Northeast Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies

General Wildlife Schedule **schedule is tentative and subject to change** Monday, April 28, 2008 GENERAL WILDLIFE - NON-GAME SPECIES Presidential Ballroom C 1:30 pm - 1:50 pm Home range and seasonal movements of wood turtles in northern New Jersey Michael Sebetich, William Paterson University 1:50 pm - 2:10 pm Behavior and summer roost selection by female Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis) in New Jersey Marilyn Kitchell, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 2:10 pm - 2:30 pm Distribution of the herpetofauna at Warren Grove Gunnery Range within the Pinelands of southern New Jersey Walt Bien, Drexel University 2:30 pm - 2:50 pm Bird and Bat mortality at the Maple Ridge Wind Resource Area Aaftab Jain, Curry and Kerlinger, LLC. 2:50 pm - 3:10 pm Effects of Horseshoe Crab (Limulus polyphemus) Harvest in Delaware Bay on Red Knots (Calidris canutus rufa): Are Harvest Restrictions Working? Amanda Dey, NJ Division of Fish & Wildlife 3:10 pm - 3:30 pm BREAK 3:30 pm - 3:50 pm Effect of Disturbance on Small Mammal Diversity in the New Jersey Pinelands with Special Reference to the Ecology of Southern Bog Lemming and Meadow Jumping Mouse Alicia Shenko, Drexel University 3:50 pm - 4:10 pm Coexistence of rattlesnakes and military operations: occurrence and spatial ecology of the timber rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) at the Warren Grove Gunnery Range in the Pinelands of New Jersey Ronald Smith, Drexel University 4:10 pm - 4:30 pm The Pennsylvania Timber Rattlesnake Site Assessment and Inventory Project Chris Urban, PA Fish & Boat Commission 4:30 pm - 4:50 pm Home Range and Hibernacula Fidelity of Wood Turtles: Implications for Best Management Practice Sara Sweeten, USDA Forest Service and James Madison University Tuesday, April 29, 2008 GENERAL WILDLIFE - GAME SPECIES Presidential Ballroom C 8:30 am - 8:50 am Movements and Habitat Use of Sika and White-Tailed Deer on Assateague Island National Seashore Sonja Christensen, PA Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit 8:50 am - 9:15 am Survival and cause-specific mortality of white-tailed deer in Massachusetts John McDonald, US Fish and Wildlife Service 9:15 am - 9:40 am Effect of antler point restrictions on buck survival in Pennsylvania Bret Wallingford, PA Game Commission 9:40 am - 10:00 am Retention time of Telazol in black bears Chris Ryan, West Virginia DNR 10:00 am - 10:30 am BREAK 10:30 am - 10:50 am Molt Migration Of New Jersey Resident Canada Geese Ted Nichols, NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife, Nathan Zimpfer, Robert Faftovich, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Paul Castelli, New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife 10:50 am - 11:15 am Conceptualizing social conflicts over waterfowl hunting and furbearer trapping Heather Van Den Berg, Human Dimensions Research Unit 11:15 am - 11:40 am Bobwhite Breeding Ecology and Habitat Selection in Southern New Jersey Bridget Collins, University of Delaware 11:40 am - 12:00 pm Stable isotope analysis distinguishes wild from pen-raised northern bobwhite Paul Castelli, NJ Div Fish & Wildlife 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm LUNCH GENERAL WILDLIFE - METHODS Presidential Ballroom C 1:30 pm - 1:50 pm Estimating fish prey size of nearctic river otters (Lontra canadensis) using scales Cory Stearns, Frostburg State University 1:50 pm - 2:10 pm Using scat detection dog to estimate bobcat (Lynx rufus) population size and distribution Gretchen Fowles, NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife 2:10 pm - 2:30 pm Modeling Nest Success for the American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) Using Program MARK Tom Virzi, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey 2:30 pm - 2:50 pm Effects of Management of Pitch Pine-scrub Oak Forest on Birds in Western Massachusetts David King, US Forest Service Northern Research Station 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm BREAK 3:30 pm - 3:50 pm Landscape Scale Habitat Use by Female Indiana Bats in Central New York Michael Fishman, Stearns & Wheler, LLC 3:50 pm - 4:10 pm Habitat modeling of shrubland birds in a globally significant landscape Neil Gifford, Albany Pine Bush Preserve Commission 4:10 pm - 4:30 pm The FoRest Decision Tool: A Habitat Decision Tool for Restoring Ecological Values to Working Forests Scott Bearer, The Nature Conservancy 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm A New Implementation of