9:00 to 9:05

Welcome. Kipp Frohlich, Section Leader, Imperiled Species Management, FWC

9:05 to 9:20

Results of the 2011 Marine Turtle Nesting Season in Florida. Anne Meylan and Blair Witherington, FWC

9:20 to 9:35

Update on Florida's Sea Turtle Stranding Trends. Allen Foley, FWC

9:35 to 9:50

Subsequent Sightings of 2010 Cold-stunned Turtles. Rhonda Bailey, FWC

9:50 to 10:05

Overview of NOAA Section 6 funded Research by FWRI. Anne Meylan, FWC

10:05 to 10:25

Climate Change Planning At Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Beth Stys, FWC

10:25 to 10:50

Break

10:50 to 11:05

Florida's Bird Conservation Initiative. Naomi Avissar and Nancy Douglass, FWC

11:05 to 11:25

Update on Listing Status of Loggerheads. Barbara Schroeder NOAA and Sandy MacPherson FWS

11:25 to 11:45

Positive Trends in Nest Production for Three Species at the Archie Carr NWR: Green Turtles Exhibit Extraordinary Growth. Llew Ehrhart, University of Central Florida

11:45 to 12:00

Questions

12:00 to 1:30

Lunch

1:30 to 1:40

Southeast Sea Turtle Meeting. Kim Sonderman, President and Organizer of the Southeast Regional Sea Turtle Meeting

1:40 to 2:00

Common coastal foraging areas for loggerheads in the Gulf of Mexico: Opportunities for marine conservation. Kristen M. Hart¹, Margaret M. Lamont², Ikuko Fujisaki³, Anton D. Tucker⁴, and Raymond R. Carthy⁵

2:00 to 2:10

Making Beaches Darker Program. Karen Shudes, Sea Turtle Conservancy

2:10 to 2:25

Update on Policies Impacting Sea Turtles and Habitats in Florida. Gary Appelson, Sea Turtle Conservancy

2:25 to 3:00

Break

Marine Turtle Grant Presentations

3:00 to 3:05

Introduction. Dan Evans, Sea Turtle Conservancy

3:05 to 3:15

Sea Turtle Specialty License Plate Update. David Godfrey, Sea Turtle Conservancy

3:15 to 3:30

Characterization of Marine Turtle Aggregations in the Charlotte Harbor Estuary. Jeff Schmid, Conservancy of Southwest Florida and Anton D. Tucker⁴

3:30 to 3:45

Turtle Tag Funds Transport, Tanks, & Technology at The Turtle Hospital. Richie Moretti, Sea Turtle Hospital

3:45 to 4:00

In-Water Study of Hawksbills on FL East Coast. Larry Wood, Zoological Society of the Palm Beaches

4:00 to 4:15

Tats, Totes and Telescopes- Palm Beach County Sea Turtle Education and Dark Sky Awareness Campaign. Paul Davis, Palm Beach County Environmental Resources Management

4:15 to 4:30

Nighttime Time-Lapse Imagery of Sea Turtle Behavior, Raymond Mojica, Barrier Island Center

4:30 to 5:00

Questions & Closing Remarks

5:00 pm

Adjourn

FWC= Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
FWS = U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
NMFS = National Marine Fisheries Service
¹U.S. Geological Survey, Southeast Ecological Science Center
²University of Florida
³University of Florida, Research and Education Center
⁴Mote Marine Laboratory
⁵U.S. Geological Survey, Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit


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