Presentations & Field Trips

* Joint meeting with the Onslow Bight Conservation Forum

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2017

 

October 31, Bald Head Island Conservancy, Bald Head Island, NC

• Talks from BHI Conservancy staff regarding management efforts on the island, coastal issues and a tour of the island's terminal groin.

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2015

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January 21*, New Hanover County Library: Northeast Regional Branch, Wilmington, NC

• Role of the NC Longleaf Coalition, Susan Miller, USFWS

• Coordinating Transportation Planning with Conservation, Dan Thomas, NC DOT

• Longleaf Pine Interactive Decision Support Tool, Anna Stout, NCFS

• Longleaf Condition Class Standards, Ryan Bollinger, ORISE Fellow

• Longleaf Pine Maintenance Condition Class, Rickie White, NatureServe

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April 14, Carolina Beach State Park, Carolina Beach, NC 

• North Carolina’s Invasive Plant Species: Projects, Concerns, & Regulations, Dr. Bridget Lassiter, NC DACS

• Invasive Species Management in the NC State Parks, Jonathan Short, NC State Parks

• An Update on Invasive Species and Forest Health in Southeast NC, Rob Trickle, NC Forest Service

• Aquatic Invasive Plants in the Cape Fear Arch Region and An Introduction to the Aquatic Nuisance Species Management Plan, Rob Emens, NC DENR

• Marine Invasive Species in North Carolina, Lindsey Staszak, NC DMF

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August 4, New Hanover Cooperative Extension, Wilmington, NC

• Working Forest Fund Efforts, Brian Dangler, The Conservation Fund

• NC Coastal Land Trust Efforts and Initiatives, Janice Allen, NC Coastal Land Trust

• Venus Flytrap Monitoring Studies, Roger Shew, UNCW

• Sabrina Woofter, NC Cooperative Extension Service

• Cape Fear River Partnership, Dawn York, Fritz Rohde, and Larry Cahoon

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November 10, Museum of Coastal Carolina, Ocean Isle, NC

• Introduction to CISA & the NIDIS Carolinas DEWS Program, Amanda Brennan, Carolinas Integrated Sciences & Assessments

• Ecological Indicators of Drought in Coastal Ecosystems, Casey Nolan, East Carolina University

• Development of a Coastal Drought Index, Paul Conrad, USGS South Atlantic Water Science Center

• Assessment of Drought Indicators for Coastal Zone Fire Risk, Ryan Boyles, State Climate Office of NC

• Understanding Rapid Environmental Change at Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge, John King, North Carolina State University

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2014

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February 19*, Pender County Co-Op Extension, Burgaw, NC

• Conservation in a Changing World, Mary Watzin, College of Natural Resources, NC State University

• Sustainable Biomass Resources, Morgan Pitts, Enviva

• FOCUS, Adrienne Cox, Wilmington Cape Fear Council of Governments

• Kate Dixon, Friends of the Mountain to Sea Trail

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May 28, Halyburton Park, Wilmington, NC

• Landscape Level Longleaf Pine Restoration on RMS Managed Lands in the Florida Panhandle, Jimmy Bullock, Resource Management Service

• International Paper/NFWF Forestlands Steward Initiative, Jim Durham, International Paper

• NC Headwaters Project and TCF Landscape Conservation, Brian Dangler, The Conservation Fund

• South Atlantic Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Louise Vaughn: NC Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit

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August 20, Jones Lake State Park, Elizabethtown, NC

• Longleaf Pine Habitat Improvements Project, Michelle Lovejoy, NC Foundation for Soil & Water Conservation, Dick Fowler, NC Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts, Fred Cubbage and Jessica Pope, NCSU

• Law enforcement, Captain Brad Spivey, NCWRC

• Inland Fisheries, Chad Thomas, NCWRC

• Wildlife Management, Dr. David Cobb, NCWRC

• Game Land Management, Chesley Ward, NCWRC

• Timber Management in the Southern Coastal Plain Ecoregion, Ken Shughart, NCWRC

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2013

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February 12*, Pender County Co-Op Extension, Burgaw, NC

• Onslow Bight and Cape Fear Arch Overviews, Hervey McIver and Dan Ryan, TNC

• Natural Resources Damage Assessment and Restoration (NRDAR) Request for Proposals, Scott Pohlman and Sara Ward, NC DENR

• Analysis of Comparative Communities to Future Growth in Eastern NC, Jeffrey Tyndall, Marstal-Day

• Recovery and Sustainment Program (RASP) Overview, David O’Neill and Suzanne Sessine, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF)

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May 21, St. James Club, St. James, NC

Panel Discussions:

• What services are Arch Communities looking for from Partner organizations?

• What are the Conservation Priorities for the Cape Fear Arch Partners and how can communities support them?

