2014 CONNECTICUT CONFERENCE ON NATURAL RESOURCES University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT March 17, 2014
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1 2014 CONNECTICUT CONFERENCE ON NATURAL RESOURCES University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT March 17, 2014 Keynote Address: How Big Should Your Village Be? Dr. Margaret Davidson Acting Director, NOAA Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management Connecticut Outstanding Environmental Leadership Award: Steve Broderick Connecticut Certified Forester, Eastford, CT Dr. Vincent J. Ringrose, Jr. Retired Pediatrician and Chairman DEEP Fisheries Advisory Council Thank you to our Sponsors: The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Connecticut Environmental Review Team Program Connecticut Dept. of Energy and the Environment (CT DEEP) EPA Long Island Sound Study and Connecticut Sea Grant GEI Consultants, Inc. UConn, Center for Environmental Sciences & Engineering UConn, Center for Land Use Education and Research (CLEAR) UConn, Dept. of Natural Resources and the Environment UConn, Water Resources Institute USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service
2 CCNR 2014 Steering Committee: Richard Anyah, Chair Morty Ortega, Co-Chair Cary Chadwick Cheryl Chase Robert Hust William Hyatt Rick Jacobson Lisa Krall Robert Marra Katie O Brien-Clayton Mary Tyrrell John Volin Michael Willig Joshua Wilson richard.anyah@uconn.edu morty.ortega@uconn.edu cary.chadwick@uconn.edu Cheryl.Chase@ct.gov robert.hust@ct.gov william.hyatt@ct.gov rick.jacobson@ct.gov lisa.krall@ct.usda.gov robert.marra@ct.gov katie.obrien-clayton@ct.gov mary.tyrrell@yale.edu john.volin@uconn.edu michael.willig@uconn.edu jwilson@fando.com To view oral and poster presentation abstracts: Please visit the Proceedings tab of our website: Special Thanks We would like to acknowledge the assistance of Kate Copeland, Conference Coordinator, University of Connecticut Events and Conference Services, and her staff in helping to make the conference a success.
3 Keynote Address: Dr. Margaret Davidson Acting Director, NOAA Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management Margaret Davidson is currently serving as the Acting Director of the NOAA Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management. Before joining NOAA, Margaret A. Davidson was executive director of the South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium from 1983 to She also served as special counsel and assistant attorney general for the Louisiana Department of Justice. An active participant in coastal resource management issues since 1978, Davidson earned her juris doctorate (J.D. degree) in natural resources law from Louisiana State University. She later earned a master's degree in marine policy and resource economics from the University of Rhode Island. Davidson holds a faculty appointment at the University of Charleston and serves on the adjunct faculties of Clemson University and the University of South Carolina. She has served on numerous local, state, and federal committees and has provided leadership for national professional societies. She has focused her professional work on environmentally sustainable aquaculture, mitigation of coastal hazards, and impacts of climate variability on coastal resources. Davidson served as the acting assistant administrator for NOAA's National Ocean Service from 2000 to 2002.
4 Connecticut Outstanding Environmental Leadership Award: Steve Broderick Connecticut Certified Forester, Eastford, CT Steve Broderick recently retired as a forester and Director of the Goodwin Forest Education Center. He was in this position for six years. Prior to that he worked for the University of Connecticut Cooperative Extension Service where he worked for 30 years as Extension Educator in the forestry area. Broderick has taught formally in the classroom, but his most extensive experience has been with the outreach educating forest landowners, natural resources professionals, municipal land use officials and others who influence the health and productivity of Connecticut forest resources. Broderick has received numerous awards from national to regional organizations, including the last award in 2010 as Connecticut Outstanding Tree Farmer of the Year. He has an extensive list of scientific and popular publications related to forest research and conservation activities. He received his BSc. In Forestry from the University of Massachusetts and MSc. In forest management and economics from Virginia Polytechnics Institute and State University. He currently resides in Eastford, Connecticut. Dr. Vincent P. Ringrose, Jr. Retired Pediatrician and Chairman DEEP Fisheries Advisory Council Retired pediatrician Dr. Vincent Ringrose of Kensington, CT is a private citizen that through the advisory councils to DEEP s Bureau of Natural Resources (BNR) has been heavily involved in topics from the first in-stream flow regulations to public access battles on several major water bodies in the state. He is currently the Chairman of DEEP Fisheries Advisory Council. He has more than 30 years of volunteer service to Connecticut natural resources conservation.
