12:00p.m. 7:00p.m.
Registration
3:00p.m. 4:30p.m.
AREA Board Meeting (Members Welcome!)
7:00p.m. 9:00p.m.
Reception
 Sunday,
September 19 |
8:00a.m. 9:30a.m.
Opening General Session Key Deer Room
**Featured Speaker:
Bill Causey, Director of the Florida Keys National
Marine Sanctuary
9:30a.m. 10:00a.m
Morning Break
10:00a.m. 12:00p.m.
Breakout Session 1 Sea Turtle Room
Progress on aquatic
education best practices and stewardship Jen Levin
Green Eggs and Sand:
What do fisheries managers, wildlife biologists,
watermen, the bio-medical industry, and educators have
in common with Dr. Seuss? Cindy Etgen and Gary
Kreamer
Putting the fun back
into funding Josh Winchell
10:00a.m. 12:00p.m.
Breakout Session 2 Osprey Room
Youth with
disabilities: Using a special audience to get the word
out Doug Darr
Adding value and
diversity to aquatic education with volunteers
Trina Cale-Rosario
First Cast: Teaching
stewardship through fly fishing Rob Roberts
12:00p.m. 1:00p.m.
Membership Luncheon
1:00p.m. 5:00p.m.
Pigeon Key Environmental Center Program
Dinner Pigeon Key -
Seafood Dinner
| Monday,
September 20 |
8:00a.m. 10:00a.m.
Breakout Session 1 Sea Turtle Room
Best Practices Panel
Application and implementation of best practices
in ARE programs. Barb Gigar, Kevin Fraley, Jennifer
Mathees, Les Smith, Colleen Welch, Ann Miller, Sam
Faith and George Babey
8:00a.m. 10:00a.m.
Breakout Session 2 Osprey Room
Addressing the
communications aspects of Unwanted Aquatic Species
Joe Starinchak
Arkansas Game and
Fish Commissions Classroom Aquarium Program Lea
White
Arkansas Game and
Fish Commissions Mobile Aquarium Program Jimmy
Barnett
Pennsylvania
Partnerships for Education Laurel Garlicki
10:00a.m. 10:30a.m.
Morning Break
10:30a.m. 12:00p.m.
Breakout Session 1 continued Sea Turtle Room
Best Practices Panel
10:30a.m. 12:00p.m.
Breakout Session 3 Osprey Room
Existing fishing
programs as a model for a total recruitment and
retention effort Lonnie Nelson
Partnering with the
Future Fisherman Foundation to reach your angler
recruitment goals Laura Jerome
Fly-Fish Florida:
Integrating outdoor recreation, stewardship and best
practices Hector Cruz-Lopez and Iris Baren.
12-:00p.m. 1:00p.m.
Lunch
1:00p.m. 3:00p.m.
Breakout Session 4 Sea Turtle Room
Passport to Fishing
and Boating: An event-based educational program
Stephanie Hussey, BeBe Harrison and panel of
presenters who have used the program.
1:00p.m. 3:00p.m.
Breakout Session 5 Osprey Room
Evaluating Missouris
aquatic resources education programs: A progress
report Sam Faith
An evaluation of the
AAHPERD school-based fishing and boating education
grant program Tony Fedler
Herp teacher
workshops: Changing knowledge and attitudes?
Laurel Garlicki
Beyond best
practices: Cultivating stewards and advocates for the
resource Sam Faith
3:00p.m. 3:30p.m.
Afternoon Break
3:30p.m. 5:00p.m.
AREA Membership Meeting
5:00p.m. 7:00p.m.
Dinner on your own
7:00p.m. 9:00p.m.
Featured Plenary Speaker Key Deer Room
**Elaine Andrews, Past-President of the North American Association for Environmental Education, University of Wisconsin Environmental Resources Center
| Tuesday,
September 21 |
8:00a.m. 10:00a.m.
Breakout Session 1 Sea Turtle Room
The Sportfishing
Connections: Symposium on Partnerships Hector
Cruz-Lopez
8:00a.m. 10:00a.m.
Breakout Session 2 Osprey Room
Jump into the
wetlands with WOW! the Wonders of Wetlands; and POW!
the Planning of Wetlands Suzie Hershberger
10:00a.m.
10:30a.m. Morning Break
10:30a.m. 12:00p.m.
Breakout Session 1 continued Sea Turtle Room
The Sportfishing
Connections: Symposium on partnerships
12-:00p.m. 1:00p.m.
Lunch
1:00p.m. 3:00p.m.
Breakout Session 3 Osprey Room
Aquatic Education
Federal Assistance Proposal Workshop FWS Division
of Federal Assistance, Aquatic Education Coordinators
3:00p.m. 3:30p.m.
Afternoon Break
3:30p.m. 5:00p.m.
Regional Meetings
6:00p.m. 10:00p.m.
Conference Banquet
| Wednesday,
September 22 |
8:00a.m. 5:00p.m.
Field Studies (Box lunches available)
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