Select Keynotes, Presentations, and Projects
Testimony before Congress on Teaming with Wildlife
First hearing on the funding proposition
June 1996
ABC Future of Bird Conservation Panel
North American Ornithological Conference
St. Louis, MO
April 1998
Austin, Texas
SE Association of Fish and Wildlife Agency Conference (keynote)
Orlando, Florida
October 1998
National Association of Counties (NACO)
Washington, D.C.
March 2000
CEC
Sustainable Tourism and Whale Watching in North America
La Paz, Mexico
22-23 March, 2001
The International Ecotourism Society
Market Study
2001
Non-Profits in Travel Conference
Washington, DC
March 2, 2001
USDA Forest Service Visitor Center Directors Symposium
Nebraska City, NE
2 April 2002
Partners in Flight Pan-American Roundtable Meeting
Washington, D.C.
December 2002
Cornell eBird Conference
Lake Placid, Florida
April 2003
State Agriculture Commissioners
Fargo, ND
July 2003
Virginia Ornithological Society annual meeting (keynote)
Oklahoma Ornithological Society annual meeting (keynote)
Nebraska Ornithologists’ Union annual meeting (keynote)
Balancing Nature and Commerce
The Conservation Fund
Ted Eubanks presented at this seminar annually. In 2014, he participated in three conferences: Abingdon VA, Shepherdstown, WV, Manhattan, KS
Presentations for Conservation Fund include the following:
2002
Beaumont, Texas
2009
Western Highlands, Pennsylvania
Chicago
Chicago Wilderness
2010
South Mountain, Pennsylvania
New River Gorge
2011
National Conservation Training Center (NCTC)
Union County, Tennessee
2012
NCTC
Titusville, Florida
Conservation Fund Strategy Meeting
NCTC
2013
NCTC
Texas Heritage Magazine
Endurance of Faith: A Nicholas Clayton Masterpiece in Downtown Austin
Volume 3, 2022
Alabama
North Alabama Birding Trail
North Alabama Birding Trail Guide
Alabama Black Belt Heritage Area
Based on this work, the region became the Alabama Black Belt National Heritage Area in 2022.
Alaska
Alaska Wilderness Association Meeting (keynote)
February 2004
Arkansas
Nature Tourism Strategic Planning
The Nature Conservancy
Clarendon, Arkansas
March 2001
California
Colorado
EDA Annual Regional Conference (keynote)
Colorado Springs, Colorado
5-8 July 2000
Colorado Birding Trail Meeting
Fort Collins, Colorado
July 2002
Connecticut
Connecticut Coastal Birding Trail
Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection Wildlife Division
2002
Florida
Florida Watchable Wildlife Conference
19-21 May 1998
Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies
52nd Annual Conference
3-7 October 1998
Orlando, Florida
Hawaii
Hawaii Conservation Conference
Honolulu, Hawaii
July 2002
Idaho
Idaho Birding Trail meetings
Boise, Idaho
December 2002
Illinois
Illinois Tourism Conference (keynote)
March 2004
Green Infrastructure with the Conservation Fund
Chicago
December 2009
Hackmatack NWR Viability Study
Emiquon Strategic Public Use Plan
Illinois River Road National Scenic Byway Interpretive Plan
Illinois River Road Scenic Byway Corridor Management Plan
Kansas
Kansas Tourism Conference (keynote)
October 2001
KW&P All-Birds Workshop
Salina, KS
March 2003
Kansas Tourism Conference (keynote)
October 2011
Experiential Tourism Strategy for the Kansas Flint Hills
Strategy for Experiential Tourism in Western Kansas
Kansas Wetlands and Wildlife National Scenic Byway Interpretive Plan
Kansas Byways Interpretive Plans
Kentucky
Sustainable Communities Institute
Nature Tourism Workshops
The Nature Conservancy
Berea, Kentucky
June 2000
Louisiana
EDA Conference
New Orleans, Louisiana
May 1998
Louisiana (BTNEP) Birding Trail meeting
Thibodaux, Louisiana
August 1998
Louisiana Travel and Tourism Summit
Louisiana Travel Promotion Association
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
January 1999
Louisiana Travel Conference (keynote)
January 2004
All-Bird Conservation Workshop
Rockefeller Refuge, Louisiana
30 April – 1 May 2003
Louisiana Rural Tourism Conference