5 CCNR Schedule of Events 8:15 AM - 9:00 AM Registration and Continental Breakfast (SU Ballroom Foyer) 9:00 AM - 9:10 AM Welcome and General Information (SU Theater) 9:10 AM - 10:00 AM Keynote Address (SU Theater): Dr. Margaret Davidson: How Big Should Your Village Be? 10:00 AM -10:30 AM Presentation of Outstanding Environmental Leadership Award (SU Theater) 10:30 AM -10:45 AM Break Morning Concurrent Sessions 10:45 11:15 Fish assemblage response to a small dam removal in the Eightmile River System Managing Human & Fish & Wildlife LIS & Coastal CT Invasive Species Fish & Wildlife Extreme Weather and Climate Change Ecological Risk at Contamination Sites WORKSHOPS Influence of The Battle for Creating a Blueprint Dormancy Response Managing Human Modeling Dynamic nitrogen and silicon Candlewood Lake: for Conserving Patterns in Health Risk through a Natural Systems on Spartina Can the Invaders be Wildlife for Future Deciduous Forest Comprehensive Air with STELLA alterniflora and its Stopped? Generations Communities of New Monitoring Plan at a possible role England Form Warner, Glenn Poulos, Helen 11:25 11:55 When the water gets hot, the sculpins get going! Elmer, Wade H. Bugbee, Gregory J.; Gibbons, Jordan A. Dickson, Jenny Xie, Yingying; Wang, Xiaojing; Silander, John Threats/Ecosystem Health Skelly, Brian Turning Brown Fields Fish & Wildlife Invasive Species LIS & Coastal CT Fish & Wildlife Into Green Fields Beauchene, Mike Early Detection- Rapid Response: Draft Protocol For Aquatic Invasive Species Response Murray, N.; Balcom, Nancy Living Shorelines: Implementation Strategies and Case Studies Schwanof, Laura A Statewide Survey for the Presence of Ranavirus in Connecticut Wetlands O'Connor, Kelly, Rittenhouse, Tracy AG Forest Health and Conservation in the Hands of Connecticut Families Tyrrell, Mary L. Brownfields to Greenfields: Three Case Studies In Progress on the Willimantic River Brogie, Martin WORKSHOPS (continued) Modeling Dynamic Natural Systems with STELLA Warner, Glenn 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM Lunch (Union Street Market) 1:15 PM - 2:00 PM Presentation of USDA, Natural Resource Conservation Award and Natural Resource Conservation Academy Award (SU Theater)
6 Afternoon Concurrent Sessions 2:10 2:40 Sturgeon in CT waters Water Quality & Fish & Wildlife Conservation Soil Health Fish & Wildlife Invasive Species Fish & Wildlife WORKSHOPS Savoy, Tom 2:50 3:20 Angling-Induced Evolution in Connecticut Largemouth Bass Populations Davis, Justin 3:30 4:00 Landscape correlates of extirpation in Bridle Shiner (Notropis bifrenatus) Photochemical Reactive Species Formation Above and Below Riverine Wastewater Treatment Major and Trace Element Geochemistry and Background Concentrations of Soils Brown, Craig; Thomas, Margaret Effect of Silt Input on Larval Wood Frog Growth and Development O Connor, Jason; Rittenhouse, Tracy AG Emerald Ash Borer and Potential Municipal Responses: Tools for Tree Managers Donnelly, Chris; Doria, Gabriela Loss of anadromous migration results in reduced swimming performance and poor se Utilizing the Sun, Wind, Earth and Water as Natural Energy Resources for a Sustainable Modern Society Bodhipaksha, Laleen Raman, K. C. Velotta, Jonathan GIS Applications Stormwater Mgmt. Groundwater Pollution LIS and Coastal in Natural Fish & Wildlife & Infiltration Fate & Transport Fish & Wildlife Connecticut Resources Eagleville Brook: A Well-Seasoned Case Fine-Scale Selection Lobsters and CREATING Custom stormwater Study: Investigation of Early mosquitocides: Online Maps with reductions and water and Modeling of Road Successional restricting CT ECO and ArcGIS quality monitoring Salt in Groundwater Habitat