Affiliated Meetings

Numerous meetings, conferences and luncheons are scheduled on Tuesday and Wednesday, February 2 and 3, 2010. For more information click on affiliated meeting tab.

Wednesday, February 3

1:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Registration
1:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m. Exhibits
4:30 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. Question and Answer Session with Resource Professionals
5:15 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Student Job Fair
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Mixer and Poster Session (Wingate Hall)

Food and beverages with paid registration. Authors of posters will be available from 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. for questions.

Thursday, February 4

7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast (Wingate Hall)
7:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Registration
8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Plenary Session  Featured Speakers Ben Garber and Michael Fraidenburg
10:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Workshops

• Conflict Resolution Skills for Natural Resource Professionals
• The Incredible Results of Active Risk Taking
• Leadership in Dynamic Times: A Missouri Perspective
• The Ethics and Risks of Career Development: Where Do I Go From Here and How Do I Get There?

11:45 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Lunch On Your Own
1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Workshops

• Meeting in the Middle of the Stream: Removing Fish Passage Barriers in Missouri
• Managing Water Resources in Missouri
• Strategies for Successful Priority Forest Landscapes, Wildlife Management Cooperatives, and Conservation Opportunity Areas
• Long-Term Stewardship: A Natural Resource Management Tool for Dealing with Contaminated Lands
• Invasive Species: The Never Ending Battle
• Risky Business: Selected Topics for Managing Rivers and Streams

3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Society Chapter Annual Business Meetings
5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Dinner On Your Own
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Awards Ceremony and Dessert Buffet

Free to all registered attendees. (Salon C)

• 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Social Gathering
• 7:15 p.m. – 9:15 p.m. Dessert Buffet
• 7:15 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. Cash Bar
• 8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Award Presentations
• 9:15 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. Raffle Drawings

Friday, February 5

7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast
7:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Registration
8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Workshops

• Ecotoxicology and Sediment Transport of the Big River and other Toxicological investigations in Missouri’s Lead Mining Districts
• Purposeful Risk Taking in the Management and Protection of Species of Concern
• Contributed Papers: Forestry
• Contributed Papers: Soil & Water
• Contributed Papers: Fisheries
• Contributed Papers: Wildlife

10:00 a.m. – 10:20 a.m. Break
10:20 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Workshops

• Ecotoxicology and Sediment Transport of the Big River and other Toxicological investigations in Missouri’s Lead Mining Districts
• Purposeful Risk Taking in the Management and Protection of Species of Concern
• Identifying and Conserving Aquatic Natural Area
• Contributed Papers: Soil & Water
• Contributed Papers: Fisheries
• Contributed Papers: Wildlife

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