2025 Agenda
The 2025 Agenda is shown below. Please check back for updates.
All times are Eastern Standard Time (EST)
FWC and Federal Partners
| Time | Presentations |
|---|---|
| 9:00 | Welcome. Maria Merrill, FWC |
| 9:05 | Update on Florida's Sea Turtle Stranding Trends. Corey Lloyd, FWC |
| 9:25 | Update on the 2024 Marine Turtle Nesting Season in Florida. Simona Ceriani, FWC |
| 9:55 | Marine Turtle Management Update. Robbin Trindell, FWC |
| 10:10 | Marine Debris Program. Jennifer McGee, FWC |
| 10:30 | Break |
| 10:55 | FWC Sea Turtle Lighting Team. Lindsey Flynn, FWC |
| 11:10 | Species Conservation Measures and Permitting Guidelines for Imperiled Beach-Nesting Birds. Blair Hayman, FWC |
| 11:25 | Federal Sea turtle Updates. Karen Frutchey, USFWS and Stacy Hargrove, NOAA |
| 11:45 | Questions from Morning Session |
| 12:00 | Lunch |
| 1:30 | Wildlife Alert Update. Patrick Walsh, Wildlife Alert |
| 1:45 | Reduced Bar Spacing in Turtle Excluder Devices (DWH Restoration Project). Christy Fellas, NOAA |
| 2:00 | Brevard Zoo Species Conservation Programs. Trevor Zachariah, Brevard Zoo |
| 2:15 | Helping Sea Turtle Survive for 38 Years. Roger Pszonowsky, Sea Turtle Preservation Society |
| 2:30 | Return of the King: 8 Years of Indigo Snake Reintroductions in the Florida Panhandle. Bradley OHanlon, FWC |
| 2:45 | USACE Sea Turtle Monitoring and Marine Turtle Permit Holder Process. Kristen Donofrio and Julia Lombardo, USACE |
| 3:00 | Questions from Afternoon Session |
| 3:10 | Break |
Marine Turtle Grant Presentations
| Time | Presentations |
|---|---|
| 3:30 | Sea Turtle Tag and Sea Turtle Policy Update. David Godfrey and Stacey Gallagher, Sea Turtle Conservancy |
| 3:50 | Displays at the Barrier Island Center Telling the Interconnecting Stories of Doc Ehrhart, His Students, Sea Turtles and the Carr Refuge. Nichole Perna, Barrier Island Center |
| 4:05 | Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Ultrasound System. Bette Zirkelbach, The Turtle Hospital |
| 4:20 | Flip the Switch Campaign. Samantha Tiffany and Rolando Martinez, City of Miami Beach |
| 4:35 | Late-Season Sea Turtle Nesting in Central and South Brevard County, Florida. Merope Moonstone, Kate Mansfield, and Erin Seney, UCF |
| 4:50 | Questions |
| 5:00 | Adjourn |
FWC = Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
USFWS = U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
NOAA = National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
USACE = U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
UCF = University of Central Florida