Spotlight on National Park Resources in the National Capital Region April 25, 2018

Morning Session A Moderator: Andrew Landsman, CHOH Timer: Ashley Carter, RESS MRCE

9:00 AM Orientation Peggy Sandretzky, NPS Liaison to NCTC

9:05 Welcome Robert Vogel, Regional Director

9:15 The Timber Rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus): Growth, Demography, and Population Dynamics in the Northern Blue Ridge/Catoctin Mountains (W.H. Martin) Catoctin Land Trust

9:30 Freedpeoples and Fugitives on the Border: The Potomac River Valley, the C&O Canal, and the American Civil War (James Broomall) Shepherd University/George Tyler Moore Center for the Study of the Civil War, CW CESU

9:45 Making Regional Inference through Integrated Data Quality and Assurance, Analysis, and Reporting Tools within the National Capital and Northeast Region Networks (Zachary Ladin) Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology, University of Delaware, CW CESU

10:00 Archives: Infinity War, Legacy Collections in the NCR (Sara Berry) University of West Georgia, SA-P CESU, Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site

10:15 BREAK Morning Session B

Moderator: Kaitlyn Parness, MANA Timer: Colin Davis, GWMP

10:30 Diet and Gut Microbiome of Coyotes (Canis latrans) and Red Foxes (Vulpes vulpes) from Two Distinct National Parks in Virginia (Tyler Biles) Towson University, Department of Biological Sciences, CW CESU

10:45 Antietam National Battlefield and Mission 66: The Evolution of the Battlefield for the Modern Park Visitor (Patti Kuhn Babin) National Capital Region -Cultural Resource Specialist/Historian

11:00 Subterranean Species in Washington, D.C.: Spatial Analysis, Habitat Preferences, & Urban Conservation Implications (Jenna Keany) American University, CW CESU

11:15 Meridian Hill and Shepherd Parkway: Rapid Ethnographic Assessment Protocol (Judy Lubin) Howard University, CW CESU

Poster Session

11:30-1:15 Poster Session in the Roosevelt Room

12:00-1:15 Lunch 1 (blue) 11:30-12:10, Lunch 2 (red) 12:00-12:40, Lunch 3 (yellow) 12:30-1:10

Afternoon Session A

Moderator: Colin Davis, GWMP Timer: Shannon McDonald, NACE

1:15 PM Inspiring Curiosity in Science through Film (Elizabeth Herzfeldt-Kamprath) American University, CW CESU

1:30 The CCC and the C&O Canal (Josh Howard) Passel Historical Consultants / C& O Canal Trust

1:45 Forest Soil Health in Parks of the National Capital Region Network (Matthew Bright) University of Maryland CW CESU, National Park Service

2:00 Frederick Douglass was Here: The Archeology of Cedar Hill and the Growlery (Shelley Albee, Katie Boyle, John Hyche) Museum Resource Center, Regional Archeology Program, Frederick Douglass National Historic Site, CW CESU Intern Program

2:15 BREAK Afternoon Session B

Moderator: Shannon McDonald, NACE Timer: Jennifer Oeschger, NCRO RESS

2:30 Habitat Use of Bat Species throughout the National Capital Region (Sabrina Deeley) Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation, Virginia Tech; U.S. Geological Survey, Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit

2:45 Metagenomic Analysis of Subaerial Biofilm on the Jefferson Memorial Marble (Mary Susan Burnett) Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology

3:00 Forecasting Brook Trout Thermal Habitat in Catoctin Mountain Park (Nathaniel (Than) Hitt) US Geological Survey, Leetown Science Center

3:15 Uncovering History: National Historic Landmark Theme Studies & Emerging Historic Sites (Kathryn Smith) NCRO, RESS, Cultural Resources

3:30 Closing Remarks: Perry Wheelock, Associate Regional Director, RESS

Online moderator: Kimberly Robinson, GWMP