Northeast Natural Heritage Conference

Agenda and Presentations

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Northeast Natural Heritage Conference - Session Presentations - April 20-21, 2009
 
Leadership
Information
Management
Zoology
Botany
Ecology
Monday
8:30–9:00

Welcome and Orientation, Mary Klein, NatureServe  |  Text of speech
 
 
9:00–10:30
 

Birds-Eye Overview and On-the-Ground Topics by Request
Susan Klugman, Kierstin Carlson and Rob Solomon, NatureServe

Notes from the Field
Nicole Capuano and Margaret Ormes, NatureServe

High Allegheny Wetlands
Elizabeth Byers and James Vanderhoorst, West Virginia NHP

Riparian Natural Community Reference Types for West KillWatershed
Frederick Sechler, New York NHP

Conversation on Land Use Planning
Shara Howie, NatureServe

Pennsylvania Aquatic Community Classification
Jeremy Deeds, Mary Walsh and Betsy Nightingale, Pennsylvania NHP
10:45–12:15

Screening for At-Risk Species: NatureServe's New EO Web Service
Nick Conrad, New York NHP, Kat Maybury, NatureServe, and Pete Sorrill, Ontario Natural Heritage Information Centre

Restoration and Management of the Goat Hill Serpentine Barrens
Mary Ann Furedi, Pennsylvania NHP

Rare Plant and Natural Community Baselines in the Adirondack Alpine
Tim Howard, New York NHP
1:30–3:00

Status and Future Direction of NatureServe's Management of Observation Data
Jennifer Nichols, Shara Howie and Rob Solomon, NatureServe

Plant Taxonomy: Where Do We Grow From Here?
Marilyn Anions, NatureServe Canada, and Bruce Young, NatureServe
3:30–5:00

With a Little Help from My Friends: Advancing Both Missions through the TNC-NatureServe Partnership
Mary Klein and Shara Howie, NatureServe, and Brad Northrup, The Nature Conservancy

NatureServe Methodology Development: Progress and New Priorities
Jennifer Nichols, Don Faber-Langendoen and Pat Comer, NatureServe
 Part A: Science Methodology  |  Part B: Revised NVC
Tuesday
9:00–10:00

NatureServe Network Leadership Meeting

Ranking EOs for High-Priority Animal Species
Jay Cordeiro, NatureServe

Botany Global Ranking Session: To Rank and How To Rank, That is the Global Plant Question!
Marilyn Anions, NatureServe Canada, and Adele Tomainio, NatureServe

 

Ecology Roundtable
All Ecologists
10:30–12:00

Field Data Collection Tools and Systems in Member Programs
Rob Solomon, NatureServe
Part A: Handhelds   |   Part B: Kestrel

Eastern Wildlife Habitat Classification and Map
Mark Anderson, The Nature Conservancy
1:30–3:00
 

Hotlinking PDFs to Shapefiles to Share EO Data More Effectively
Shelley Cooke, New York NHP

Methodological Issues Roundtable
Margaret Ormes, NatureServe

Ecology Systems Map Review
Pat Comer and Sue Gawler, NatureServe
3:30–5:00
 
 

The State of Our Data: 2008 BDCS Report
Cameron Scott, NatureServe

Sharepoint for the Network: Training for a New Network Collaboration Tool
Shelley Cooke, New York NHP

Six Years of Research on the Eastern Massasauga: From Inventory to Conservation Planning
Ryan Miller and Matt Kowalski, Pennsylvania NHP

Ranking Birds Using the Rank Calculator
Kelly Perkins, New York NHP