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TWRA to host 65th Annual SEAFWA Conference

Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency - TWRANashville, TN – The TWRA will serve as the host for the 65th Annual Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (SEAFWA) Conference October 22nd-26th at the Sheraton Music City in Nashville.

SEAFWA is an organization whose members are the state agencies with primary responsibility for management and protection of fish and wildlife resources in 15 states, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.  More than 500 persons are expected to attend.

SEAFWA conducts an annual conference each fall to provide a forum for presentation of information and exchange of ideas regarding the management and protection of fish and wildlife resources throughout the nation, but with emphasis on the southeast.

Representatives from state and federal agencies, citizen’s organizations, universities, and private wildlife research groups will present their latest findings relative to resource management, both through scientific research and actual case histories.

Fisheries and wildlife scientists will present peer reviewed papers at their respective sessions, agency enforcement personnel exchange information on tactics and mutual problems.

Agency attorneys will discuss the latest developments in wildlife law and other pertinent legal issues, and information and education personnel address relative communication, marketing and public relations matters.

The conference provides a well balanced exchange of ideas and information of significant benefit to the conservation community in its efforts to manage fish and wildlife resources.

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