WEThings Joel Luna, Habitat and Environmental Modeling and Simulation Wednesday, April 30, 2008 GENERAL WILDLIFE Regency East 8:30 am - 8:50 am Methodologies and Effects of Open Marsh Water Management on Delaware Saltmarshes Christopher Lesser, DE Division of Fish and Wildlife 8:50 am - 9:10 am The Use of Integrated Marsh Management in Connecticut to Manage Tidal Wetlands for Wildlife and Mosquito Control Roger Wolfe, CT DEP 9:10 am - 9:30 am Bog Turtle Habitat Conservation Planning (HCP) Project In Lower Portions Of The Delaware West Recovery Area In Pennsylvania And Delaware: Potential For A New Recovery Tool? Gian Rocco, Penn State Cooperative Wetland Center 9:30 am - 9:50 am New Jersey's Important Bird Areas (IBA) Project: a Model for Site-based Implementation of NJ's Wildlife Action Plan Elizabeth Ciuzio, NJ Audubon Society 9:50 am - 10:10 am Within-state Coordinated Bird Monitoring in New Jersey Sharon Petzinger, NJ Fish and Wildlife 10:10 am - 10:30 am BREAK 10:30 am - 10:50 am Surveillance for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Wild Birds in the United States Anthony Musante, USDA/APHIS-Wildlife Services 10:50 am - 11:10 am Increased white-footed mouse and blacklegged tick abundances in Japanese barberry infestations Scott Williams, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station 11:10 am - 11:30 am Common eider (Somateria mollissima) mass mortality events in Massachusetts: comparative pathology of affected birds vs. presumed healthy birds Sarah Courchesne, Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine 11:30 am - 11:50 am Babesia microti in New Jersey black bears Jane Huffman, Northeast Wildlife DNA Laboratory Poster Presentation Caterpillar Biomass and Bird Foraging Preferences on Commonly Planted Landscape Trees in Suburbia Christy Beal, University of Delaware Caterpillar Biomass and Bird Foraging Preferences on Commonly Planted Landscape Trees in Suburbia Christy Beal, University of Delaware Distribution of Pine Plains avifauna at the Warren Grove Gunnery Range Katherine Brooks, Drexel University Forest floor temperature and relative humidity following timber harvesting in southern New England, USA Robert Brooks, U.S. Forest Service Spatial patterns and abundance estimates of black bears (Ursus americanus) in New Hampshire using genetic tagging Stephanie Coster, University of New Hampshire Determining food resources and estimating habitat carrying capacity for wintering and spring staging American black ducks (Anas rubripes) in southern New Jersey Dane Cramer, University of Delaware Population Genetic Structure of the New England Cottontail (Sylvilagus transitionalis) Lindsey Fenderson, University of New Hampshire A Predictive Habitat Model for Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) Presence in New Jersey Gretchen Fowles, NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife Raritan-Piedmont Wildlife Habitat Grassland Conservation Plan: On-the-ground Implementation of the New Jersey Wildlife Action Plan Anne Heasly, Raritan Piedmont Habitat Partnership Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) Nesting Pair Populations and Nest Locations at Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge Kevin Holcomb, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Genetic Analysis of Amphibian Dispersal in a Forested Landscape Adrienne Kovach, University of New Hampshire Food Use and Time/Energy Budgets of Wintering and Staging Atlantic Brant Zachary Ladin, University of Delaware Use of GIS and collaboration between the New York and New Jersey Wildlife Action Plan-Strategies Sarah Levy, University of Michigan Habitat selection, movement, and population parameters in Northern bobwhite winter coveys in Southern New Jersey Michael Lohr, University of Delaware Contaminant assessment of common terns in the Gulf of Maine Steve Mierzykowski, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service New York's High Peaks Bear Project Benjamin Tabor, New York State, Bureau of Wildlife Evaluating the Impacts of the Blennerhassett Island Bridge crossing (Ohio River) on Wildlife Joshua Vance, West Virginia University Assessing bird-aircraft strike hazard (BASH) risk associated with breeding and migrating Osprey Brian Washburn, USDA APHIS Disposal of bio-solids at airports: Creating wildlife hazard attractants or not? Brian Washburn, USDA APHIS Longtail Salamander (Eurycea longicauda longicauda) Distribution and Habitat Associations in New Jersey Brian Zarate, NJDF&W - ENSP SPONSORED BY:

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