Fire and Forest Management Impacts on Timber Rattlesnakes and their Surrogates
Thursday, March 8, 2012 Workshop- Registration is limited to 50 people!
Agenda
| 8:30 am | Registration and lunch payment (CASH preferred) |
| 8:45 am | Welcome, Joanne Rebbeck, NRS-FS and Helen Mohr, SRS-FS and CAFMS |
| 9:00 am | Timber Rattlers in the Midwest: A Spin on a Classic Bruce Kingsbury, Biology Department and Director of the Center for Reptile and Amphibian Conservation and Management, Indiana-Purdue University Fort Wayne |
| 9:35 am | Forest Management Effects on Timber Rattlesnakes in Indiana Brian MacGowan, Wildlife Extension Biologist, Purdue University |
| 10:10 am | Break |
| 10:25 am | Copperhead Ecology in Indiana Forests Evin Carter, Biology Department, Indiana-Purdue University Fort Wayne |
| 11:00 am | Timber Rattlesnake Populations in Ohio Forests Doug Wynn, ODNR Division of Wildlife Research Contractor |
| 11:35 am | Fire Effects on Snake Habitat in Kentucky Forests Chris Howey, Biology Department, Ohio University |
| 12:10 pm | Lunch |
| 1:00 pm | Responses of timber rattlesnakes to fire: Lessons from two prescribed burns? Steve Beaupre, Biology Department, University of Arkansas |
| 1:35 pm | Discussion.Research and management needs to ensure viability of timber rattlesnakes and other reptile populations within forested landscapes. |
| 2:30 pm | Break |
| 2:45 pm | Continued facilitated discussion |
| 3:45 pm | Wrap-up |
Location
Museum of Biodiversity, The Ohio State University,
1315 Kinnear Rd.,
Columbus, OH
43212
Cost
$15 (includes lunch & snacks) ORDER NOW & PAY at meeting
Contact:
Joanne Rebbeck, Ph.D.
Research Plant Physiologist
Northern Research Station
USDA Forest Service
359 Main Road
Delaware, OH 43015
voice: 740-368-0054 fax: 740-368-0152
email: jrebbeck@fs.fed.us