• Community Members Comments & Concerns

 

August 13, UNCW, Wilmington, NC

• NE Cape Far River Camera Trapping Project, Mike Giles, NC Coastal Federation

• Eagles Island and the Eagles island Coalition, Phil Prete, City of Wilmington

• Heal Our Waterways, Erin Carey, City of Wilmington

• Impacts and Management of Invasive Species on Turtles by Red Fox, Hope Sutton, NC Coastal Reserve and NERR

• Exotic Red Algae, Byron Toothman, UNC-Wilmington

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November 12, Little River, SC

• Climate Changes Impacts on Tidal Systems, Dennis Allen, University of SC

• Understanding Drought in Coastal Ecosystems, Amanda Brennan, University of SC

• The Venus flytrap Dionae muscipula, Jim Luken, Coastal Carolina University

• South Atlantic Landscape Conservation Cooperative: Overview and Opportunities for Integration, Ken McDermond, SALCC

• Kayak tour of Little River

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2012

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May 15, Ft. Fisher Aquarium, Kure Beach, NC

• Hope Sutton, NC Coastal Reserve and National Estuarine Research Reserve

• Chris Helms, Superintendent, Carolina Beach State Park

• Jeff Owen, Park Superintendent, Fort Fisher State Recreation Area

• Laurel Wilt Disease in the Southeast, Rob Trickel, NC Division of Forest Resources Pest Control Branch

• Michael Fuller, Military Ocean Terminal at Sunny Point

• Drought Characterization and Monitoring in the Carolinas, Ahley Brosius, Carolinas Integrated Sciences and Assessments (CISA), East Carolina University (ECU)

• Lower Cape Fear Watershed Study of Climate Change Impacts: Surface Water Availability, Burrell Montz, ECU Geography Department

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August 28, East Arcadia Campus, Bladen Community College, Riegelwood, NC ​

• Anadromous Fish of the Cape Fear River, Chip Collier, NC Division of Marine Fisheries

• Kemp Burdette, Cape Fear River Watch

• Tour of the Lock and Dam #1 and rock arch rapids construction, hosted by US Army Corps of Engineers

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November 27, Jones Lake State Park, Elizabethtown, NC

• Shane Freeman, Jones Lake State Park

• Red-cockaded Woodpecker and Longleaf Pine Management on State Park Lands, Jamie Sasser, NC DENR Division of Parks and Recreation

• Hans Rohr, Bladen Lake State Forest

• Pictorial History of Bladen County and Its Ties to the Cape Fear River, Lewis Smith, Bladen County Historical Society

• Tour of the naval stores exhibit at Turnbull Lakes State Educational, led by Chris Meggs, Ranger, Turnbull Creek State Educational Forest

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2010

 

February 16, Southeastern Community College, Whiteville, NC

• Flytrap Cultivation & Conservation, Rebecca Westbrooks, Southeastern Community College

• Forestry, John Robards, Southeastern Community College

• Pre-Settlement Vegetation Data, Sara Over, The Nature Conservancy

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2009

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February 19, Carolina Beach State Park, Carolina Beach, NC

• Proposed Port in Brunswick County, Ken Karn, Cape Fear Audubon

• Oyster Restoration and Protection Plan: A Blueprint for Action, Ted Wilgis, NC Coastal Federation

• Aquatic Resources in the Cape Fear and Lumber River Basins, Brena Jones, NC Wildlife Resources Commission

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May 19, New Hanover County Co-Op Extension Arboretum, Wilmington, NC

• NC Longleaf Pine Initiative, Susan Miller, US Fish and Wildlife Service

• Caroline Pryor and Jennifer Fuller, Coastal Water Watch

• Andrew Goldberg, Dogwood Alliance

• 2008 Farm Bill Changes, Marilyn Meares, Cape Fear RC&D

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August 18, Moore’s Creek National Battlefield, Currie, NC

• Tyrone Brandyburg, Tim Boyd and James Sutton, National Park Service

• Amphibian and Reptile Conservation, Jeff Hall, Wildlife Resources Commission

• Educational Programs, Jameson McDermott, Cape Fear Museum

• NC Cooperative Extension Programs, Al Hight, NC Cooperative Extension

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November 17, Environmental Education Center Waccamaw National Wildlife Refuge, Conway, NC

• Accomplishments in 2009 & Future Plans, Craig Sasser, Waccamaw National Wildlife Refuge

• Waccamaw River Blue Trail, Staci Williams, American Rivers

• National Wetlands Assessment & Cape Fear Arch Case Study, Rich Sumner, Environmental Protection Agency

• Mayor Eulis Willis, Vice President of the Gullah Geechee Commission
  Dr. John Haley, UNCW African-American Race Relations
  Michael Allen, National Park Service, Gullah Geechee National Heritage Corridor

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