Saturday, September 8, 2018 | ||
4:00pm – 7:00pm | Conference Registration Desk Open | 2nd Floor, top of escalators |
Sunday, September 9, 2018 | ||
7:00am – 5:00pm | Conference Registration Desk Open | 2nd Floor, top of escalators |
7:00am – 3:30pm | Directors' Retreat (invitation only) | Offsite |
8:30am – 3:30pm | WORKSHOP: Making the Connection Between State Wildlife Action Plans and the Wildlife Recreation Community {Pre-registration and additional fee required. $25 per person; includes refreshments - lunch will be on your own} This workshop brings together wildlife viewing and nature tourism with Wildlife Diversity Managers, State Wildlife Action Plan coordinators and anyone interested in making creative connections with broader constituencies to achieve conservation successes. The workshop will help you foster agency relevancy and broaden SWAP implementation with emerging constituency groups.
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Grand Salon G |
10:00am – 12:00pm | Committee Meeting: Bird Fish Conflict Working Group | Meeting Room 5-6 |
12:00pm – 5:00pm | Business Center & Internet Café Open | Registration Desk |
1:00pm – 5:00pm | WORKSHOP: Assessing Decision Risk in Species Range Maps and Distribution Models for Use in Conservation and Management (view flyer) Have concerns over the application of species distribution models (SDM) in management? What skill sets should agency analysts have for creating defensible SDMs for WAPs and FWS Species Status Assessments (SSA)? What constitutes a "decision-quality" SDM? If you have these and similar questions regarding the application of SDMs to management, consider participating in this open forum workshop on SDMs. Outcomes of the workshop will guide an education and training platform on SDMs being collaboratively developed by the USGS Cooperative Research Units Program, FWS, and AFWA. Discussion topics include:
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Grand Salon B |
1:00pm – 5:00pm | WORKSHOP: Effective Communication: Creating a Trusting Environment {Pre-registration required, although there is no fee to attend} Trust is like the air we breathe. When it’s present, nobody really notices. But when it’s absent, everybody notices. Warren Buffett In this session we will concentrate on the effects or influences leadership has over trust in the work environment. Participants will learn some tools that will help guide them in building trust and have an opportunity to practice using them. Listed below are the objectives for this workshop:
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Grand Salon H |
1:00pm – 5:00pm | Committee Meeting: Drug Approval Working Group | Meeting Room 5-6 |
2:00pm – 5:00pm | Exhibitor Set-up | Grand Ballroom Foyer |
4:00pm – 6:00pm | Women in Wildlife Conservation Network (WWCN) Power Walk and Networking Start of the AFWA meeting with a walk on the Riverwalk. Join WWCN for a fun opportunity to be outside, network with other conference attendees, and learn more about the WWCN. All are welcome. Be in the lobby of the Tampa Marriott Waterside Hotel (conference hotel) by 4:00 pm. The WWCN seeks to inspire and empower women in the natural resources and conservation community; to provide a venue to share and learn from all genders; to help women aspire to and succeed in leadership positions; and to welcome all women into the conservation field. |
Meet in Marriott Lobby |
6:00pm – 8:00pm | Young Guns 10th Annual Happy Hour Don’t let the name fool you, YOUNG GUNS 10 is for everyone attending the Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies’ Annual Meeting. Come hang out with AFWA staff at our 10th Annual Happy Hour. Bring your business card and enter to win a $100 Bass Pro Gift Card, courtesy of AFWA. (view flyer) It’s a cash bar, you can order food and stay as long as you like! Come join us! |
Offsite - American Social Bar & Kitchen (approximately a 4-minute walk from the Tampa Marriott Waterside Hotel at 601 S. Harbour Island Blvd.) |
6:00pm – 9:00pm | Directors’ Reception & Dinner (invitation only) Sponsored by Brandt Information Services, LLC and Ducks Unlimited |
Offsite |
Monday, September 10, 2018 | ||
