicit Density Estimates for Bobcats, Black Bears, and Coyotes in the Western Mountains of Virginia Hampton VIII

4:40pm EDT

Technical Presentation. *Effects of Nest Building Behavior on Incubation and Reproductive Success in Carolina Chickadees (Poecile carolinensis) Hampton V

5:00pm EDT

Conference Adjourns N/A