2025
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 |
| 9:45 | Marine Turtle Management Update. Robbin Trindell, FWC |
| 10:05 |
Marine Debris Program. Jennifer McGee, FWC |
| 10:20 | Break |
| 10:50 |
Lighting Solutions: Balancing Human Needs and Marine Turtle Protection. Lindsey Flynn, FWC |
| 11:05 |
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 Turtles 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 |
Corps' Coastal Mission and How You Help. 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 |