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Presentations from the
8th Annual Meeting of the Organization of
Fish and Wildlife Information Managers
Rapid City, South Dakota
September 25-29, 2003

We are pleased to be able to offer the presentations made at the 8th Annual Meeting of the Organization of Fish and Wildlife Information Managers (OFWIM). To view more specific information about a session or individual presentation, click on the appropriate session link.

Please note that presentations at the OFWIM - 2003 Annual Meeting were presented in PowerPoint (Microsoft) format. We've asked participants for permission to post their presentations at the OFWIM Web site. If you use information from any of these presentations, please credit the authors accordingly. A PDF version of the Conference Proceedings (abstracts and presenter biographies) may be found directly at:

OFWIM 2003 Annual Meeting Proceedings.

Thursday, September 25 - Session I (Morning) Conservation Planning: Setting the Stage
	Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Plans: Opportunities for Leadership (Becky Wajda, Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries) Conservation Planning Overview (Jeff Lerner, Defenders of Wildlife) Biotics 4: A New Tool for the Comprehensive Wildlife Planning Process (Lori Scott, NatureServe)
Thursday, September 25 - Session I (Afternoon) Identifying and Mapping Species of Greatest Conservation Need
	A Process for Selecting Species of Greatest Conservation Need (Shelly Miller and Adam Phelps, Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries) A Method for Digital Submission of Scientific Collection Permit Reports (Daniel Vichitbandha, Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources) Strategic Habitats for Biodiversity Conservation in Florida (Beth Stys, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission) Estimating the Population and Range of Minnesota's Wolves (Steve Benson, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources) GIS Algorithms Useful for Producing "Fuzzy" Rare Species Locations (Greg Krakow, Georgia Department of Natural Resources)
Friday, September 26 - Session II (Morning) Identifying and Mapping Species of Greatest Conservation Need
	Mapping and Ranking Conservation Opportunity Areas for the Lower Midwest Using GIS (David Diamond, C. Diane True, and Taisia M. Gordon, Missouri Resource Assessment Partnership, University of Missouri, and Walter E. Foster, Environmental Protection Agency) Using GIS to Develop a Conservation Plan for the Central Hardwoods Bird Conservation Region (C. Diane True, Missouri Resource Assessment Partnership, University of Missouri, and Jane Fitzgerald, American Bird Conservancy) The Role of GAP Data and GIS Modeling Techniques in Developing a Comprehensive Plan for State and Tribal Wildlife Grants (M. Keith Wethington, Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources) Development of a Multi-level Aquatic Habitat Classification in Virginia and Its Use in Aquatic Gap and Conservation Planning (Shelly Miller, Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries) Retrieving Little Tennessee Watershed Data for Conservation Use (Shelaine Curd-Hetrick, National Biological Information Infrastructure)
Friday, September 26 - Session II (Afternoon) Identifying and Mapping Species of Greatest Conservation Need (cont.) and Federal Aid and the Comprehensive Plans
	Minnesota Wildlife Management Area GIS Program (Steve Benson, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources) GIS Analysis of Spatial Pattern of Skylark Territories in an Organic Farmland Landscape (Nan Hong, Ariena H.C. Van Bruggen, and John Stuiver, North Carolina State University) Overview of Terrestrial Habitat Classification Systems (Becky Wajda, VA, Dave Morton, VA, and Don Schrupp, CO) Virginia CWCP Habitat Analysis (Dave Morton, Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries) Federal Aid Involvement in Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Plans (Mike Sweet, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) How to Write Federal Aid Documents - Question and Answer Session (Mike Sweet, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
Sunday, September 28 - Session III (Morning) Strategies for Species and Habitat Conservation and Monitoring
	Biodiversity Management Rating and Plan Implementation (Jeff Lerner, Defenders of Wildlife) Data Management for Ecoregional Planning: TNC's New Approach (Aliya Ercelawn, The Nature Conservancy) Strategies and Performance Measures for Comprehensive Conservation Plans (Jon Haufler, Environmental Management Research Institute) Gap Analysis Program: A Course or Natural Resource Professionals (Andy Rosenberger and Scott Klopfer, Conservation Management Institute) (Concurrent Session)
Sunday, September 28 - Session III (Afternoon) Information Management and GIS Tools and Techniques
	Making Data More Valuable (Vivian Hutchison, U.S. Geological Survey-National Biological Information Infrastructure) Connecting the NBII Nodes: Map Services Registry to Support Data Discovery and Interoperability Through Open GIS (Lee Graham, U.S. Geological Survey-National Biological Information Infrastructure) Direct Benefits of Information Systems to Endangered Species (Bruce Schmidt, Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission) Information Management for Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Plans: Recommendations to the International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (Becky Wajda)