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The theme for this year's conference is Foundation for the Future of Fish and Wildlife Management. Keynote speaker, Shane Mahoney, the Executive Director of Sustainable Development and Strategic Science at the Newfoundland & Labrador Department of Environment and Conservation, will share his vision on this topic.
Born and raised in Newfoundland, Shane Mahoney is a biologist, writer, and frequent lecturer on environmental and resource conservation issues. He has authored and co-authored over 120 scientific and popular articles and reports, and appeared in, or assisted with, films for the CBC, BBC, Turner Broadcasting, and National Geographic.
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Shane Mahoney
Executive Director of Sustainable Development and Strategic Science
Newfoundland & Labrador Department of Environment and Conservation
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Shane has a unique combination of passion, skill and ability. He is a visionary who challenges not only himself but all to strive to do their best at all times, by continuing to set high standards for individual, community, organizations, and government.
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John F. Reiger, Ph.D.
Professor of History
Ohio University-Chillicothe
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John Reiger is the author of American Sportsmen and the Origins of Conservation, now in a revised, greatly expanded, third edition published in 2001. The work is a historical documentation of sportsmen's contributions to conservation in North America.
Reiger has drawn on his background as a historian for this retrospective, as he has for other works including Gifford Pinchot with Rod and Reel / Trading Places: From Historian to Environmental Activist and The Passing of the Great West: Selected Papers of George Bird Grinnell. Currently a Professor of History at Ohio University-Chillicothe, Reiger also has served as Executive Director of the Connecticut Audubon Society and a Professor of History at the University of Miami.
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Reiger has presented numerous papers before national and international bodies, including the American Society for Environmental History, the North American Society for Sport History, the Pinchot Institute for Conservation Studies of the U.S. Forest Service, the Florida Anthropological Society, and the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History. He received a B.A. from Duke University in 1965, M.A. from the University of Florida in 1966, and a Ph.D. from Northwestern University in 1970.
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Jim Martin retired after 30 years with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and now works as Conservation Director for the Berkley Conservation Institute, a branch of Pure Fishing. Pure Fishing is one of the largest fishing tackle companies in the World and is an industry leader in conservation advocacy.
During his career with ODFW, Jim spent six years as Chief of Fisheries and three years as Salmon Advisor to Governor John Kitzhaber. Jim led the team that developed the Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds, a state conservation plan to address Endangered Species and Clean Water issues in Oregon.
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Jim Martin
Conservation Director
Berkley Conservation Institute
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Jim has a Bachelors Degree in Wildlife and Masters Degree in Fisheries from Oregon State University. Jim holds a courtesy appointment at OSU, where he teaches Natural Resource Problem Solving in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife.
Jim is a board member for the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership. He is also a science advisor for the Doris Duke Foundation and the Northwest Sportfishing Industry Assn. In 2005, Jim was inducted into the National Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame in Hayward, Wisconsin.
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