New York Chapter of
The Wildlife Society

  NYTWS 2024 Annual Meeting Agenda 

       Friday, March 15th    

 

 

7:30am - 8:30am    Breakfast and Registration

 

                Moderator: Amanda Vescovi, AWB, NYTWS President (DEC)

 

8:30am - 8:40am     Welcome and Opening Remarks 

    Amanda Vescovi, AWB, Biologist, NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation, NYTWS President

 

8:40am - 9:10am    Keynote Address – Renewable Energy and Wildlife Conservation

    Steve Grodsky, PhD, Assistant Professor, U.S. Geological Survey, Cornell University 

 

    

    IMPACTS OF RENEWABLE ENERGY ON WILDLIFE

 

9:10am - 9:35am    Executive Law 94-c Process Overview: Avoiding and Minimizing Impacts to Threatened and Endangered Species

    Joseph Murray, Environmental Analyst, NYS Office of Renewable Energy Siting

 

                Moderator: John Vanek, PhD, AWB, NYTWS Treasurer  (NYNHP)

    

9:35am - 10:00am     Implementing a Smart Curtailment System to Reduce Bat Fatalities and Energy Loss at Wind Energy Facilities

Jared Quillen, CWB, Ecologist, Natural Power Ltd.

 

10:00am - 10:25am    Reviewing Energy Project Proposals for Potential Impacts to Birds and Bats

    Matt Palumbo, PhD, CWB, Wildlife Biologist, and Dan Rosenblatt, PhD, CWB, Wildlife Diversity Section Head, Bureau of Wildlife, NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation

 

10:25am - 10:50am    Grassland Bird Habitat Selection and Management

    Marcelo del Puerto, CWB, Renewable Energy Siting Specialist 3, NYS Office of Renewable Energy Siting

    

10:50am - 11:10am    Break (20mins)

 

            Moderator: Lucy Cheeley, NYTWS Student Representative  (Cornell University)

 

11:10am - 11:35am    Exploring mechanisms of solar energy-avian interactions: a behavioral ecology approach

    Tim Boycott, PhD Student, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, Cornell University, USGS New York Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit 

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11:35am - 12:00pm    Quantifying Grassland Bird Community on Protected and Working Lands in New York: An Initial Investigation Preceding the Influence of Solar Panel Infrastructure Development

    Trifosa Simamora, PhD Student, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, Cornell University, USGS New York Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit

    

12:00pm - 1:00pm    Lunch

 

12:30pm - 1:00pm    NYTWS Business Meeting (concurrent with lunch)

 

                Moderator: Dan Bogan,PhD, NYTWS President Elect/Vice President (Siena College)

 

1:00pm - 1:25pm    The Effects of Climate Change on New York Wildlife 

    Matthew Schlesinger, PhD, Chief Zoologist, New York Natural Heritage Program

 

1:25pm - 1:50pm    Long Island Solar Farm: 10 Years Later

    Jennifer Higbie, ESH Engineer, Environmental Protection Division, Brookhaven National Lab

    

 

    GENERAL SESSION

 

1:50pm - 2:15pm    New York Forest Carbon Assessment

                Colin Beier, PhD, Associate Professor, Climate & Applied Forest Research 

Institute, Department of Sustainable Resources Management,  SUNY-ESF

 

2:15pm - 2:40pm        Exploring Competition Between White-tailed Deer and Moose

                Jen Grauer, PhD Student, Department of Natural Resources and the 

                Environment, Cornell University, USGS New York Cooperative Fish and Wildlife

                Research Unit

 

            Moderator: Stephan Beffre, CWB, NYTWS Secretary (USDA)

 

    AGENCY STATE OF THE STATE ADDRESS

 

2:40pm - 2:50pm    New York City Department of Environmental Protection

    Chris Nadareski, Section Chief, Wildlife Studies Unit

 

2:50pm - 3:00pm    New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation

    Jesse Jaycox, Wildlife Biologist, Wildlife Unit, Division of Environmental Stewardship and Planning

 

3:00pm - 3:10pm    New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

    Roy “JR” Jacobson, CWB, Habitat Protection Section Head, Bureau of Ecosystem Health

 

3:10pm - 3:30pm    Break (20mins)

 

3:30pm - 3:40pm    New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

                Dan Rosenblatt, PhD, CWB, Wildlife Diversity Section Head, Bureau of Wildlife

 

3:40pm - 3:50pm        New York Natural Heritage Program (SUNY ESF*)

                Matthew Schlesinger, PhD, Chief Zoologist

*Funding primarily provided by NYSDEC and its partners

 

 

3:50pm - 4:00pm        U.S. Department of Agriculture

                Allen Gosser, CWB, New York State Director, Wildlife Services, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service

                

 

                AFTERNOON

 

            Moderator: Johanna Duffy (CWB), NYTWS Past President (Barton & Loguidace)

 

4:00pm - 4:45pm        Awards Ceremony, Raffle & Photo Contest Winners

 

4:45pm - 5:00pm        Incoming President’s Address

Dan Bogan, PhD, NYTWS President (Siena College)

 

5:00pm - 6:30pm        Dinner

 

                

                RECEPTION

 

6:30pm - 8:30pm    Wildlife Trivia Event, Networking, Cash Bar    2