7:00am - 8:00am | Coffee Break with Exhibitors | Grand Ballroom Foyer |
7:00am - 8:00am | Directors' Breakfast (invitation only) Sponsored by National Wild Turkey Federation |
Il Terrazzo |
7:00am - 5:00pm | Conference Registration Desk, Business Center & Internet Café Open | 2nd Floor, top of escalators |
7:00am - 5:00pm | Exhibits Open — Stop by and show your support! | Grand Ballroom Foyer |
8:00am | Guest Gathering | Hotel Lobby |
8:00am - 9:45am | Welcome & Plenary Session: Outdoors Rising: Facing Forward (view schedule) | Grand Salon E-F |
9:30am - 4:00pm | Guest Activity: Museum Day in St. Petersburg Enjoy a self-guided walking tour of downtown St. Petersburg, and visit up to three world class museums: Dali Museum ($24), Fine Arts Museum of St. Petersburg ($17), Morean Arts Center - Chihuly Collection ($19.95). Visit any, or all (as time allows) and pay the applicable entrance fees at the door. {Pre-registration is required. Transportation to and from hotel will be provided. Museum fees and lunch are on your own.} |
Offsite |
9:30am - 10:30am | Coffee Break with Exhibitors | Grand Ballroom Foyer |
10:00am - 11:00am | Monarch Status and Conservation Planning Meeting | Grand Salon H |
10:00am - 12:00pm | WAFWA Executive Committee Meeting (invitation only) | Meeting Room 1 |
10:00am - 12:00pm | National Wildlife Health Initiative (invitation only) | Florida Salon III |
10:00am - 12:00pm | National Pheasant Plan Management Board Meeting | Grand Salon B |
10:00am - 12:00pm | Committee & Working Group Meetings
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Multiple Locations |
11:00am - 12:00pm | Mid-America Monarch Conservation Board of Directors Meeting | Florida Salon VI |
12:00pm - 1:00pm | Directors' Lunch (invitation only) Sponsored by Archery Trade Association |
Il Terrazzo |
12:00pm - 1:00pm | Attendee Lunch - On Your Own | N/A |
1:00pm - 3:00pm | Smart Energy: USGS Science and Tools to Inform Planning and Development (view flyer) | Meeting Room 4 |
1:00pm - 3:00pm | Committee & Working Group Meetings
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Multiple Locations |
1:00pm - 5:00pm | National Deer Alliance Board Meeting | Florida Salon III |
1:00pm - 5:00pm | Lesser Prairie Chicken Initiative Council
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Grand Salon C |
1:00pm - 5:00pm | Committee & Working Group Meetings
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Multiple Locations |
2:30pm - 3:30pm | Coffee Break with Exhibitors | Grand Ballroom Foyer |
3:00pm - 5:00pm | Committee & Working Group Meetings
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Multiple Locations |
3:30pm - 5:00pm | National Cooperators' Coalition: CRU Funding Crisis | Florida Salon VI |
5:00pm - 6:00pm | Legal Strategies Advisory Council (invitation only) | Grand Salon D |
5:00pm - 6:00pm | Committee Meeting: Harvest Information Program Working Group | Grand Salon B |
6:30pm - 8:30pm | Canada Night Welcome Social! (view flyer) | Grand Salon E-J |
8:30pm – 10:00pm | NCLI Reception (invitation only) | Offsite - Jacksons Bistro (601 Harbor Island Blvd.; 4 minute walk from hotel) |
Tuesday, September 11, 2018 | ||
7:00am - 5:00pm | Conference Registration Desk, Business Center & Internet Café Open | 2nd Floor, top of escalators |
7:00am - 8:00am | Coffee Break with Exhibitors | Grand Ballroom Foyer |
7:00am - 8:00am | Directors' Breakfast (invitation only) Sponsored by Recreational Boating & Fishing Foundation |
Il Terrazzo |
7:00am - 9:00am | Midwest Landscape Initiative Steering Committee | Meeting Room 3 |
7:00am - 5:00pm | Exhibits Open — Stop by and show your support! | Grand Ballroom Foyer |
8:00am | Guest Gathering | Hotel Lobby |
8:00am - 10:00am | Committee & Working Group Meetings
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Multiple Locations |
8:00am - 12:00pm | NACLEC Meeting (continued in afternoon) | Florida Salon VI |
8:00am - 12:00pm | Sagebrush Executive Oversight Committee | Grand Salon I-J |
8:00am - 12:00pm | Committee & Working Group Meetings
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Multiple Locations |
