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Welcome to the technical sessions schedule for the 2015 SEAFWA Annual Meeting.

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8:00am EST

Southeast Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies Ballroom Salon C Leadership and the Southeast Conservation Adaptation Strategy Ballroom Salon C Comparison of Growth of Selectively Bred and Resident Largemouth Bass in Texas Reservoirs Windsor B Assessing the Feasibility and Value of a Sustainable, Huntable Elk Population in North Carolina Ballroom Salon A Herpetofauna and Plant Communities of Pine Plantations, Streamside Management Zones, and Mature Cove Hardwood Forests on Industrial Timberland Areas of Central Mississippi, of C Area, Webster County, Mississipp... Ballroom Salon B SYMPOSIUM OVERVIEW Ballroom Salon C

8:05am EST

Conservation blueprints are critical as they present a comprehensive vision for future conservation Ballroom Salon C

8:15am EST

Landscape Conservation Design: Longleaf Pine in the Coastal Plain Ballroom Salon C The Blueprint – An Interconnected Network of Landscapes and Seascapes Ballroom Salon C

8:20am EST

Parentage-Based Tagging (PBT) and Nuclear Identification of Largemouth Bass stocked into Lake Allatoona, Georgia Windsor B GPS Telemetry Collar Performance and Effects on Elk Habitat Use in the Rugged Mountains of Southwest Virginia Ballroom Salon A Habitat Characteristics Associated with Burrows of Gopher Tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus) and Non-burrow Locations on a Mississippi Military Installation Ballroom Salon B

8:25am EST

Landscape Conservation Design: Shortleaf pine woodlands in the Ozark Highlands Ballroom Salon C

8:35am EST

Landscape Conservation Design: Southwest Florida and the Panther National Wildlife Refuge Ballroom Salon C

8:40am EST

A New Frontier: Establishing Hybrid Striped Bass in Lake Norman, North Carolina Windsor B Evaluation of Potential for Antler-based Selective-Harvest Regimes to Influence Cohort-Specific Antler Size of Male White-tailed Deer in Florida Ballroom Salon A Linking Demography and Landscape Resistance to Assess Functional Connectivity of Gopher Tortoise Populations in Georgia Ballroom Salon B

8:45am EST

Landscape Conservation Design: Coastal Prairie and Marshes in the Texas mid Coast Ballroom Salon C

8:55am EST

Landscape Conservation Design: Grasslands and Rivers of the Southern High Plains Ballroom Salon C

9:00am EST

Making It Our Plan: Collaborating with Stakeholders to Revise North Carolina’s Trout Management Plan Windsor B A Rapid Ecological Assessment of Open Pine Woodland and Savanna Systems in the Gulf Coastal Plain and Ozarks Landscape Conservation Cooperative Ballroom Salon B Ungulate Population Fluctuations in South Florida: Predators, Fire, and Floods Ballroom Salon A

9:05am EST

Landscape Conservation Design: Rivers and Streams of the Tennessee River Basin Ballroom Salon C

9:15am EST

Landscape Conservation Design: Caribbean Cays Ballroom Salon C

9:20am EST

First case of a Myxobolus cerebral (Whirling disease) in trout in North Carolina Windsor B Efficacy of Landscape Scale Oak Woodland and Savanna Restoration at Multiple Spatial and Temporal Scales Ballroom Salon B The Effects of Tillage on Shot Concentrations in Dove Fields Ballroom Salon A

9:25am EST

Next Steps in the emerging interconnected network of landscapes and seascapes across the southeast Ballroom Salon C Integration - Landscape Conservation Design across multiple states, territories, and LCC geographies Ballroom Salon C

9:35am EST

Southeast Conservation Planning Atlas – Spatially Explicit Data Development from Landscape Conservation Cooperatives Ballroom Salon C

9:40am EST

Parasitic copepod (Lernaeopodidae: Salmincola) infections in gill and buccal cavity of rainbow trout and brook trout in North Carolina Windsor B Successful Bottomland Hardwood Restoration in West Tennessee Ballroom Salon B Survival and Recruitment of Male Eastern Wild Turkeys Succeeding Implications of No-Jake Harvest Regulation in Arkansas Ballroom Salon A

10:00am EST

Refreshment Break Windsor Corridor

10:20am EST

Contribution of Stocked Brown Trout and Rainbow Trout in Apalachia Reservoir, NC Windsor B Feral Swine Damage Management vs. Population Control (Measuring Performance) Ballroom Salon A The Oak Ridge Reservation: Integrated Management for a Heritage Resource Ballroom Salon B

10:30am EST

The Role of the SE Climate Science Center in supporting the development and early roll out of SECAS Ballroom Salon C Landscape Change Defines Future Conservation Ballroom Salon C

10:40am EST

Managing Change in the Southeast: Implications of Climatic and Land Use Changes for Conservation Goals and Adaptation Responses Ballroom Salon C Brown Trout Population Response to Trophy Regulations and Reservoir Discharge in a Large, Southeastern U.S. Tailwater Windsor B Building a Southeast At-Risk Species Data Coordination Program Ballroom Salon B Human-Wildlife Conflict: An Agency Approach to an Emerging Issue Ballroom Salon A

10:55am EST

Incorporating climate change into terrestrial habitat connectivity across the Southeast Ballroom Salon C

11:00am EST

Trout Population Monitoring within Nantahala River Bypass Reach, Macon and Swain Counties, North Carolina, in Response to Recreational Flow Releases Windsor B Florida’s Wildlife Assistance Program: Addressing, Mitigating, and Preventing Human-Wildlife Conflict Ballroom Salon A The emergence of large scale conservation from wildlife corridors to climate adaptation Ballroom Salon B

11:05am EST

The South Atlantic Conservation Blueprint: From Planning to Action Ballroom Salon C Collaborations that move Science and Planning to Implementation Ballroom Salon C

11:15am EST

A View from the Gulf Coast: How Does All This LCC Planning Add Up? – John Tirpak, Gulf Restoration Program Ballroom Salon C

11:20am EST

Bridgewater Tailrace, NC: Historical and Contemporary Approaches to Managing a Quality Trout Fishery Windsor B Conservation Planning Atlas: Connecting Conservation Practitioners to Large Landscape Data Ballroom Salon B North Carolina Wildlife Damage Control Agent Customer Survey Ballroom Salon A

11:35am EST

Open Dialogue for Session Participants: Feedback, Observations, and Ideas for Next Steps to Help Realize a Vision for Conservation in the Southeast Ballroom Salon C

11:40am EST

Use of Trail Cameras to Assess Angler Use on Two Wild Trout Streams in Wilkes County, North Carolina Windsor B Wildlife in the Cloud: Using Technology to Enhance Human-Wildlife Conflict Management Ballroom Salon A