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SEAFWA 2018

The following schedule is from the 72nd Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies which was held October 21-24, 2018 in Mobile, Alabama.

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7:00am CDT

Directors’ Breakfast (invitation only) - Sponsored by Kalkomey Enterprises LLC Jubilee Suite Breakfast with Exhibitors - Sponsored by Johnson Mirmiran & Thompson Inc. 2nd Level Foyer Conference Registration Desk Open 2nd Level Foyer Exhibits Open 2nd Level Foyer Speaker Ready Room Open Baypointe Suite

8:00am CDT

PLENARY SESSION Bon Secour Bay Ballroom

8:30am CDT

Spouse/Guest Tour - Bellingrath Gardens and The Estuarium Offsite

9:30am CDT

Coffee Available in the Exhibit Area 2nd Level Foyer

12:00pm CDT

Attendee Lunch on Your Own N/A Directors’ Lunch (invitation only) - Sponsored by National Wild Turkey Federation Jubilee Suite Student/Mentor Lunch - Sponsored by Southern Division American Fisheries Society Mobile Bay Ballroom Wildlife Administrators Lunch (invitation only) - Sponsored by Ducks Unlimited Admiral Suite Law Enforcement Officers Training (invitation only) - Sponsored by A.C.E.O.A, MHT Defense and Palmetto State Defense Offsite - Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office Training Center

1:00pm CDT

Alligator Program Leaders and Directors Meeting Commodore Suite Wildlife Administrators Meeting Clipper

1:20pm CDT

Fisheries 1 Track: Stocking of Advanced-Size, Delta-Strain Largemouth Bass in Two Estuarine Creeks and a Freshwater Impoundment in Southwest Alabama Bon Secour Bay I SYMPOSIUM-01: Introduction to Symposium Grand Bay I SYMPOSIUM-02: Evaluating Wood Duck Nest Boxes and Advancing Recruitment Grand Bay II Wildlife 1 Track: Effects of Loblolly Pine Thinning Intensity on White-tailed Deer Forage and Stand Economics Bon Secour Bay II Marketing, R3 & Communications 1 Track: Partnering with the Industry in Your Community Riverboat Legal Track. Employment Law CLE Windjammer Concurrent Technical Sessions & Symposia Multiple Locations

1:40pm CDT

Fisheries 1 Track: Rethinking Florida Bass Stocking as a Fishery Management Tool Bon Secour Bay I SYMPOSIUM-01: Conservation Value of Private, Working Forests: The Role of Forest Management, Certification and Best Management Practices for At-risk Species Grand Bay I SYMPOSIUM-02: Managing Nest Boxes for Wood Ducks: What Have We Learned? Grand Bay II Wildlife 1 Track: In Search of Does: Male White-tailed Deer Exhibit Unique Movement Patterns During the Breeding Season Bon Secour Bay II

2:00pm CDT

Fisheries 1 Track: Development of a Swab Protocol for an Angler-driven Program to Promote the Genetic Assessment of Black Bass Populations Bon Secour Bay I SYMPOSIUM-01: Implementing State Agency Conservation of At-risk Species with Private Forest Owners Grand Bay I SYMPOSIUM-02: Using Nest Boxes to Learn About and Help Manage Cavity-nesting Ducks Grand Bay II Wildlife 1 Track: Strategic Use of Deer Management Cooperatives in Conservation Planning Bon Secour Bay II Marketing, R3 & Communications 1 Track: The Economic Significance of Fish and Wildlife Recreation in the (Southeast) U.S. Riverboat

2:20pm CDT

Fisheries 1 Track: Evaluating the Utility of an Age-Length-Key in Estimating Growth Parameters: A Largemouth Bass Example Bon Secour Bay I SYMPOSIUM-02: Ecology and Management of Wood Duck Ducklings and Broods in North America Grand Bay II Wildlife 1 Track: Variation in White-tailed Deer Antler Size: The Effects of Age, Landscape Composition, and Physiographic Province Bon Secour Bay II SYMPOSIUM-01: Federal Tools for Conservation of At-risk Species on Private Working Forests Grand Bay I

2:30pm CDT

Legal Track. Lionfish Epidemic – Overview of the Problem, Applicable Laws, and Future Considerations Windjammer

2:40pm CDT

Fisheries 1 Track: Comparison of Otoliths and Scales in Estimating Age of Redbreast Sunfish and Green Sunfish in an Urban Watershed Bon Secour Bay I SYMPOSIUM-02: Combining Waterfowl and Breeding Bird Survey Data to Estimate Wood Duck Breeding Population Size in the Atlantic Flyway Grand Bay II Wildlife 1 Track: Evaluation of Methods to Increase Deer Forage and Turkey Brooding Cover in Coastal Plain Hardwood Stands Bon Secour Bay II

3:00pm CDT

Refreshment Break with Exhibitors 2nd Level Foyer

3:20pm CDT

Fisheries 1 Track: Movement of Acoustic-tagged Largemouth Bass Between Lake Mattamuskeet and Surrounding Canals in Relation to Changes in Lake Level Bon Secour Bay I SYMPOSIUM-01: Forestry and Heirs’ Property: Obstacles and Synergies Grand Bay I SYMPOSIUM-02: Use of Next Boxes by Wood Ducks and Hooded Mergansers at Noxubee and Yazoo National Wildlife Refuges in Mississippi Grand Bay II Wildlife 1 Track: The Effect of Baited Camera Stations on Eastern Wild Turkey Home Range and Movement Bon Secour Bay II Marketing, R3 & Communications 1 Track: Diversity and Inclusion Among All Animals in Conservation Riverboat SEAFWA’s Wild Hog Working Group (invitation only) Schooner