by methoprene and Online Mesopredators resmethrin in CT Dietz, Michael Adinolfi, Andy; Conte, Brian Evans, M. J.; Rittenhouse, T. A. Wolfe, Roger Chadwick, Cary; Wilson, Emily WORKSHOPS (continued) Utilizing the Sun, Wind, Earth and Water as Natural Energy Resources for a Sustainable Modern Society Raman, K. Fish & Wildlife Urban Environmental Issues Invasive Species Fish & Wildlife Urban Environmental Issues GIS Applications in Natural Resources Pregler, Kasey The impact of effluent and stormwater on metal lability and bioavailability Luan, Hongwei; Vadas, Timothy Warming and phenology effects on invasive plant success in forest understories Dreiss, Lindsay; Volin, John 4:00 PM 5:00 PM Break and Poster Viewing (SU 331) Managing Recreational Fisheries in the Catch-and-Release Era Hessenauer, Jan- M.; Vokoun, J.; Davis, J.; Jacobs, R.; O'Donnell, E. Surveying the Potential for High Output Production of Portable Band Sawmills Champagne, Frances CONNECTICUT'S Lidar (Elevation) Data and CT ECO Wilson, Emily; Chadwick, Cary
7 Poster Presentations (alphabetical by first author) Triclosan-- an Emerging Contaminant in Thames River Effluent Benson, Judy and MacKay, Allison Dept. of Natural Resources and the Environment, UConn; Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UConn Water Quality and Conservation Trophic Cascade Effects of Deer Overabundance on the Northeast Floyd, Megan, UConn Fish and Wildlife Management Tuning an activated carbon nanofiber membrane material for specific sorption Han, Y., Meehan, E., Karl, E., Vadas, T., UConn Water Quality and Conservation Organic Cation Structure: Effects on Adsorption to Montmorillonite Jolin, Will, UConn Water Quality and Conservation Northern Long-eared Bats Endangered? Implications for Natural Resource Managers Moran, Kate, CT DEEP, Wildlife Division Fish and Wildlife Management The Rise of Connecticut River Academy Morton, Bruce, Goodwin College Turning Brown Fields Into Green Fields Iron oxide organic matter copreciptates and controls on copper availability Seda, N., Koenigsmark, F., Vadas, T.M., University of Connecticut Stormwater Management and Infiltration Business Planning for New England Cottontail Recovery, a Parcel-by-Parcel Analysis Wahle, Lisa and Rothbart, Paul, Wildlife Management Institute/CT DEEP Fish and Wildlife Management
8 NRCA Student Poster Presentations (alphabetical by author) Inventorying Culverts in Torrington, CT Anderson, Brittany Invasive Species Inventory in a Watertown, CT Park Araujo, Isaiah Inventorying Culverts in Torrington, CT Beaty, Jasmine Track Down Survey of Lyman Meadow Brook Charette, Natalie Operation Bird Song Phase 1: Engaging Local Citizen Scientists to Record Avian Vocalizations to Improve Habitat Management on Land Trust Properties Everett, Maggie Rain Gardens in Bridgeport, CT Johnson, Jachelle Neighbors in the Sky: Using Popular Media to Introduce People in Connecticut to Common Winter Backyard Birds Lowry, Spencer Tree Inventory in Bridgeport, CT Marrero, Erik A Public Awareness of Limulus and Growth Rate of Post-Embroyotic Horseshoe Crabs McGonagle, Lily Eightmile River Watershed Baseline Monitoring, Assessment and Planning Myers, Lucas Neighbors in the Sky: Using Popular Media to Introduce People in Connecticut to Common Winter Backyard Birds Sheffield, Kendale The Impact of Construction in a Watershed Area Smith, Katie Repairing the Lake Wononscopomuc Watershed Sullivan, Emily Culvert Restoration to Improve Fish Passage in the Town of Salisbury, CT Umana, Cristian A Geospatial Inventory of Beardsley Zoo Villa, Grismel Climate Change Mitigation in Connecticut Municipalities Volin, Lina
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