8:30am - 12:30pm | Guest Activity: Kayak - Suncoast Youth Conservation Center Enjoy a biologist-guided paddle along the Noonan Branch Creek Paddling Trail, a two-hour loop trail around the newly created Florida Conservation and Technology Center in Apollo Beach. Paddle through mangrove tunnels and over the mudflats with sting rays, snook and red fish. No experience necessary; fun for all levels. {Pre-registration and $15pp required; light snacks, bottled water, transportation and equipment will be provided.} |
Offsite |
9:00am - 10:00am | Regional Coordinators Meeting | Meeting Room 3 |
9:30am - 10:30am | Coffee Break with Exhibitors | Grand Ballroom Foyer |
10:00am - 12:00pm | Committee & Working Group Meetings
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10:00am - 12:00pm | NBCI Management Board Meeting | Grand Salon B |
10:00am - 12:00pm | WORKSHOP: National Conservation Outreach Strategy Open to all. Please note, this workshop will be offered twice, from 10:00am - 12:00pm and again from 1:00pm - 3:00pm. |
Grand Salon E |
12:00pm - 1:00pm | Directors' Lunch (invitation only) Sponsored by Kalkomey Enterprises LLC |
Il Terrazzo |
12:00pm - 1:00pm | Attendee Lunch - On Your Own | N/A |
1:00pm - 3:00pm | WORKSHOP: National Conservation Outreach Strategy Open to all. Please note, this workshop will be offered twice, from 10:00am - 12:00pm and again from 1:00pm - 3:00pm. |
Grand Salon E |
1:00pm - 3:00pm | Committee & Working Group Meetings
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Multiple Locations |
1:00pm - 5:00pm | Committee & Working Group Meetings
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Multiple Locations |
1:00pm - 5:00pm | NACLEC Meeting (continued from morning) | Florida Salon VI |
2:30pm - 4:00pm | Forest Service Partners Meeting | Meeting Room 5-6 |
2:30pm - 3:30pm | Coffee Break with Exhibitors | Grand Ballroom Foyer |
3:00pm - 5:00pm | AFWA State-Federal Interagency Bat Conservation Forum | Grand Salon B |
3:00pm - 5:00pm | Cool Tools for Hot Topics: USGS Science Applications for Fish & Wildlife Management (view flyer) Join USGS scientists and colleagues in an interactive session to learn about USGS science-based tools and approaches to address a variety of fish and wildlife management hot topics, including how and when to apply them to specific management issues. Click here for additional information. |
Il Terrazzo |
3:00pm - 5:00pm | Committee & Working Group Meetings
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Multiple Locations |
5:00pm - 7:00pm | Committee Meeting: Drug Approval Working Group | Meeting Room 3 |
6:00pm - 7:00pm | Reception with Exhibitors | Grand Ballroom Foyer |
7:00pm - 9:00pm | Annual Awards Banquet | Grand Salon E-F |
Wednesday, September 12, 2018 | ||
7:00am - 8:00am | Directors' Breakfast (invitation only) Sponsored by American Sportfishing Association |
Il Terrazzo |
7:00am - 8:00am | Coffee Break with Exhibitors | Grand Ballroom Foyer |
7:00am - 2:00pm | Conference Registration Desk, Business Center & Internet Café Open | 2nd Floor, top of escalators |
7:00am - 10:30am | Exhibits Open — Stop by and show your support! | Grand Ballroom Foyer |
8:00am | Guest Gathering | Hotel Lobby |
8:00am - 10:00am | MAFWA Executive Committee Meeting | Meeting Room 6 |
8:00am - 10:00am | Committee & Working Group Meetings
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Multiple Locations |
8:00am - 12:00pm | Committee & Working Group Meetings
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Multiple Locations |
9:30am - 10:30am | Coffee Break with Exhibitors | Grand Ballroom Foyer |
10:00am - 12:00pm | Committee Meeting: Wildlife Resources Policy Committee | Florida Salon VI |
10:30am - 11:30am | NCLI Alumni / Business Meeting | Meeting Room 5 |
12:00pm - 1:00pm | Directors' Lunch (invitation only) Sponsored by Bass Pro Shops |
Il Terrazzo |
12:00pm - 1:00pm | Attendee Lunch - On Your Own | N/A |
1:30pm - 2:30pm | Coffee Break | Grand Salon A-D |
1:30pm - 5:00pm | AFWA Business Meeting | Grand Salon A-D |
6:00pm - 7:30pm | President's Reception Sponsored by Bass Pro Shops and Boone and Crockett Club |
Il Terrazzo |
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