From Scott.Carlin at liu.edu Thu Jan 30 22:05:23 2020 From: Scott.Carlin at liu.edu (Scott Carlin) Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 03:05:23 +0000 Subject: [Post-sustainability-committee] Long Island Natural History Conference - March 2020 Message-ID: <567B78AC-D9D4-4160-ABBE-DADD49CFA204@liu.edu> LONG ISLAND NATURAL HISTORY CONFERENCE Friday March 20 and Saturday March 21, 2020 BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY SCHEDULE of PRESENTATIONS Register at https://www.seatuck.org/index.php/component/civicrm/?task=civicrm/event/register&reset=1&id=2605 Friday March 20, 2020 8:00 - 9:00 Registration / set up 9:00 - 9:10 Welcoming Remarks: Tim Green, Environmental Compliance Manager, BNL 9:10 - 9:45 Survival by Degrees: 389 Bird Species on the Brink Brooke Bateman, PhD, Senior Climate, Scientist, National Audubon Society 9:45 - 10:20 From Wrack Line to Twilight Zone: A Tour of New York's Less-famous Marine Creatures Joe Warren, School of Marine & Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook Univ. 10:20 - 10:50 BREAK / POSTER SESSION 10:50 - 11:25 Fiddler Crabs: Their Life is More Exciting than Yours (or Mine) Jeffrey Levinton, Professor of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University 11:25 - 11:35 Tribute to Rich Kelly Eric Lamont, President, Long Island Botanical Society Conservation Updates 11:35 - 11:50 Marine Mammals & Turtles: Robert DiGiovanni, Chief Scientist, Atlantic Marine Conservation Society 11:50 - 12:05 Breeding Bird Atlas III: Mike Scheibel, Regional Coordinator NYC & LI Region 12:05 - 1:30 LUNCH / POSTER SESSION [NOTE: BYO LUNCH?cafeteria is closed] 1:30 - 2:05 Mushrooms and other Fungi of Long Island: an introduction Joel Horman, editor, Long Island Mycological Club 2:05 - 2:40 Oyster Reefs: Then, Now and In the Future Dr. Bradley Peterson, School of Marine & Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook Christopher Clapp, Marine Scientist, The Nature Conservancy 2:40 - 3:00 BREAK / POSTER SESSION Conservation Updates 3:00 - 3:15 Seabeach Amaranth: Steve Young, Chief Botanist, NY Natural Heritage Program 3:15 ? 3:30 West Brook Flora: Steve Young, Chief Botanist, NY Natural Heritage Program 3:30 ? 3:45 Horseshoe Crabs: Matt Sclafani, Cornell Cooperative Extension 3:45 ? 4:00 Menhaden: Carl Lobue, NY Oceans Programs Director, The Nature Conservancy 4:00 - 4:15 Open Discussion / closing remarks Saturday March 21, 2020 8:00 - 9:00 Registration / set up 9:00 - 9:10 Welcoming Remarks: Tim Green, Environmental Compliance Manager, BNL 9:10 - 9:45 Long Island Bay Scallops: The Success of Restoration Efforts and Threats of Climate Change Dr. Stephen Tettelbach, Cornell Cooperative Extension 9:45 - 10:20 Medical Imaging: It?s not just for human patients anymore! Dr. Nicole P. Maher, Senior Coastal Scientist, The Nature Conservancy 10:20 - 10:50 BREAK / POSTER SESSION 10:50 - 11:25 The Flora and Fauna of Fishers Island Terrence McNamara, Board Member, H. L. Ferguson Museum, Fishers Island Conservation Updates 11:25 - 11:40 Northern Long-eared Bats: Casey Pendergast, NYSDEC & SUNY Albany 11:40 - 11:55 White Sharks: Greg Metzger, SoFo Shark Research and Education Program 11:55 - 12:10 American Chestnut: Niko Nantsis, NYS chapter, American Chestnut Foundation 12:10 - 1:30 LUNCH / POSTER SESSION [NOTE: BYO LUNCH?cafeteria is closed] 1:30 - 2:05 Life History and Occurrence Patterns of Eastern Box Turtles on Long Island, NY Lisa Prowant, PhD Candidate, Stony Brook University 2:05 - 2:40 Survey of Crayfish (Decapoda: Astacida) on Long Island, New York Peter Daniel, Chair of the Department of Biology, Hofstra University 2:40 - 3:00 BREAK / POSTER SESSION Conservation Updates 3:00 ? 3:15 Plum Island: Louise Harrison, Save the Sound 3:15 ? 3:30 Fish Passages: Enrico Nardone (Seatuck) & Byron Young (ELI Audubon) 3:30 ? 3:45 Diamondback Terrapins: John Turner, Seatuck 3:45 - 4:00 Open Discussion / closing remarks Tim Green - Melissa Griffiths Parrott - John Turner - Mike Bottini - Artie Kopelman Russ Burke - Maria Brown - Kimberly Williams 2020 Long Island Natural History Conference Steering Committee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: