Snakes of the Northeast Conference
Agenda

Friday Draft Agenda November 30, 2007

Friday Speakers:

• Tom Tyning, Berkshire Community College, author of the Stokes Nature Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles, on Rattlesnakes of Western Massachusetts
• Al Richmond, Biology Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst on Serpentes: Maligned, Mismanaged, Misunderstood
• Paul Sievert, USGS, Massachusetts Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit, Department of Natural Resources Conservation, UMass Amherst on Population Dynamics
• Al Breisch, Herp Atlas Project Director, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation on Observations on snakes from the New York Amphibian and Reptile Atlas
• Jonathan Mays, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Game on Home Range, Movement, and Habitat Ecology of the Northern Black Racer
• Celine Goulet, UNH graduate student on A Multi-Scale Evaluation of the Eastern Hognose Snake
• James Andrews, Vermont Reptile and Amphibian Atlas Project on Distribution, Relative Abundance, and Conservation of Vermont Snakes
• Charles Smith, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at University of Connecticut on Copperhead Snakes of the Connecticut River Valley
• Glenn Johnson, Associate Professor and Chair of the Biology Department at the State University of New York – Potsdam campus on Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnakes in New York State: Past, Present and Future
• Kevin Shoemaker, doctoral student at Department of Environmental & Forest Biology, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry on The Massasauga Rattlesnake at Cicero Swamp (New York, USA): A Case of Basking-site Limitation

"The Amphibians and Reptiles of New York State: Identification, Natural History, and Conservation" by James P. Gibbs, *Alvin R. Breisch, Peter K. Ducey, *Glenn Johnson, John Behler, and Richard Bothner

"Timber Rattlesnakes in Vermont & New York Biology, History, and the Fate of an Endangered Species" by *Jon Furman

"Stokes Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians" by *Tom Tyning

"Snakes of New England" by *Linda Krulikowski

"Landscape with Reptile Rattlesnakes in an Urban World" by *Thomas Palmer

Dr. William S. Brown A recent research trip.

Conference Dinner: Friday, 6 pm- 8 pm

Saturday Agenda December 1, 2007

Saturday Speakers:

• Lin Krulilowski, author of Snakes of New England, on her Photographic Study of Snakes of New England
• Scott Smyers, Oxbow Associates, Inc, a Massachusetts based wetlands and wildlife consulting company specializing in rare and endangered wildlife study and mitigation on How we can learn from variability of garter snakes with preliminary results from Nantucket and the Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts.
• Trevor Persons, currently working with Maine’s Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife on various amphibian and reptile projects on Distribution and Status of Snakes in Maine, with an Update on the Maine Amphibian and Reptile Atlas Project
• Peter Mirick, Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife, MassWildlife editor on The Eastern/Black Rat Snake
• Tom French, Massachusetts Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program on Rare Snake Conservation in Massachusetts
• Tom Tyning, Berkshire Community College, author of the Stokes Nature Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles, on Snakes of Western Massachusetts
• Mike Marchand, New Hampshire Fish & Game Department, Nongame & Endangered Wildlife Program, and NEPARC on Northeast Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation- Joining forces to conserve reptiles and amphibians of the Northeast through a proactive inclusive partnership
• Ellen Kiley, Special Agent, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Snakes and Federal Laws
• Tom Palmer, author of Landscape with Reptile on Current Conservation Strategies in the Private Sector

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