Eastern Elk Management Workshop
March 15-18, 2009
Prestonsburg , KY
Agenda
Sunday, March 15, 2009
3pm – 6pm Registration at Jenny Wiley State Resort Park, Prestonsburg, KY
7pm – 10pm Welcome Reception at Jenny Wiley State Resort Park
Monday, March 16, 2009
8:30am Welcome and introductions
8:45 Bill Burger – Chief of Staff, Adventure Tourism and Energy.
9:15 Taylor Orr – District Commissioner, Ky. Dept. of Fish & Wildlife Resources.
9:30 Elk Values for Local Stakeholders – Tom Toman, Rocky Mountain Elk
Foundation.
9:45 Current Status and Potential Future for Appalachian Elk – David Ledford,
RMEF.
10:05 Door Prizes – Break
10:15 Knott Co. Tourism Park – Debby Spencer, We Make Things Happen Corp.
10:35 Elk at Land Between the Lakes, KY. The “Heartland’s” Ambassadors for the
Expanding Wild Eastern Elk Herds - Curtis Fowler, Elk and Bison Prairie
Manager, U.S. Forest Service, Land Between the Lakes National Recreation
Area.
10:55 Saddle Up Elk Tours – Bernice Amburgey
11:15 Jenny Wiley SRP Elk Tours – Trinity Shepherd, Jenny Wiley SRP
Noon Lunch
1:00pm Influence of age, sex, season, and landscape composition on diets of elk in
northcentral Pennsylvania. Lindsey M. Heffernan, Indiana University of
Pennsylvania, Dept. of Biology.
1:20 Multiple scale resource selection by elk in northcentral Pennsylvania. Jason
Kougher, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Dept. of Biology.
1:40 Elk calf survival, movements, and neonatal habitat use in northcentral
Pennsylvania. Melia T. DeVivo, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Dept.
Biology.
2:00 Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) in Kentucky. Tina Brunjes, Ky. Dept. of
Fish & Wildlife Resources.
2:20 Door Prizes - Break
2:45 Genetic Characteristics of Restored Elk Populations in Kentucky. Virginia
A. Dunn, Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries, Mississippi State University.
3:05 Maternal Antibody Transfer and Meningeal Worm Infection Rates in
Kentucky Elk. Will Bowling, University of Kentucky.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
7:30am Meet at Jenny Wiley Lodge to travel to Elk Viewing Tour Area – Knott County
Adventure Tourism Park, then travel to active coal mine.
7:30am Meet at Jenny Wiley Lodge to travel to Blue Diamond Mines for Rhino Tour.
12:00pm Lunch
1:00pm Meet at Carr Creek Fish & Game Club for shooting event.
5:30pm Cookout and Social at Carr Creek Game and Fish Club
7:00 pm Auctions at Carr Creek Game and Fish Club
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
8:30am – Presentations begin
8:35 Kentucky Update – Dan Crank, Ky. Dept. of Fish & Wildlife Resources
8:55 Pennsylvania Update – Jon DeBerti, Pennsylvania Game Commission
9:15 Tennessee Update – Steve Bennett, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
9:35 Virginia Update – Johnny Wills, Virginia Dept. of Game and Inland Fisheries
10:05 Door Prizes – Break
10:20 Arkansas Update – Cory Gray, Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
10:40 Wisconsin Update – Laine Stowell, Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources
11:30 Business Meeting – Next year’s meeting in Tennessee
12:00pm Meeting Adjourns