Who: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and NOAA Fisheries
Noreen Walsh, Chief of Endangered Species for the Southeast Region, FWS
Gail Carmody, Field Supervisor for the Panama City Field Office, FWS
Christine Eustis, Assistant Regional Director, External Affairs, FWS
Georgia Cranmore, Assistant Regional Director for Protected Resources, NOAA Fisheries
Stephania Bolden, Fishery Biologist, NOAA Fisheries
Chris Smith, Public Affairs Officer, NOAA Fisheries
What:
A press conference call with agency biologists to answer questions regarding the proposed critical habitat designation for the Gulf sturgeon.When:
Thursday, June 6, 2002, 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. (EDT)How
: To participate on the call, please dial 1-888-820-8957 and enter the passcode 12345. You will be asked to identify yourself to the operator and then be introduced.This press conference call will be in a round-robin format. Christine Eustis from the FWS will moderate the call. Each reporter will be asked for their name and affiliate as they join the call. The moderator will record that information and reporters will be able to ask questions in the order that they called in. Each reporter will be allowed to ask one question, and one follow-up question, if it is related, before going onto the next reporter. Once each reporter has asked their first question, the moderator will go through the list again allowing each reporter to ask a second question. The call will conclude once each reporter
