Day 1: Thursday, February 27th
 
 11:30 am   Registration
 1:00 pm     Welcome – NYS TWS President
 1:15 pm     Public Perception and Urban Wildlife Management
                    Sarah Grimké Aucoin, Chief - Education & Wildlife, NYC Parks
 2:05 pm     Wildlife Services: Striving to balance the needs of people and wildlife
                    Allen Gosser, New York State Director, USDA APHIS Wildlife Services
 2:55 pm     Deer Management in Southeastern NY: Lessons from Suburbia
                    Danielle Begley-Miller, Director of Science and Stewardship, Teatown Lake Reservation
 3:45 pm     Break and Poster Session
 4:00 pm     Photographing urban coyotes: a unique perspective on how people and animals  navigate urban green space
                    Ivan Kuraev, Photographer, Urban Coyote Initiative
 4:50 pm     Private Sector Wildlife Damage Management in New York State
                    Lynn Braband, NYS IPM Program of Cornell University
 5:40 pm     The current status of black bear - human conflict in the Hudson Valley, NY
                    Emily Carrollo, Fish and Wildlife Technician, NYS Department of Environmental Conservation
 6:30 pm     Dinner and Award Ceremony
                    (photographic presentation by Ivan Kuraev)
 7:00 pm     Keynote Presentation
                    Jacqueline Frair, President-Elect, Northeast Section of The Wildlife Society
 7:30 pm     Student/Professional Mixer – Networking Social/Poster Session
 9:30 pm     Professionals' Hospitality Suite Open
 
Day 2: Friday, February 28th
 
 6 - 9 am     Breakfast
 9:00 am     Morning Remarks – NYS TWS President
 9:10 am     Talking trash in the Big Apple: A case study of the North Shore Marine Transfer Station
                   Stephan Beffre, USDA APHIS Wildlife Services, CWB
 9:30 am     Spatial Risk Mapping to mitigate human–Andean Bear conflict in the Western Ecuadorian Andes 
                   Santiago Garcia,  Angela K. Fuller, and  Richard Stedman, Cornell University
 9:50 am     The effectiveness of hazing African lions as a conflict mitigation tool: Implications for carnivore management
                    Lisanne S. Petracca, J.L. Frair, G. Bastille-Rousseau, J.E. Hunt, D.W. Macdonald, L. Sibanda, and A.J. Loveridge, SUNY ESF
 10:10 am    Break 
 10:25 am    Balancing public benefits with private costs: anticipating a management challenge with moose in northern New York
                    J.E. Hurst, D.W. Kramer, N.A. Connelly, T.B. Lauber, J.H. Stickles, NYS Department of Environmental Conservation
 10:45 am    The Effects of Disturbance on Four Cavity-Nesting Bird Species at The College at Brockport Campus, Brockport, NY 
                    Kevin Nash and Andie Graham, SUNY Brockport
 11:05 am    Changes in Deer Density, Harvest, and Vegetation after 15 years of archery-based deer management in exurban       

                    Westchester County
                    Chris Nagy, Director of Research & Education, Mianus River Gorge
 11:25 am    North American River Otter (Lontra canadensis) Behavior at Latrine Sites in Southern New York
                    Sarah Walkley, Maria E. Zapetis, and Heidi Lyn, University of South Alabama
 12:00 pm    Lunch and Business Meeting
 1:30 - 4pm  Field Trip - SUNY ESF Roosevelt Wild Life Collection
 End             Thank You For Attending!