Hellbender Symposiums

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2019

The 9th Biennial Hellbender Symposium was held June 17th-20th, 2019 at the Hyatt Place Hotel in Blacksburg, Virginia.

Bill Hopkins, Ph.D. Professor and Director

Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation

The Global Change Center at Virginia Tech

101 Cheatham Hall,

Blacksburg, VA 24061

Email: hopkinsw@vt.edu

Office: 540-231-7292

2017

The 8th Biennial Hellbender Symposium was held from June 19th-22nd, 2017 at the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science in Jackson, Mississippi.

Sheena Feist
Conservation Resources Biologist--Genetics
Mississippi Museum of Natural Science
2148 Riverside Drive,
Jackson, MS 39202
Email: sheena.feist@mmns.state.ms.us
Office: 601-576-6013

2015

The 7th Biennial Hellbender Symposium was held from June 14th-17th, 2015 at the Sheraton Plaza Hotel and St. Louis zoo in St. Louis, Missouri. 2015 Hellbender Symposium Agenda (pdf 1,267kb)

2013

The 6th Biennial Hellbender Symposium was held from June 24th-27th, 2013 at the Chattanooga Zoo in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

2011

The 5th Biennial Hellbender symposium was held from June 19th-22nd, 2011, in Ligonier, Pennsylvania.

2009

The 4th Biennial Hellbender symposium was held from June 21st-23rd, 2009, in Cumberland Falls State Park in Corbin, Kentucky.

2005

The 2nd Biennial Hellbender Symposium was held on June 19th-22nd, 2005 in Lakeview, Arkansas.