10 November: Newly Expanded Iguana Specialist Group Meeting held at the Bahamian Field Station, San Salvador
11-12 November: Workshop organized by the Conservation Unit, Bahamas Department of Agriculture and the ISG, in collaboration with the IUCN SSC Conservation Breeding Specialist Group – Protected Areas Management Strategy for Bahamian Terrestrial Vertebrates: Iguanas and Seabirds.
13 November: Field trip to Green Cay, range of Cyclura rileyi rileyi
Workshop officially opened by: Hon. Theresa Moxey-Ingraham, Minister of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture, Nassau, The Bahamas
The Minister was accompanied by: F. Carl Smith, Director, Department of Agriculture, Nassau, The Bahamas; Mr. Christopher Stubbs, Family Island Administrator, San Salvador, The Bahamas; and Mr. Luden Gibson, Chief Councilor, Local Government Council. San Salvador, The Bahamas
Attendees
Allison Alberts – San Diego Zoo
Fred Antonio – Central Florida Zoo
John Bendon – International Iguana Society
Mizpah Bethel – Bahamas National Trust
Tim Bethel – Bahamas National Trust
Quentin Bloxam – Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust
Sandra Buckner – Bahamas National Trust
Fred Burton – National Trust for the Cayman Islands
Eric Carey – Bahamas Department of Agriculture
Ron Carter – Loma Linda University
Angela Cleare – Ministry of Tourism, Bahamas
Nyoka Collie – College of the Bahamas
Steve Conners – Miami MetroZoo
Paul Dean – Bahamas
Robert Ehrig – Finca Cyclura
Mike Fouraker – Fort Worth Zoo
Ethan Freid – College of the Bahamas
Miguel Garcia – Puerto Rico Department of Natural Resources and Environment
Don Gerace – Bahamian Field Station, San Salvador
Kathy Gerace – Bahamian Field Station, San Salvador
Glenn Gerber – San Diego Zoo
Karen Graham – Sedgwick County Zoo
Tandora Grant – San Diego Zoo
William Hayes – Loma Linda University
Robyn Howard – Ardastra Gardens Conservation Centre, Bahamas
Lis Hudson – St. Catherine’s Wildlife Survival Center, Georgia
Rick Hudson – Fort Worth Zoo
Maurice Issacs – Bahamas Department of Agriculture
John Iverson – Earlham College
Chuck Knapp – Shedd Aquarium / University of Florida, Gainesville
Gary Larson – Bahamas National Trust
Dave Lee – North Carolina State Museum of Natural Science
Catherine Malone – Texas A&M University
Basil and Jane Minns – George Town, Exuma, Bahamas
Debbie Olson – Indianapolis Zoo
Ivan Rehak – Zoologicka Zahrada Praha (Prague Zoo)
Katarína Reháková – Zoologicka Zahrada Praha (Prague Zoo)
Anne Savage – Disney’s Animal Kingdom
Ulysses S. Seal (Facilitator) – IUCN SSC Conservation Breeding Specialist Group
Peter Tolson – Toledo Zoo
Peter Vogel – University of West Indies, Mona
Joe Wasilewski – Natural Selections of South Florida
Anthony White – Nassau, Bahamas
Byron Wilson – University of West Indies, Mona
Burkie Wright, Jr. – Police Department, Nassau, Bahamas