Below you will find the schedule of events.  There may be some minor changes, which will be communicated as needed. Anyone who registers for the conference via EventBrite will receive links to the Zoom Webinars and Zoom Meetings shortly before the start of the conference.

Draft Basic Schedule (times subject to change)

Tuesday, March 19

 6:30 Arrive at the hotel. Welcome reception

Wednesday, March 20 

Breakfast - on your own

8:00 Check in Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute [SCBI] auditorium

8:30 – 9:00 Welcome & Logistics

9:00 - 10:30 Presentations

10:30 - 11:00 Break

11:00 - 12:30 Presentations

12:45 - 1:45 Lunch (provided)

1:45 - 4:00 Van Tours of SCBI

 5:30 – 6:30 Poster Session Social 

 6:30 - 8:00 Chapter Awards Dinner (provided)

 8:00 Social

Thursday, March 21

8:30 – 9:45 Chapter Business Meeting (SCBI Auditorium)

9:45-10:00 Break

10:00 – 11:15 Presentations

11:15 - 11:30 Break

11:30 - 12:15 Presentations

12:15 Adjourn

12:30 - 2:00 Field Inclusive Social Field Safety Workshop  (presented by the IDEA Committee)

Detailed Schedule

Tuesday, March 19

4:00 – 6:30    Arrival and check-in at Double Tree by Hilton Front Royal Blue Ridge Shadows

6:30 – 10:00  Welcome reception at the hotel (dinner on your own)  
                         
Wednesday, March 20 – Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI)

Breakfast       On your own/hotel option ($5 for hotel buffet)

8:00 – 8:30    Check in at SCBI auditorium

8:30 – 9:00    Welcome & Logistics

Presentations

9:00 – 9:15    Factors Influencing Duration of Behaviors in American Black Bear (Ursus americanus) Adult Females and Their Cubs Surrounding Hibernation – Brogan Holcombe

9:15 – 9:30   How Sex and Breeding Period Influence American Kestrel Space Use in Northern VA, USA: Preliminary Results – Caylen Wolfer

9:30 – 9:45    Conceptual and methodological advances in functional habitat connectivity and corridor modeling– Nicole T. Gorman

9:45 – 10:00  Salamander Skin Peptide Defenses Against Chytrid Fungus – Jose Meneses

10:00 – 10:15   Vultural Differences:  A Multispecies Ethnography of Black Vulture Predation on Cattle in Virginia – Taryn Bromser-Kloeden

10:15 – 10:30  Escaping a Glass Trap – Treated Glass Surfaces Can Provide a Solution for Shrew Mortality – Rachel Morse

10:30 – 11:00   Break

11:00 – 11:15  Improving Road Safety for Wildlife & Drivers in Northern Virginia – Alexa Busby

11:15 – 11:30   A Combination of Environmental and Landscape Variables Drive Movement and Habitat use in Two Anaxyrus sp. in the Eastern Coastal Plain – Alexander Ferentinos

11:30 – 11:45  Scavenger Behavior at Bird-window Collision Carcasses on Radford University Campus – Gabriel Tieskotter and Hunter Greer

11:45 – 12:00   Counting the Cats in DC – William McShea

12:00 – 12:08   Dispersal Dynamics and Non-Breeding Season Distribution of Piping Plovers Banded in Virginia – Maxwell Nootbaar

12:08 – 12:15   Won’t You Be My Neighbor? Estimating Ocelot Space-Use via Camera Traps in Belize – Rachel Morse

12:15 – 12:23  Bee-friendly Beef: Integrating Native Wildflowers into Traditional Grazing Systems – Erin Shibley and Natalie Izlar

12:23 – 12:30   Protecting Wildlife Corridors Using Strategically Targeted Conservation Easements – Rosemary Downing

12:45 – 1:45 Lunch (provided)

1:45 – 4:00    Van Tours of SCBI

5:30 – 6:30    Poster Session Social (at hotel)

6:30 – 8:00    Chapter Awards Dinner (provided)

8:00                  Social

Thursday March 21 – SCBI

Breakfast       On your own/hotel option

8:30 – 9:45    Chapter Business Meeting (SCBI Auditorium)

9:45 – 10:00  Break

Presentations

10:00 – 10:08   Where Have All the Woodrats Gone? Raccoon Roundworm Surveys in Virginia – Karen E. Powers

10:08 – 10:15  Long-Term Demographic Trends in a Wood Turtle Population Inhabiting an Unusual Landscape – Thomas S. Akre

10:15 – 10:30   Snapshot USA: An Annual Nationwide Mammal Survey – Brigit Rooney

10:30 – 10:45   American Oystercatcher Chick Habitat Selection at a Significant Breeding Site in Virginia – Desraeli McBride

10:45 – 11:00   The North American Model is Foundered; Let’s Go Out Back and End It – Pete Acker

11:00 – 11:15   Science and Public Attitudes About Wildlife Killing Contests – Stephanie Boyles Griffin

11:15 – 11:30   Break

11:30 – 11:45   Cooperative Feral Swine Management in Virginia – Chad Forehand

11:45 – 12:00   Practical Zoo Nutrition Management, Research, and Outreach at Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute – Mike Maslanka

12:00 – 12:15  Nutria in Virginia – Mary Krieger

12:15               Adjourn

12:30 – 2:00  Field Inclusive Social Field Safety Workshop (presented by the IDEA Committee)

Abstracts