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The most imperiled group of animals worldwide is also key to restoring water quality in rivers and lakes.

The Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society would like to invite YOU to the Marriott Waterfront in Baltimore, Maryland on April 19-24, 2009.

The theme for the 2009 symposium is Healthy Mollusks = Healthy Rivers = Healthy People.

The Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society`s 2009 International Symposium is shaping up to be a fantastic meeting, with speakers from around the world and Native American Tribes of North America. As always, the meeting will focus on the ongoing work of North American malacologists to restore, conserve, and understand our freshwater mollusks. In 2009, however, we will broaden the scope and reach beyond our organization to share information and learn from our international and tribal partners. The Society has a membership of 500, and 300 members generally attend our symposium. Membership is made up of agency, industry, non-governmental organizations and academicians from across North America, mostly from the eastern US and Canada but with an increasing overseas interest. We expect
attendance at this meeting to be one of the largest ever as we have made a special effort to invite our international and tribal partners to make this event more national and international in scope.

Join us at this International Symposium of the FMCS to address global, national, and regional problems affecting freshwater mollusks, discuss new developments in propagation of this unique fauna, and learn strategies for protecting and conserving freshwater ecosystems.

 

Detailed agenda will be available later.

 

Sunday, April 19:

President's Reception - The National Aquarium at Baltimore

 

Monday, April 20:

8am-12pm Plenary Session
1pm-4pm: Concurrent Sessions
4pm-6pm: Poster Session
630pm-10pm: Evening Social

 

Tuesday, April 21:

8am-4pm: Concurrent Sessions
4pm-5pm: Committee Meetings
7pm-11pm: Social & Student Auction

 

8am-4pm: Concurrent Sessions
4pm-5pm: Committee Meetings

 

Thursday, April 23:

Field Trips.
Leave Marriott at 8:45am for Wash. DC.
Smithsonian Institute, Native American Museum, National Zoo
Guided tours of Mollusk Collections at the Smithsonian Institute only.
Leave Wash. DC at 3:30pm, return to Marriott

 

Friday, April 24:

Day Trip to mussel populations in rivers of Maryland

Weekend Field Trips to Hatcheries - Leave Mariott at 8am, Return Sunday night at 9pm
Virginia Tech's Freshwater Mussel Conservation Center, Virginia; Aquatic Wildlife Conservation Center,Virginia, and White Sulphur Springs National Fish Hatchery's Aquatic Resource and Recovery Center, WV

 

Special session topics will include:

Advances in Propagation of Mussels
Pearl Culture
Life History & Population Ecology
Physiology and Reproductive Biology
Systems and Community Ecology/Freshwater Mussel Ecosystem Services
Habitat Restoration/Fish Passage/Connectivity
Maritime, Roads, and Rail: Transportation, Impacts and Opportunities
Water Quality and Ecotoxicology
Status of Mollusks on Tribal Lands
Conservation of Margaritiferidae
World Atlas of Freshwater Mussels
International Restoration Concerns
Evolution and Systematics
Outreach that Works

 

For More Information Contact:
Catherine Gatenby, Ph.D.
Project Leader
White Sulphur Springs National Fish Hatchery
400 E. Main Street
White Sulphur Springs, WV 24986
304-536-1361
Email: Catherine_Gatenby@fws.gov
Or Visit: http://ellipse.inhs.uiuc.edu/FMCS/