2020 Annual Meeting

Human Wildlife Interactions:

Managing the Complex Intersection of Wildlife and People

February 27 - 28

The Craftsman Inn & Suites

Fayetteville, NY

Please join us for an in-depth look into the complicated issue of human-wildlife interactions, commonly referred to as 'wildlife conflict' for better or worse. Is co-existence possible, and what are the necessary steps to achieving it? Guest speakers will discuss the human dimensions, outreach and education, research, and management practices that must come together to mitigate conflict and negative human-wildlife interactions across New York and the world.

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!