Follow this link for directions to the Skelton 4-h Conference Center
Plan on attending the 2013 Winter meeting this February 12-13 on the shores of Smith Mountain Lake’s at the 4-H Skelton Conference Center. We held a partial meet here a few years ago until the impending weather forced us to cancel the meeting. Come out and experience this newly (2012-2013) renovated first class meeting facility.
Agenda
Tuesday February 12th, 2013
9:00-12:00 Registration
10:00-12:00 Presentations
10:00 Past, Present, and Future of the Bear Center at Virginia Tech
J. Bernardo Mesa, Jaime L. Sajecki, Christine M. Proctor, Kanchan Thapa, Marcella J. Kelly.
10:20 Camera Trap Surveys at the Radford Army Ammunition Plant
Devon C. Silva, Nikohl E. Miller, Karen E. Francle, Len L. DiIoia Jr.
10:40 Community Markets for Conservation’s (COMACO) Self-Sustaining Model for Poacher Transformation in Rural Zambia.
Stephen P. Perkins
11:00 A Comparison of Mist Netting and Acoustic Sampling for Detecting Bat Species in the Post-White-Nosed Syndrome World
Coleman, Laci S., Ford, W. Mark,Dobony, Chris A., Britzke, Eric R.
11:20 Antibiotic Resistant E. coli in African Wildlife in Botswana
K.E. Battle1, K.A. Alexander, S.E. Jobbins
11:40 Surveys for Northern Bobwhite and Sympatric Bird Species at the Radford Army Ammunition Plant
John K. Huth, Karen E. Francl, John W.D. Schablein, Len L. DiIoia Jr.
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-3:00 Plenary Panel
3:00-3:30 Break (conference center lobby)
3:30-5:10 Presentations
3:30 Report on Ongoing Surveys of Coastal and Offshore Bat Activity in the Atlantic and Great Lakes Regions
Steve Pelletier, Patrick Burke, Trevor Peterson, Sarah Boyden, Kristen Watrous
3:50 Impacts of Potential Shale Gas Development on Forest Obligate Birds in Pennsylvania
Todd Fearer[1] and Scott D. Klopfer, Michael St. Germain, and David Kramar
4:10 Paired Resource Selection Models Predict Risk to Migratory Golden Eagles (Aquila Chrysaetos) From Industrial Wind Energy Development
Tricia A. Miller, Robert P. Brooks, Michael J. Lanzone, Jeff Cooper, Kieran O’Malley, Charles Maisonneuve, Junior Tremblay, David Brandes, Adam Duerr, Todd E. Katzner
4:30 Eastern Shore Bat Activity: Preliminary Results of an Acoustic Survey
Rick Reynolds, Ruth Boethcer
4:50 Potential Shifts to Select Species Distributions in Virginia as a Result of Climate Change
Scott D. Klopfer, David Kramar, Chris Burkett, Austin Kane
6:00 PM Social and Poster Review Session
7:00 PM Awards Banquet
Wednesday February 13, 2013
7:30 – 8:30 Check-in (conference center lobby)
7:30 Breakfast
8:30-10:30 Chapter Business Meeting
10:30 Break (conference center lobby)
10:45 AM Presentation
10:50 Preliminary Evaluation of Coyote (Canis Latrans) Space Use in The Forests of the Allegheny Mountains of Western Virginia
Dana J. Morin, Marcella J. Kelly
11:10 Grassland Bird Density and Diversity on ARNG-MTC Fort Pickett, Blackstone, Virginia
Michael St. Germain, Rebecca Murray Schneider
11:30 Assessing Population and Demographic Trends in Virginia’s Cave Bats, 2008-2012
Karen E. Francl, Rick Reynolds, Wil Orndorff, W. Mark Ford
11:50Least-Cost Pathways of Movement as an Aid to Predation Management on a Naturally Fragmented Landscape
Raymond D. Dueser, John H. Porter, Nancy D. Moncrief
12:10 Assessing and Predicting Cultural Carrying Capacity of White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in Virginia
Amy Carrozzino-Lyon, Jim Parkhurst, Nelson Lafon, Matt Knox, Dave Steffen,
12:30 Initial Steps Towards Nutria Eradication in Virginia
Michael St. Germain, Scott Klopfer, Mike Fies, David Bishop, Scott Barras
Poster Session 6:00 Tuesday February 12, 2013
Comprehensive Conservation Plans in Progress for James River National Wildlife Refuge and Plum Tree National Wildlife Refuge
Lauren Billodeaux, Cyrus Brame, Megan Carfioli, Rebekah Martin.
Demographics of One of the Rarest Anurans in North America
Da Silva Neto, Jeronimo G., Gorman, Thomas A, Haas, Carola A.,
Estimated Production of Soft Mast Species in Bath County, Virginia and Prevalence in Black Bear Diet
Roxzanna D. Dalton, David M. Montague, Marcella J. Kelly
Impact of Sustainable Logging on Jaguar (Panthera Onca) Population Densities in Belize, Central America.
James W. Hody, Marcella J. Kelly
Preliminary Survey of Summer Bats at the Radford Army Ammunition Plant
Dorothy S. Landgren, Karen E. Francl, And Len L. DiIoia. Jr.
Wildlife Interpretation with Children: Identifying What’s Important
Melissa A. Whistleman, Barbara R. Walker, Karen E. Francl
Survey of the Ectoparasites of the Invasive West Indian Mongoose (Herpestes Javanicus Auropunctatus) on St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands
Kelsey L. Townsend, Karen E. Francl
A Case of Indigenous Specialist Herbivores as a Potential Biological Control Agent for an Exotic Invasive Herb
Laken N. Cooper, Jacob Natseway, Ikju Park, Mark Schwarzländer
Pioneering The Utility Of Oil Mixture For Fluorescent Powder Tracking Of Salamanders
S. Tyler Williams, Carola A. Haas, Thomas A. Gorman, Sylvia D. Powell
Coyote diet and prey availability in western Virginia.
David M. Montague, Dana J. Morin, Roxzanna D. Dalton, Marcella J. Kelly
Understory Composition in a Restored Longleaf Pine Stand
