New York Chapter of
The Wildlife Society

Day 1: Thursday, March 14th
 
 8:15 am     Registration
 9:00 am     Welcome – NYS TWS President
 9:10 am     Impacts of Beaver Activity on Small Mammal Communities in the Central Adirondack Mountains, NY
                    Michael R. Rosenthal (mrosen05@syr.edu),  Shannon Farrell,  John Stella, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
 9:30 am     Reintroduction of the Federally Endangered American Burying Beetle: The Role of Forest Successional Stage in 

                    Assessing Habitat Suitability
                    Carmen Greenwood, Amy Quinn, Roger Masse (masserj@cobleskill.edu), Nicole Campbell, Claudette Conigliaro, SUNY Cobleskill
 9:50 am     Population ecology of urban deer at Fort Drum
                    Martin Feehan (mjf322@cornell.edu), Cornell University
 10:10 am   Assessing the Persistence of Fisher (Pekania pennanti) in a Fragmented, Suburban Landscape in Albany, NY                   

                          Daniel Winters (dr17wint@alum.siena.edu), Dan Bogan, George Robinson, Siena College    

 10:30 am   Break and Poster Session
 10:45 am   One Good Tern Deserves Another: Common Terns at Oneida Lake, NY
                    Paul D. Curtis (pdc1@cornell.edu), Cornell University
 11:05 am    Assessing Vegetation Impacts from Deer: A Tool To Track Local Forest Health
                    Tracey E. Testo, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Columbia and Greene Counties
 11:25 am    The New York Master Naturalist Volunteer Program: Engaging Citizens with Wildlife Conservation
                    Kristi L. Sullivan (kls20@cornell.edu), Cornell University

 11:45 am    American Woodcock Migration Ecology Collaborative Research Project
                    Steve Heerkens (steven.heerkens@dec.ny.gov), NYS Department of Environmental Conservation
 12:05 pm   Lunch on your own

 1:30 pm     Assessing moose population status and potential habitat limitations within the Adirondack Park, NY
                    Jacqueline Frair (jfrair@esf.edu), Sam Peterson, Rachel Wheat, Paul Schuette, James Stickles, Jeremy Hurst, Ed Reed
 1:50 pm     Engaging the Community to help a Hudson River Warbler
                    John Lotz 
 2:10 pm     Habitat Preferences of the Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) on the Montezuma Wetlands Complex                   

                          John Davis (jbdavis@albany.edu), University at Albany - SUNY    

 2:30 pm     A methodological approach to the identification of native Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) populations for

                    conservation purposes.                   

                          Dr. Spencer A. Bruce (sbruce@albany.edu), Dr. Peter C. Daniel, Dr. Maureen K. Krause, Carrianne Pershyn, Dr. Jeremy J. Wright, University at Albany - SUNY

 2:50 pm     Break and Poster Session
 3:15 am      Occurrence and Activity of Remnant Coastal Northern Long- Eared Bat (Myotis septentrionalis) Populations
                    Samantha Hoff (s02hoff@gmail.com), Amanda Bailey, Casey Pendergast, Adriana Cappello, Carl Herzog, Wendy Turner
 3:35 pm     Gotham Coyote Project – The Story so Far…
                    Chris Nagy, Director of Research & Education, Mianus River Gorge

 3:55 pm     Phenological Shifts in Southeastern NY: Understanding the Local Effects of Climate Change through Analysis of a

                    Unique Long- term Dataset                   

                          Megan Napoli (mnapoli@mohonkpreserve.org), Research Ecologist, Mohonk Preserve   

 4:15 pm     Mink Scat and Catbird Eggs? Examples of emerging science in ecological studies along the Hudson River

                          Sean Madden (sean.madden@dec.ny.gov), NYS Department of Environmental Conservation

 4:30 pm     Break and Poster Session

 4:45 pm     Business Meeting

 5:20 pm     Dinner and Award Ceremony
 5:20 pm     Keynote Presentation
                    Michael Fishman, President of the Northeast Section of The Wildlife Society
 6:20 pm     Quiz Bowl, Raffle Drawing
 
Day 2: Friday, March 15th
 
 9:00 am     Registration
 9:20 am     Good Morning Introduction NYS – TWS President
 9:30 am     Workshops: Mock Interview and Resumes
 11:30 am    Lunch on your own and Travel to Bard College Field Station

 1:00 pm     Demonstration of Polarized Light Pollution from Solar Panels on Birds (at BCSF)

                          Bruce Robertson (broberts@bard.edu), Bard College

 2:00 pm     Investigating Turtle Habtat Use in Freshwater River Bays (at BCSF)

                          Erik Kiviat (kiviat@bard.edu), Bard College
 3:00 pm     End.