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Plenary Speaker: William HyattBill retired in 2018 after 37 years at the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection including 9 years as Chief of the Bureau of Natural Resources overseeing the Inland and Marine Fisheries, Wildlife, and Forestry Divisions. His prior positions with the Agency include Director of Inland Fisheries and Supervisor of Fisheries Management. Bill has held leadership positions with many professional organizations and boards including chair of the CT Invasive Plants Council, chair of the Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies Invasive Species Committee, chair of the Connecticut River Atlantic Salmon Commission, chair of the Northeast Fisheries Administrators Association, treasurer of the Northeast Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies, and President of the Southern New England Chapter and the Northeast Division of the American Fisheries Society. Bill is currently a member of the Federal Invasive Species Advisory Council and is a Commissioner on the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission. Bill did his undergraduate studies at the University of Connecticut and his graduate work at UConn and at the Institute of Ecosystem Studies in Millbrook, NY.
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Keynote Speaker: Thomas E. WorthleyTom Worthley is Associate Extension Professor at the University of CT, perhaps better known as ‘Extension Forester’. In addition to teaching classes in Dendrology and Forest Management, Tom participates in research projects and has statewide responsibilities as the UConn Extension Forestry Specialist. Prior to beginning his 22 years as a faculty member at UConn, Tom worked in the forest products industry and also as a private forestry consultant. He and his wife Catherine are woodland owners with forest property in Higganum who personally confront many of the very same conservation and management issues faced daily by small forest property owners throughout the state.
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