VERY Tentative Agenda

September 12th-15th, 2004

Native American Fish & Wildlife Society

Northeast Regional Conference

 

Sunday September 12th, 2004

 

Registration at HBMI Natural Resources Department

Nature Trail Walk- Tours of Tribal lands

Scenic Flights

 

Monday September 13th, 2004

 

Conservation Officers –Firearms shoot

 

MAIN SESSION –

TOPICS IN ASSESSMENT & RESTORATION

Penobscot River Restoration Project

Bacterial Source Tracking Study in the Meduxnekeag River

Sediment Study of the Meduxnekeag River

Fish Habitat Assessment in the Meduxnekeag River

Fish Habitat Restoration in Western Maine

American Chestnut Restoration in the Northeast 

Passamaquoddy Carnivore Population Survey

Partners For Amphibian and Reptile Conservation

 

Society Business Meeting

           

Tuesday September 14th, 2004

 

Conservation Officer - Firearms Shoot - Day 2

 

MAIN SESSION –

TOPICS IN HUMAN CONFLICTS WITH NATURE 

Chronic Wasting Disease Program

Wampanoag’s Lyme Disease Control Program

Narragansett’s West Nile Virus monitoring program

Human Conflicts with Animals: Bear, Beaver, Cormorants

Alternatives to In Situ Burning of spilled petroleum products in or affecting Indian Waters.

Alternatives to Oil Spill Dispersants in shallow waters

 

Traditional Feast & Social, Maliseet Gathering Site,

Banks of the Meduxnekeag River

 

Wednesday September 15th, 2004

 

1/2 Day Training Options

Assessing/Inventorying Your Lands for Invasive Plant Species

Fish Habitat Assessment on a tributary of the MeduxnekeagPlanting American Chestnuts (seeds)

 

Concurrent 1 Day Training Sessions

Regional Response Team Incidence Training

 

Banquet, Auction & Presentation of Awards,

Meduxnekeag Ramblers Snowmobile Club