Registration: 8 am. - Talks start at 9 a.m. - Poster session: 4 pm

With the closing of the Indian Point nuclear power plant, one of the longest uninterrupted monitoring programs in the world came to an end. A complimentary monitoring survey of the lower food web conducted by the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies ended in 2020. Together, these surveys provided critical information about different fish habitats, species, life stages, food sources, and environmental conditions of the Hudson River. Fortunately, several key fisheries monitoring programs have been maintained by the NYSDEC and a new three-year survey of the Hudson River’s lower food web will commence in 2025. During this one-day symposium, we will look at the biological monitoring of the past, review current ecosystem monitoring activities, hear about new and innovative ways to monitor biological systems, and learn about efforts to design the next generation comprehensive ecosystem monitoring program of the Hudson River.

Presenters

• Yong Chen, School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, SUNY at Stony Brook
• Rebecca Cohen, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Cornell U.
• Sarah Fernald, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve
• Martin Gary, NYSDEC, Division of Marine Resources
• Stuart Findlay, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
• Brittney Flaten, NYSDEC, Hudson River Estuary Program
• Amanda Higgs, NYSDEC, DNRE, Cornell U.
• Jonathan Kramer, Hudson River Foundation
• David Lodge, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell U.
• James Lodge, Hudson River Foundation
• Rich Pendleton, NYSDEC, DNRE, Cornell U.
• Shannon Roback, Hudson Riverkeeper
• Christopher Solomon, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
• David Strayer, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies

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