THE
AMERICAN WILDLIFE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION PRESENTS:
Using
–
PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE THREATS and
opportunities-
DATE: March 24, 2007 9AM – 4PM
PLACE:
MARX MARRIOTT RENAISSANCE HOTEL in
Downtown
830 Registration
900 William Schwerd, President, American Wildlife Conservation Foundation
Introduction:
who “we” (co-hosts & sponsors) are & why we are here
915 Scott Shupe, American Wildlife Conservation Foundation & Oneida Lake Association
Overview of the “narrow” topic of today
The global effect of introduced microbe, insect, plant, and animal species influences physical, economic and cultural aspects of native species within the firm and infirm habitats. From SARS to VHS, round goby to silver carp, golden nematode to Asian long horned beetle, and honeysuckle to buckthorn, man’s expanding influence is reducing species diversity and may be limiting our long term survival capabilities. Discussing local, personal examples may be the best path to understanding greater consequences.
930 Dr. Edward Mills, Professor and Director, Cornell Research Station
Chasing
ecological change – The Oneida Lake Story
Oneida Lake is one
of
1000
Chuck O’Neill, Director, National Aquatic Nuisance Species
Clearinghouse
Ecologic and
Economic Implications of The Invasive Species “Explosion”
5,000
non-indigenous species have established free-living populations in the
1030 Break – SPONSORED BY: TBD
1045 Dr. Ward Stone, Pathologist, NYSDEC
Botulism
in Lakes Erie and Ontario
Two invasive animal
species are involved in the spread of a virulent strain of Botulism E in
Moderated Q&A –
1130
Lunch with Dr.
Oneida Lake through time: A history of human impacts on New York’s largest lake
Tracing history of the lake and its uses from earliest records through construction of the canal and establishment of exotics such as zebra mussel, focusing on changes in fish community and ecology
1300
Dr. Paul R. Bowser, Professor of Aquatic Animal Medicine Aquatic Animal
Health Program,
Viral
Hemorrhagic Septicemia – The Virus, the Disease and the 2006 New York State
Experience
Viral Hemorrhagic
Septicemia (VHS) is a disease that was found for the first time in
1330 Douglas Stang, Chief, NYSDEC Bureau of Fisheries
Via Environmental Conservation Law, the New York State Legislature
provides the Department of Environmental Conservation the authority to adopt
measures to prevent the development, spread and introduction of epizootic
diseases that endanger the health and welfare of native fish and feral animals
in
1400 Break - SPONSORED BY: TBD
1415
Amy Samuels, Cornell Cooperative Extension –
Successful
elements of a ‘grass roots’ water chestnut control program
Prevention, detection and rapid response are key components of
invasive species management. Through
CCE’s Adopt-A-Shoreline Program, volunteers play a vital role in the
prevention, detection and control of water chestnut and other invasive aquatic
plants. To date, almost two
thirds of the shoreline of
1430
David White,
New
Educational Resources for Understanding
The Oneida Lake Education Initiative is a new program with several components specifically designed for lake users and schools in the watershed. The primary goal of the initiative is to disseminate scientifically based information to enhance our understanding of the lake and its watershed. An overview of 2 elements of this initiative will be presented....a new website focusing on the lake, and a "traveling trunk" designed to be used by educators focusing on the aquatic recourses of the lake (including exotics).
1445
Steven J. Sanford, Chief, NYSDEC Bureau of Habitat
What
is next on the agenda of the NYS Invasive
Species Task Force- Past, Present,
Future
The New York State Invasive
Species Task Force convened in early 2004 and reported to the Governor and
Legislature in late 2005. Since that time, $3.25 million in funds have
been allocated to implement their recommendations. Substantive progress
is being made in improving coordination of outreach and education,
information management, research, control and management, and the support of
regional "grass roots" partnerships. The Task Force is being
reconstituted and restructured to continue to guide progress on invasive
species management.
1500
Gretchen Wainwright,
Director of Conservation Programs, The Nature Conservancy's Central/Western
Willie Janeway,
Director of Government Relations, The Nature Conservancy
Good
things are happening in the fight against invasives in New York, but the best
is yet to come.
From 2002 though
2006 a partnership of public and private partners together advocated
successfully for the creation of a State Invasive Species Task Force, the
completion of a report detailing recommendations, and the adoption of a state
budget that included new funding dedicated for invasives. Regional
invasive partnerships are expanding, funding is increasing, and the state is
trying to start up and staff a state-wide office of invasive species.
Governor Spitzer has arrived and has pledged to further increase the state's
dedicated environmental protection fund (the EPF) and to increase staffing at
DEC. We will discuss how a diverse coalition of groups from the Farm
Bureau to The Nature Conservancy to public agencies with a common
interest in helping prevent and respond to invasives and the harm they cause,
might change government policies and secure increased dedicated funding to
advance the effort to prevent, contain, manage and eradicate invasives
problems.
1515
Moderated Q&A
-
1600 Adjourn
William Schwerd
Cornell Cooperative Extension
Ph: 518-885-8995
Scott
Shupe
National Grid
Scott.D.Shupe@us.ngrid.com
Dr. Edward Mills
Professor and
Director
Cornell Research Station
Cornell Biological
Field Station
Ph:
315-633-9242
Fax: 315-633-2358
elm5@cornell.edu
Chuck O’Neill
Director, National
Aquatic Nuisance Species Clearinghouse
Cornell
Morgan II,
Voice: 585-395-2638
Fax: 585-395-2466
Cro4@cornell.edu
Dr. Ward Stone
Wildlife Pathologist
NYSDEC
Ph:
518-478-3032
Dr. Randy Jackson
Cornell Biological Field Station
Bridgeport
,
Ph:
607-255-9243
Fax: 607-255-2358
Jrj26@cornell.edu
Dr.
Paul R. Bowser
Professor of Aquatic
Animal Medicine
Aquatic Animal Health Program
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Ph:
607-253-4029
Fax: 607-253-3365
(department office)
Prb4@cornell.edu
Douglas Stang,
Chief, Bureau of Fisheries
New York State Department Environmental Conservation
625 Broadway
Ph:
518-402-8920
Fax: 518-402-8925
dxstang@gw.dec.state.ny.us
Amy Samuels
Cornell Cooperative Extension
Ph:
315-424-9485
Ams71@cornell.edu
David White
Great Lakes
Program Coordinator
Recreation/Tourism Specialist
NY Sea Grant
SUNY
Ph: 315-312-3042
dgw9@cornell.edu
Steven J. Sanford
Chief, Bureau of Habitat
NYSDEC
625 Broadway
Ph:
518-402-8924
Fax: 518-402-8925
sxsanfor@gw.dec.state.ny.us
Gretchen Wainwright
Director
of Conservation Programs
Central and
1048 University Ave.
Ph:
585-546-8030, ext. 23
gwainwright@tnc.org
Willie Janeway
Director of Government Relations
195 New Karner Road,
Albany
,
wjaneway@tnc.org
Richard “Rip” Colesante
President Oneida Lake Association
46 Tannery Road
Constantia
,
Ph:
315-623-9457
richardcolesante@hotmail.com
Compiled by: Wendy L. McConkey
Cornell Cooperative Extension
Technical Assistance by: Matthew T. Bonanno
Cornell Cooperative Extension