Park rangers share with volunteers and visitors the information gleaned from the biennial science conferences.

Since 1997, Fire Island National Seashore has hosted a biennial conference to present—to the general public—scientific information from National Park Service-funded projects. This conference provides an opportunity to learn the status of the research currently being conducted in the park. An additional value of the conference is the ability for you to communicate directly with the researchers, other public agencies, and park staff.

You are invited to attend Fire Island National Seashore's next conference, which will be held in May 2007. 

• 6th Biennial
  Planning, Science and Research Conference
  May 9 & 10, 2007
  Charles B. Wang Center, Stony Brook University
  Registration: 8:00 - 9:00 a.m.
                   (Preregistration preferred)
  Program: 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

2007 Agenda
2007 Abstracts

Registration
By Phone: 631-687-5030
By E-Mail

There is no charge to attend the conference, but registration is required as space is limited. Please provide the name of each attendee, your affiliation with the park, days attending, and a phone number or e-mail address.

A fee for parking in the parking garage near the Wang Center. Arrive early to get a space! Wang Center is a short walk from the parking garage.

A 1½ hour lunch break is scheduled each day. Food service (Jasmine) is available in the Wang Center and at other locations on campus within walking distance.  

Directions to Wang Center:
Take the Long Island Expressway (I-495) to Exit 62, and follow Nicolls Road (Route 97) north for 9 miles. The main entrance to Stony Brook University is on the left.

Turn left into the campus. Proceed around the circle to the Visitor Parking Garage to the left of the Administration Building. The Wang Center, located directly across from the parking garage, is the large gray building with red entryway fencing and a modern representation of a Pagoda on the rooftop.

By train, you may take the Long Island Railroad's Port Jefferson line from Penn Station in Manhattan to Stony Brook. (Trains to and from Penn generally require transfers at Jamaica or Huntington. Hicksville is also a transfer point on some lines.)  The LIRR Stony Brook station is at the north end of the campus; bus service to the central campus is provided. Taxi cabs are available at the station (approximately one mile to the Wang Center).

Detailed directions to Stony Brook University’s Wang Center may be found on their website at www.stonybrook.edu/sb/wang/directions.shtml. Links to local lodging and other information for visiting the campus is located at www.stonybrook.edu/sb/visiting.

Link to Campus Maps
Parking Map

Status of a variety of on-going research projects is shared every two years at Fire Island National Seashore.

This conference, which is free and open to the public, includes updates of recent natural and cultural resource projects conducted on Fire Island and the William Floyd Estate. Experts from academia, government, and conservation organizations present topical sessions in cultural resources; wildlife management; inventory and monitoring; ocean and bay processes, and current park planning. Conference attendees will be able to gain insight into how the National Park Service uses science to guide management decisions.

Topping off the agenda this year will be an update of the park's General Management Planning process.  

New for 2007 are two panel discussions:

• A New National Park Service Initiative of Ocean Stewardship: Opportunities for Fire Island National Seashore and Great South Bay
  
• Storm Damage Reduction Planning for the South Shore of Long Island: Panel Presentations on the Fire Island Inlet to Montauk Point Reformulation Plan (FIMP)

Biennial Science Conference Abstracts

A brief synopsis of the presentations from Fire Island National Seashore's past biennial conferences is available on-line for the following years:

5th Biennial Science and
Cultural Resource Conference
April 5 and 6, 2005

2005 Agenda
2005 Abstracts:
— Cultural Abstracts
— Wildlife Abstracts
— Inventory and Monitoring Abstracts
— Coastal and Estuarine Processes Abstracts

4th Biennial Science Conference
March 24, 2003
  2003 Abstracts