Scientific Program - May 17, 18  2007
Scientific Program to be held at the USFWS National Wildlife Visitor Center. (No Fee but Registration is required--Registration is closed )   More detailed Agenda

Carson’s career, her contributions to environmental protection and current issues in contaminant ecology and wildlife conservation will be examined under the theme:

“Where have we been, where are we now, where are we going?”

The program will be divided into general sessions emphasizing topics of study worked on by Patuxent scientists and others, with generous time for discussion.  Each session will include historical aspects of the topic, current work and possible future directions.  Talks will be given by scientists and directed towards a general and informed audience of Patuxent alumni, agency scientists, environmental managers and the interested public. 

AGENDA

Thursday 17 May 2007
Morning

• Session 1:  Rachel Carson, and her work
• Session 2:  Contaminants ecology/wildlife toxicology

LUNCH
Afternoon

• Session 3:  Endangered species restoration/ captive propagation
• Session 4:  Animal population measurement/management

Friday 18 May
Morning

• Session 5:  The Future of Wildlife Conservation: DISCUSSION

This session is a special one intended to enable a look into the future to predict and examine upcoming issues that will be important to wildlife conservation.  We hope that speakers in this session will stretch the minds and broaden the outlook of the audience, many of whom are the scientists who will begin work on this next set of issues.  This session may reflect, in a modest way, the goals of  Silent Spring, to motivate interest in issues of wildlife conservation that need attention.

LUNCH - End of conference