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New York Chapter of
The Wildlife Society
2019 Annual Meeting
Current, Notable Wildlife and other
Natural Resource Projects across New York
March 14 - 15
The Senate Garage
Kingston, NY
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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.