Hello Everyone!
If you were interested in attending the first ever Capital Area Natural Resource Management Symposium on August 23 in DC, please be sure to register. We don't have many seats left so if you want to come, register as soon as possible.
Travis and I are very excited about the line up (attached) and hope you'll be able to join us. Just a heads up, this is a hyper-local conference that is focused much more on management than it is on research or analysis.
SCHEDULE BELOW
8:30 - 9:00 | Arrival and check-in (301 Water Street SE, Washington DC) (coffee and light refreshments provided) |
9:00 - 9:30 | Opening remarks by the organizing committee |
9:30 - 9:45 | Restoring a Capital Beltway Treasure - Woodend Sanctuary Bradley Simpson Nature Forward |
9:45 - 10:00 | How should we restore grasslands in northern Virginia? Bert Harris Clifton Institute |
10:15 - 10:30 | Innovative ecological restoration of the Kingman and Heritage Islands Wildlife Conservation Area in Washington DC Damien Ossi DC Department of Energy and Environment |
10:30 - 10:45 | Ecological restoration at Long Branch Nature Center in Virginia Steve Young Volunteer Park Steward, Arlington County VA |
10:45 - 11:00 | Break (coffee and light refreshments provided) |
11:00-11:15 | An Example of a Long-Standing, County-level Park System Deer Management Program in the Capital Region: A Work in Progress Since 1995 Ryan Butler Maryland National Capital Park & Planning Commission - Montgomery Parks |
11:15 - 11:30 | Grassland bird conservation: applying research to develop practical solutions |
Bernadette Rigley Virginia Working Landscapes | |
11:30 - 11:45 | Insights into the annual movements of a common urban bird, the American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Emily Williams Georgetown University |
11:45 - 12:00 | Updating the District’s State Wildlife Action Plan State Wildlife Action Sophie Moore DC Department of Energy and Environment |
12:00 - 1:15 | Lunch (Lunch is not provided. Participants can bring their own lunch and eat in the building. Alternatively, there are several restaurants within walking distance.) |
1:15 - 1:30 | Rock Creek Resilience: Research-informed Strategies to Recreate Responsibly with Dogs Jeanne Braha Rock Creek Conservancy |
1:30 - 1:45 | Nature Serves Hot Spots of Well-being Alyssa Chiascione & Kathleen Dougherty National Park Service Urban Ecology Research Learning Alliance |
1:45 - 2:00 | What Did You Do to My Stream?? How to Effectively Communicate Stream Restorations to the Public Danielle Wynne Fairfax County, VA - Watershed Education and Outreach |
2:00 - 2:15 | Using Citizen Science Data to Monitor Water Quality in Reston Calvin Dickens Reston Association |
2:15 - 2:30 | Nine Years of Mussel Power in the Anacostia River Jorge Bogantes Anacostia Watershed Society |
2:30 - 2:45 | Estimating Recreational Catch and Release Mortality of Striped Bass Rachel Kelmartin George Mason University |
2:45 - 3:00 | Species Confirmation and Population Genetics of Non-native Mystery Snails Within North America Daya Hall-Stratton George Mason University |
3:00 - 3:15 | Leveraging Faith Communities to Achieve Local Climate Solutions Andreana Jinjue Lin or Chris Topoleski [TBD] Faith Alliance for Climate Solutions |
3:15 - 3:30 | A Seat at the Table: Supporting Scientist Engagement with Communities and Decision Makers Christina Hoenow COMPASS Science Communication |
3:30 - 3:45 | Closing remarks by the organizing committee |
4:00 - 5:00 | Optional Happy Hour at Solace Brewing Company (10 minute walk along boardwalk) |