LONG ISLAND NATURAL HISTORY CONFERENCE
MARCH 22 – 23, 2019
at
BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY
SCHEDULE of PRESENTATIONS
Register & Sponsor at www.longislandnature.org
Friday March 22, 2019
8:00 – 9:00 Registration / set up
9:00 – 9:10 Welcoming Remarks: Tim Green, Environmental Compliance Manager, Brookhaven National Lab
9:10 – 9:50 Regional Status of the Eastern Wild Turkey: Frederick “Chip” Hamilton, NYSDEC
9:50 – 10:30 Odonate Biodiversity and Rarities on Long Island: Erin White, Zoologist for the New York Natural Heritage Program and coordinator for the New York Dragonfly and Damselfly Survey
10:30 – 10:50 BREAK
10:50 – 11:30 Barn Owls of Jamaica Bay: Don Riepe, Jamaica Bay Guardian and Director of the Northeast Chapter: American Littoral Society
11:30 – 12:10 Living on the Edge in the Face of Climate Change: An Overview of Coastal Processes, Interventions and Adaptation: Kevin McAllister, Founder and President of Defend H2O
12:10 – 1:30 LUNCH & NETWORKING [BYO lunch or purchase lunch at the BNL cafeteria]
1:30 – 2:10 Climate Change and Global Warming Impacts on Marine Fish Distribution: Janet Nye, Assistant Professor, SoMAS, Stony Brook University
2:10 – 2:50 Jamaica Bay Marshes as Archives of Past Vegetation, Sediment and Pollution History in New York City: Dorothy M. Peteet, Senior Research Scientist, NASA/Goddard Institute for Space Studies & Adjunct Professor, Columbia University
2:50 – 3:35 Conservation Updates
2:50 – 3:05 Pine Barrens Research: Polly Weigand, Central Pine Barrens Commission
3:05 – 3:20 White Sharks: Tobey Curtis, SOFO Shark Research and Education Program
3:20 – 3:35 Southern Pine Beetle, Gypsy Moth and Oak Wilt: John Wernet, NYSDEC
3:35 – 3:50 Menhaden: Carl Lobue, Senior Marine Scientist, The Nature Conservancy
3:50 – 4:00 Open Discussion / closing remarks
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Saturday March 23, 2019
8:00 – 9:00 Registration / set up
9:00 – 9:10 Welcoming Remarks: Tim Green, Environmental Compliance Manager, Brookhaven National Laboratory
9:10 – 9:50 Great Ferns I Have Known: Andrew M. Greller, Queens College
9:50 – 10:30 The Pageantry of the Monarch Butterfly: John E. Potente, naturalist and instructor, Greentree Foundation’s Teachers’ Ecology Workshop
10:30 – 10:50 BREAK / POSTER SESSION
10:50 – 11:30 Coastal Adaptation: Harnessing the Power of Nature to Protect People: Alison Branco, Coastal Director for The Nature Conservancy, Long Island.
11:30 – 12:10 Encounters with the Raccoon and the Virginia Opossum: Dell R. Cullum, Hampton Wildlife Rescue & Rehab / Imagination Nature
12:10 – 1:30 LUNCH: [BYO lunch or purchase lunch at the BNL cafeteria] & NETWORKING
12:10 – 1:30 Envision Plum Island’s Conservation District: Louise Harrison, Save the Sound
[NOTE: This is a working lunch session open to the general public to brainstorm ideas for managing Plum Island’s natural areas.]
1:30 – 2:10 Sharing the Shore with Coastal Birds: Amanda Pachomski, New York Audubon
2:10 – 2:50 The Comeback of the Osprey: Success Story or Trash Bird: Aaron Virgin, Vice-president of Group for the East End
2:50 – 3:50 Conservation Updates
2:50 – 3:05 Northern Long-eared Bats: Samantha Hoff (NYSDEC)
3:05 – 3:20 Fish Passages: Enrico Nardone (Seatuck) & Byron Young (ELI Audubon)
3:20 – 3:35 Orchid Colony Restoration: Julie Sakellariadis (Garden Club of East Hampton)
3:35 – 3:50 Diamondback Terrapins: John Turner (Seatuck)
3:50 – 4:00 Open Discussion / closing remarks