The Organization of Wildlife Lands and Realty Specialists (OWLS), an Affiliate of the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (AFWA), is holding their 24th annual conference on Florida's Space Coast. This year's theme focuses on the ongoing work and commitment to protect Florida's wildlife heritage and the efforts being made to address 21st century challenges.
The organizing agency, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, hopes participants will leave with new ideas, approaches, methods, and an understanding of Florida's commitment to conserve wildlife and their habitats and how the State plans to accomplish that goal in the coming decades.
- Land Acquisition Specialists and Agents
- Wildlife Biologists
- Land Owners
- Land Managers
- Conservation Biologists
- Restoration Ecologists
- Field Biologists
- Practitioners
- Surveyors
- Engineers
- Technical/GIS Staff
- Consultants
- Non-profit Groups
- Conservation Community
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
Go Zero Program
We are participating in the Go Zero program with The Conservation Fund (TCF)! Go Zero calculates carbon dioxide emissions that will result from the energy use at the conference, as well as the travel of our attendees. To help trap the carbon dioxide that is produced from the conference, The Conservation Fund will plant native trees in protected parks and wildlife refuges across the nation. As they grow, these new forests will help clean the air that we breath, filter the water we drink, restore sensitive wildlife habitat and enhance public recreation areas for current and future generations.
TCF's Florida Office will donate the cost of planting the trees, giving everyone the "Gift of Zero" - a healthier planet.
Thank you TCF!
Click here for more information: http://www.conservationfund.org/
Program Committee:
Will Abberger Trust for Public Land will.abberger@tpl.org |
Seth Blitch Apalachicola NERR Department of Environmental Protection seth.blitch@dep.state.fl.us |
Hugh Boyter Conservation Planning, LLC boyterh@comcast.net |
Dana Bryan Florida Park Service dana.bryan@dep.state.fl.us |
Jimmy Conner Caravelle Wildlife Field Office Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission jimmy.conner@MyFWC.com |
Gary Cochran Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (OWLS President) gary.cochran@MyFWC.com |
Steve Coughlin Land Stewardship South Florida Water Management District scoughli@sfwmd.gov |
Doreen DiCarlo (conference coordinator) Center for Environmental Studies ddicarlo@ces.fau.edu |
Jay Exum Glatting Jackson jexum@glatting.com |
Larame Ferry (program co-chair) Division of Habitat and Species Conservation (HSC) Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission larame.ferry@MyFWC.com |
Layne L. Hamilton Florida Panther and Ten Thousand Islands NWR U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service layne_hamilton@fws.gov |
Dennis Hardin Division of Forestry hardind@doacs.state.fl.us |
Richard Hilsenbeck The Nature Conservancy rhilsenbeck@tnc.org |
Chris Koeppel Natural Resources Management Brevard County chris.koeppel@brevardcounty.us |
Erin Myers Natural Resources Conservation Service Erin.P.Myers@fl.usda.gov |
Jon Oetting Florida Natural Areas Inventory JOetting@fnai.org |
Keith Singleton Division of State Lands Department of Environmental Protection keith.singleton@dep.state.fl.us |
Ellen Stere Division of State Lands Department of Environmental Protection Ellen.Stere@dep.state.fl.us |
Susan Trokey Ding Darling Refuge U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Susan_trokey@fws.gov |
Maria Zondervan Altamonte Springs Service Center St. Johns River Water Management District mzondervan@sjrwmd.com |