3:30pm CDT

Legal Track. Roundtable on Hot Legal Topics Windjammer

3:40pm CDT

Fisheries 1 Track: Quantifying Paddlefish and Largemouth Bass Behavior in a Small Impoundment Using Acoustic and Radio Biotelemetry Bon Secour Bay I SYMPOSIUM-01: At-Risk Species Conservation on Large Private Working Forests Grand Bay I SYMPOSIUM-02: Nesting Duck Use, Production, and Selection of Nest Structures in Coastal South Carolina Grand Bay II Wildlife 1 Track: Survival and Harvest Rates of Male Eastern Wild Turkeys in the Ozark and Ouachita Mountain Regions of Arkansas Bon Secour Bay II

4:00pm CDT

(CANCELLED) Fisheries 1 Track: Florida's Freshwater Priority Resources: A Guide for Future Management Bon Secour Bay I SYMPOSIUM-01: Example of Cooperative Conservation on Private, Working Forests: Pilot Project for Gopher Tortoise in Alabama Grand Bay I SYMPOSIUM-02: Survival and Distribution of Black-Bellied Whistling Ducks (Dendrocygna autumnalis) in the Southeastern United States Grand Bay II Wildlife 1 Track: Comparing Camera Survey Designs for Monitoring Eastern Wild Turkey Populations Bon Secour Bay II Marketing, R3 & Communications 1 Track: Social Media Roundtable Riverboat

4:20pm CDT

(CANCELLED) Fisheries 1 Track: Population Status of Florida’s Species of Greatest Conservation Need from the Escambia Watershed Bon Secour Bay I SYMPOSIUM-02: Black-Bellied Whistling Ducks Grand Bay II Wildlife 1 Track: Automated Techniques for Interpreting Game Camera Images from Surveys for Eastern Wild Turkeys Bon Secour Bay II SYMPOSIUM-01: Panel Discussion Grand Bay I

4:40pm CDT

Fisheries 1 Track: Development and Implementation of Freshwater Species Recovery in Alabama Bon Secour Bay I SYMPOSIUM-02: Discussion Grand Bay II Wildlife 1 Track: Hunter Cooperator Data: What Is It Good For? Bon Secour Bay II

5:30pm CDT

Poster Session & Social Bon Secour Bay Ballroom & 2nd Level Foyer (CANCELLED) Poster: Evaluation of Large-Scale Habitat Enhancement in Newly Inundated Fellsmere Reservoir Bon Secour Bay Ballroom & 2nd Level Foyer (CANCELLED) Poster: Integrating Human Dimensions Studies and Human-Wildlife Conflict Data to Develop a Targeted Awareness Campaign About Coyotes in Florida Bon Secour Bay Ballroom & 2nd Level Foyer (CANCELLED) Poster: Using Citizen Science to Engage Private Landowners in the Conservation of Northern Bobwhite Quail Bon Secour Bay Ballroom & 2nd Level Foyer Poster: Acoustic Recording Technology: An Application to Northern Bobwhite Populations Bon Secour Bay Ballroom & 2nd Level Foyer Poster: Amphibian Oviposition Site Selection Preferences in Response to Leaf Litter Chemical Characteristics Bon Secour Bay Ballroom & 2nd Level Foyer Poster: An Evaluation of the Sandy Creek Nature Center Exhibit Hall and Visitors’ Intentions to Engage in Environmentally Conscientious Behavior Bon Secour Bay Ballroom & 2nd Level Foyer Poster: Auburn University Forestry and Wildlife Student Employment on the National Forests in Alabama Bon Secour Bay Ballroom & 2nd Level Foyer Poster: Camera Trap Effectiveness in Monitoring a Managed Feral Hog Population in the Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge Bon Secour Bay Ballroom & 2nd Level Foyer Poster: Demographic Perspectives of Recreational Freshwater Fishing in Alabama Bon Secour Bay Ballroom & 2nd Level Foyer Poster: Effects of a Lake Renovation on the Fish Community in Edward Medard Reservoir Bon Secour Bay Ballroom & 2nd Level Foyer Poster: Effects of Mid-rotation Management in Managed Loblolly Pine Stands on Vegetation Response and Northern Bobwhite Habitat Bon Secour Bay Ballroom & 2nd Level Foyer Poster: Habitat Preferences and Temporal Distribution of Forest Dwelling Bats in Northeastern Oklahoma Bon Secour Bay Ballroom & 2nd Level Foyer Poster: Habitat Selection of Male Eastern Wild Turkeys in Arkansas Mountain Regions During Reproduction Periods and Hunting Disturbances Bon Secour Bay Ballroom & 2nd Level Foyer Poster: Moist-Soil Seed Biomass and Duck Energy-Day Estimates in Pastures on Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge Bon Secour Bay Ballroom & 2nd Level Foyer Poster: Survival and Recovery Rates of Black-bellied Whistling Ducks (Dendrocygna autumnalis) Banded in Southwestern Louisiana Bon Secour Bay Ballroom & 2nd Level Foyer Poster: Survival and Recovery Rates of Mourning Doves (Zenaida macroura) Banded on Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge Bon Secour Bay Ballroom & 2nd Level Foyer Poster: Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency’s Winter Trout Program: A First Look into Angler Recruitment and Retention Bon Secour Bay Ballroom & 2nd Level Foyer Poster: The Influence of Land-Use Change on Loggerhead Shrike Population Decline in Lincoln Parish, Louisiana Bon Secour Bay Ballroom & 2nd Level Foyer Poster: Using Time Lapse Cameras and a Roving Creel Survey to Evaluate a Tailrace Trout Fishery Bon Secour Bay Ballroom & 2nd Level Foyer

6:00pm CDT

UGA Warnell School Alumni & Friends Reception Jubilee Suite

7:00pm CDT

Dinner on Your Own in Mobile N/A