7:00 pm Icebreaker and Registration, Coastal Inn

8:00-12:00 Registration, Tweedie Hall, Trueman Residence

9:00-9:10 Opening Remarks (ASFWB President)

9:15-5:00 Presentations, Tweedie Hall, Trueman Residence

(PRESENTATIONS ARE 20 MINUTES LONG, including 15 minute talk, 5 minutes for questions; * indicates person presenting)

9:10

1. The Tantramar Dykelands; the last 4,000 years.

Colin MacKinnon, Canadian Wildlife Service.

9:30

9:50

3. Seasonal consumption of truffles by northern flying squirrels and red squirrels at Fundy National Park, southern New Brunswick. Karl Vernes*, Shauna Blois and Felix Bärlocher. Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick.

10:30

4. All is not well with Nova Scotia moose. Tony Nette. Nova Scotia Dept Natural Resources.

10:50

5. Aliens in the Acadian Forest. *Kate MacQuarrie and Christian Lacroix

Island Nature Trust and University of Prince Edward Island.

11:10

6. Bird communities of coastal wetlands. Al Hanson. Canadian Wildlife Service.

11:30

Mike Russell, Bird Studies Canada, Atlantic Region, Dan Busby, Canadian Wildlife Service, Atlantic Region

1:00

8. The status of salmonid populations in selected rivers in Prince Edward Island. Karen Gormley*, Daryl Guignion, and Kevin Teather. University of Prince Edward Island.

1:20

9. Where does rate of increase fit into sustained yield management? Rod Cumberland, DNRE, New Brunswick.

1:40

10. Effects of silvicultural intensity on reproductive activity of forest songbirds. Jean-Sébastien Guénette. Universite' de Moncton.

2:00

11. Recent winter surveys for harlequin ducks in Atlantic Canada. Andrew Boyne. Canadian Wildlife Service.

3:00

12. The plants of Canada’s most disturbed national park: Prince Edward Island National Park, Cavendish. *Robert Sharkie, Kate MacQuarrie, Matthew Fraser. Island Nature Trust.

3:20

13. Habitat selection by breeding grassland birds after hay harvest in a managed agro-ecosystem in Nova Scotia. Joseph Nocera*, Univ. New Brunswick, Canada; Randy Milton, Glen Parsons, N.S. Dept. Nat. Resources, Nova Scotia and Graham Forbes, UNB.

3:40

14. Monitoring owls in Atlantic Canada: a volunteer-based effort. Becky Whittam*, Bird Studies Canada, Atlantic Region, Scott Makepeace, NB Department of Natural Resources and Energy, Rosemary Curley, PE Department of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Environment.

9:30

15. The species richness and abundance of shrews in fragmented habitats of Prince Edward Island. Lisa Hartling* and Marina Silva. University of Prince Edward Island.

9:50

16. Assessing risk for forest-dependant vertebrate wildlife species. Jeff Higdon*, D.A. MacLean, J.M. Hagan and J.M. Reed

10:10

17. Conserving terrestrial vertebrates in Prince Edward Island’s developing landscape. Marina Silva*, L.A. Hartling, and M.E. Prince. University of Prince Edward Island.

10:50

18. An assessment of the foraging ability of the eastern chipmunk, Tamias striatus, in a fragmented habitat in Prince Edward Island. K. Duncan* and Marina Silva. University of Prince Edward Island.

11:10

19. Dietary ecology of Myotis septentrionalis and M. lucifugus in eastern Canada. Hugh G. Broders*, Greg M. Quinn¹, Rick R. Doucet², Graham J. Forbes. University of New Brunswick

11:30

20. Implementation of a wildlife habitat conservation strategy on the Tantramar Dykelands. Susan Bowes. NB Dept. Natural Resources.