West Baton Rouge, Louisiana
May 16-17, 2019
America’s Wetland Birding Trail (coast) Concept and Development Plan
America’s Wetland Birding Trail (inland) Concept and Development Plan
Maine
Strategic Plan for Implementing the Maine Nature Tourism Strategy
Case Studies Report – Experiential Tourism on Tribal Lands
Experiential Tourism Strategy for the Penobscot Nation
Maryland
Delmarva and Eastern Shore Birding Trail meetings
July 2002
Charles County Nature Tourism Strategy
Massachusetts
Society of Environmental Journalists
MIT
27 October 1995
Association of State Wetland Managers
Advancing Wetland Conservation Through Community-based Ecotourism
October 2000
Michigan
National Rural Tourism Conference
Detroit
August 2013
Les Cheneaux Nature Tourism Strategy
Minnesota
Non-Game Workshop
Minnesota DNR
St. Cloud, MN
January 2003
Mississippi
EDA Gulf of Mexico Conference (keynote)
Biloxi, Mississippi
September 2003
Alabama Black Belt Heritage Area
Montana
Montana Nature Trails
Missoula
December 2002
Montana Governor’s Conference on Tourism (keynote)
Helana, MT
March 2003
Nebraska
Nebraska Ecotourism Conference (keynote)
North Platte
October 2001
Ecotourism Conference (keynote)
Kearney, Nebraska
January 2010
Platte River Nature Recreation Study
Platte River Consumptive Recreation Study (Hunting and Fishing)
Sandhills Journey Scenic Byway Interpretive Plan
Sandhills Journey Scenic Byway Interpretive Panels
Grand Island Nature Tourism Presentations
Grand Island, Nebraska
May 2002
Annual Nebraska Travel Conference
North Platte, Nebraska
October 2001
League of Nebraska Municipalities Annual Conference
Omaha, Nebraska
October 8, 1998
Nevada
USDA Forest Service
Reno, Nevada
June 2002
New Jersey
Wildlife-Associated Recreation on the Delaware Bayshore
New Mexico
USDA Forest Service Congressionally Designated Areas Conference
Albuquerque, NM
October 2001
New Mexico Governor’s Tourism Conference
Las Cruces, New Mexico
October 2003
North Dakota
Nature Tourism Plan for Lonetree WMA
Turtle Mountain and Rendezvous Region Nature Tourism Master Plan
North Dakota Marketplace
Grand Forks, North Dakota
January 2003
Alternative Enterprises and Rural Tourism Conference
Botineau, North Dakota
April 2003
North Dakota Nature Tourism Conference
Grand Forks, North Dakota
January 2003
MASDA Conference
Fargo, North Dakota
July 2003
Ohio
Edge of Appalachia Experiential Tourism Report
Lake Erie Ohio Heritage Tourism Study – Executive Summary
Cleveland Metroparks Interpretive Training
Cleveland, Ohio
February 2003
Cleveland Metroparks Interpreters Workshops
December 2003
Ohio-Lake Erie Portal Manager’s Training
2002
Ohio-Lake Erie Website Development
Completed 2003
Audubon-Ohio
Birding Trail Training Session
2003
Wings of the Americas
Ecotourism Business Workshop
Shawnee State Park, Ohio
May 2000
Lake Erie Conference
September 2001
Ohio Travel Conference
October 2007
Ohio Travel Conference
October 2009
Toledo Metroparks
November 2013
Oklahoma
Coordination and Planning of the Great Plains Trail of Oklahoma
Oklahoma Tourism
Keynote annual tourism conference in October 2002
Oregon
Oregon Cascades Birding Trails
American Bird Conservancy
Pennsylvania
Susquehanna Birding Trail Planning Meeting
Pennsylvania Audubon
February 2001
Pennsylvania Outdoor Writers
DuBois, Pennsylvania
October 2001
PA Governor’s Outdoor Recreation Conference
March 2007Philadelphia Parks and Recreation
Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
PA Wilds Conservation Landscape Initiative Recreation Plan – Summary
PA Wilds Conservation Landscape Initiative Recreation Plan – Full Report
Laurel Highlands Conservation Landscape Initiative
Poconos Forest and Waters Conservation Landscape Initiative
Lower Susquehanna Conservation Landscape Initiative
South Mountain Conservation Landscape Initiative
Lumber Heritage Area Interpretive Plan
PA Wilds Dark Skies – an Early Implementation Conceptualization for Cherry Springs State Park
