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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.

Sunshine Brosi

Frostburg State University
Associate Professor, Forest Ecology
Frostburg, Maryland

11:00am EDT

Conference Registration Desk Open Hampton Foyer

12:00pm EDT

Poster Setup Presidential Foyer

1:00pm EDT

Doumar’s Ice Cream Giveaway Hampton Foyer

2:30pm EDT

Refreshment Break Hampton Foyer

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

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. Dynamic Landscapes: Change Detection of Ephemeral Habitats for the Endangered Indiana Bat in the Mid-Atlantic Hampton V

3:20pm EDT

Technical Presentation. Patuxent Waters Conservation Area Landscape Conservation Design Hampton V

3:40pm EDT

Technical Presentation. Strategies for Slowing or Reversing the Decline in the Northern Population of the Bog Turtle (Glyptemys muhlenbergii) Hampton V

4:00pm EDT

Technical Presentation. The Loggerhead Shrike Working Group: Shrike Conservation in the Northeast and Beyond Hampton V

4:40pm EDT

Technical Presentation. International Year of the Salmon 2019 - Connect, Promote, Share Marriott Ballroom I-III

5:00pm EDT

Poster Viewing & Reception with Exhibitors Hampton I-IV & Presidential Foyer Poster Presentation. *Twenty-five Years of Allegheny Woodrat Population and Oak-Mast Surveys Across Western Maryland Presidential Foyer Poster Presentation. Comparison of Three Treatment Methods for the Control of Rhamnus cathartica (Common Buckthorn) Presidential Foyer Poster Presentation. Monitoring and Management of Piping Plovers (Charadius melodus) on the Assawoman Island Unit of Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge Presidential Foyer Poster Presentation. Review of Biological and Biophysical Impacts from Dredging and Handling of Offshore Sand Presidential Foyer Poster Presentation. Surveys for Northern Long-eared Bats (Myotis septentrionalis) at Naval Installations in Virginia and North Carolina 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

8:00am EDT

Technical Presentation. Integrated Vegetation Management (IVM) Partnership to Improve Electric Reliability, Bird and Pollinator Habitat, Economics and Public Relations Hampton VIII

8:20am EDT

Technical Presentation. Filling Knowledge Gaps in Hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis) Distribution Through Broad-scale Environmental DNA Surveys Hampton VII

10:40am EDT

Technical Presentation. *Behavioral Responses of Sub-adult Atlantic Sturgeon to Electromagnetic and Magnetic Fields Under Laboratory Conditions Hampton VII

1:40pm EDT

Overview of Symposium 4: Collaborative Implementation of Wildlife Action Plans Hampton VI Technical Presentation. *Evaluating Interactions Between Allegheny Woodrats (Neotoma magister) and Raccoons (Procyon lotor) in Western Maryland Using Remote Cameras Hampton VIII

2:00pm EDT

Technical Presentation. Evaluating Relationships Between Habitat Conditions and Population Dynamics of Allegheny Woodrat (Neotoma magister) Hampton VIII

2:20pm EDT

Symposium 4 Technical Presentation. Downscaling Wildlife Action Plan Information for Integrated Natural Resource Management Plans in Virginia and Maryland and Beyond Hampton VI Technical Presentation. *Population Estimates of the Allegheny Woodrat (Neotoma magister) in Maryland Based on Long-term Capture-recapture Data Hampton VIII

3:20pm EDT

Technical Presentation. *Dendrochronological Analysis to Determine Historic Dominance of Mast-Producing Species: Preliminary Findings Hampton VIII

4:40pm EDT

Technical Presentation. Using Single Visit Occupancy to Assess Snowshoe Hare Distribution and Abundance Hampton VIII

5:00pm EDT

Conference Adjourns N/A