Sinnemahoning State Park Portal Plan
Sinnemahoning State Park Nature Tourism Incubator Plan
Early Action Recommendations for Pine Creek
Plan for Elk Watching and Nature Tourism in North Central Pennsylvania
Kinzua Bridge State Park Recreational Assessment
Clarion River Recreational Assessment
Cook Forest Trail Recommendations
Natural Lands Trust
Natural Lands Trust Hildacy Preserve Public Use Plan
Natural Lands Trust Paunacussing Preserve Public Use Plan
Natural Lands Trust Public Use Dog Card
Tennessee
Texas
Challenge Cost-Share Agreement between Fermata Inc. and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: “Perform (or have performed) the necessary protection, management, and restoration work on coastal woodlots on High Island, Texas”
10 July 1992
Woodlot Initiative, High Island (Texas)
Boardwalk construction
September 1992
Piping Plover Survey at Bryan Mound, Texas
Boeing Petroleum
November 1992-February 1993
Eubanks, T. 1993. Ecotourism in Galveston Bay – an economic opportunity. In Jensen, R.W., R.W. Kiesling, and F.S. Shipley, eds. Proceedings. The Second State of the Bay Symposium. Galveston Bay National Estuary Program Publication GBNEP-23.
Great Texas Coastal Birding Trail (Three Phases)
Central Texas Coast Dedication
8 Sep 1995
Whitehouse Conference on Travel and Tourism
Texas Delegate
October 1995
Los Caminos Del Rio Heritage Summit
26-28 January 1995
McAllen, Texas
Texas Department of Economic Development Workshops
Van Horn 1994
Rosenberg 1995
Plainview 1995
Katy Prairie Conference (keynote)
Bear Creek Park, Texas
April 1994
Tenneco Energy
“Environmentally Sustainable Communities: A National Town Meeting”
26 February 1996
National Conference of State Legislatures
Austin, Texas
2-4 May 1996
Big Bend nature Tourism Presentation
Fort Davis, Texas
June 1996
GLO Coastal Issues Conference
Corpus Christi, Texas
March 1997
Eubanks Woods Dedication at High Island
20 April 1997
Presentation at Texas Wildlife Association annual conference
San Antonio, Texas
June 1997
Association for Conservation Information Meeting (introduced The Business of Nature)
Austin, Texas
13 July 1998
Entergy Team City
Southeast Texas Economic Development Conference
The Woodlands, Texas
2000
Llano Grade World Birding Center Facility Feasibility Study
Weslaco Development Committee
Weslaco, Texas
World Birding Center
WBC Review Committee
January 1999
WBC Feasibility Study
EDA Grant #08-29-03147
“A Sustainable Ecotourism Strategy for the Lower Rio Grande of Texas”
1 July 1999
WBC Business Plan
Southwestern States RC&D
Midland, Texas
Feb 2001
Texas Wildlife Trails (High Plains, Heart of Texas)
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Completed 2002
Texas Wildlife Trails (Prairies and Pineywoods)
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Awarded 2003
Avitourism in Texas
Two Studies of Birders in Texas and Their Potential Support for the Proposed World Birding Center
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Published 12 October 1999
All-Bird Conservation Workshop
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
July 2002
A Nature Tourism Plan for Mission, Texas
February 2001
A Nature Tourism Plan for Weslaco, Texas
February 2001
Forgotten River
Environmental Defense Fund
2002
Big Thicket Region
Strategic Plan for Nature Tourism
January 2001
Texas Prairie Rivers
Nature tourism workshop in Canadian
16 November 1998
Canadian Chamber of Commerce Annual Dinner
20 March 1999
Texas Prairie Rivers Initiative Report
August 1999
San Luis Pass Sanctuary Feasibility Study
Galveston, Texas
June 2003
Texas Department of Agriculture Nature Tourism Workshops
Abilene
Archer City
Alpine (Sol Ross University)
Big Thicket Nature Tourism Workshop
The Conservation Fund
Beaumont, Texas
5 March 2002
Galveston Ecotourism Conference
Galveston, Texas
April 2002
Nature Lodge Feasibility Study
Nature Lodges, L.C.
July 1999
State Wildlife Diversity Managers Annual Meeting
South Padre Island, Texas
November 2001
Texas Economic Development – Tourism
Sales Mission
Toronto, Canada
June 2000
Los Caminos del Rio
Laredo, Texas
28 September 2000
Coastal Bend Tourism Alliance
Corpus Christi, Texas
February 2003
Texas Colonial Waterbird Society Convention
Galveston, Texas
7 April 2003
Texas Outdoor Writers
Corpus Christi
March 2007
Texas Pineywoods Experience
The Conservation Fund
Coastal Heritage Preserve (Galveston) Interpretive Panels
Galveston East End Lagoon Nature Preserve
South Padre Island World Birding Center
World Birding Center on South Padre Island – Case Statement and Economic Impact Projections
Quinta Mazatlan (McAllen) WBC Interpretive Plan 2006
Quinta Mazatlan – A Pathway to Prominence (Full) 2016
Quinta Mazatlan – A Pathway to Prominence (Exec. Summary) 2016
Quinta Mazatlan – Groundbreaking invitation 2023
Quinta Mazatlan – Groundbreaking invitation 2023
Llano Grande (Weslaco) WBC Strategic Plan
Big Thicket Nature Tourism Strategy
Houston Birds and Bayous Strategic Plan
World Birding Center – Hidalgo
Nature Tourism in the Lone Star State (Ted Eubanks, Task Force Member)
Texas Prairie Rivers Initiative Strategic Plan
Trinity River Nature Tourism Assessment
Austin
Eastwoods Park Juneteenth Interpretive Panel
Our Austin Story
Neill-Cochran House Museum Slave Quarters
Mount Calvary Catholic Cemetery TxDOT Rebuttal
Saint Mary Cathedral History Brochure
Shoal Creek Interpretive Plan
Wooldridge Square
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Booker T. Washington Interpretive Panel
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THC Historical Marker
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National Votes for Women Trail
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Virginia
Virginia Bird and Wildlife Trails
Coastal Trail
Mountain Trail
Piedmont Trail
Heart of Appalachia Tourism Workshops
March 2000
Heart Of Appalachia Nature Guide Training
May 2000
ARC and The Conservation Fund
Wisconsin
IAFWA Annual Meeting (keynote)
Madison, WI
September 2003
Conceptual Plan for Tourism and Recreation – Marinette County, Wisconsin
Strategic Plan for Wisconsin’s Lake Superior / North Woods Birding and Nature Trail
Regional
Northern Forest Region Sustainable Tourism Case Study Report (Phase 1)
Northern Forest Region Sustainable Tourism Case Study Report (Phase 2)
International
Australia
Australia Ecotourism Conference
Brisbane
July 1999
Canada
Livable Winter Cities Association (LWCA)
Biennial Conference, Winter Cities Forum
Sault Ste Marie, Canada
January 2003
New Brunswick Birding Strategy
New Brunswick Department of Tourism and Parks
2003
Mexico
Yucatan Secretaria de Turismo, Yucatan Birding Festival
Merida, Mexico
November 2002
Laguna de Flamingos
Resource Assessment
2001
Belize
U.S. Peace Corps
Belize Birding Trail
Costa Rica
Friends of the Great Green Macaw
Northern Costa Rica Birding Trail
SCSCB Conference (keynote)
Trinidad & Tobago
July 2003
SCSCB Conference (keynote)
Antigua & Barbuda
July 2009
SCSCB Conference (keynote)
Bahamas
July 2011
Outdoor Retailer Conference
Salt Lake City, Utah
July 2009
CEC Sustainable Tourism in Protected Areas
The Caribbean Birding Trail Interpretive Plan
Antigua & Barbuda Ecotourism Strategy