HARRINGTON, Del. -- The Quality Deer Management Association (QDMA) is sending two members of its national education staff to the 2012 Delaware Wildlife Management Workshop and Expo at the Delaware State Fairgrounds Exhibit Hall on Saturday.

The Delaware Wildlife Management Workshop will feature a group of experts who will present strategies for successful hunting and explain the benefits of Quality Deer Management (QDM). The event is sponsored by the Delaware Department of Agriculture (DDA), the Fish and Wildlife Division of the Department of Natural Resource and Environmental Control (DNREC) and the Delaware State Chapter of QDMA.

Speaking at the Workshop on behalf of QDMA will be founder Joe Hamilton and Director of Education and Outreach Kip Adams. Hamilton will provide an introduction to the QDM philosophy and the QDMA, while Adams will discuss antler growth and development as well as aging bucks on the hoof.

Hamilton is a certified wildlife biologist and the founder of QDMA. He currently serves as QDMA’s Director of Development. During his nearly 20 years with the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, Hamilton helped implement QDM practices on more than two million acres. In 2000, he was awarded the Deer Management Career Achievement Award from The Wildlife Society, and in 2011 he was named Budweiser Conservationist of the Year.

Adams, a native of Pennsylvania, is a certified wildlife biologist and QDMA’s Director of Education and Outreach. He has a Bachelor’s degree in wildlife and fisheries science from Penn State and Master’s in wildlife from the University of New Hampshire. He’s also a certified taxidermist. Before joining QDMA, Adams was the deer and bear biologist for the New Hampshire Fish & Game Department.

Additional speakers at the Workshop include: Mark Buxton, Owner of Southeastern Wildlife Habitat Services; Dr. Mark Connor, Manager of Chesapeake Farms in Chestertown, Md.; Joe Rogerson, Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife Big Game and Furbearer Biologist; Larry Walton, Vice President of Vision Forestry, LLC; Eric Burkentine, Regional Forester, Delaware Forest Service.

Admission is free and no reservations are needed for the 2012 Delaware Wildlife Management Workshop and Expo. Doors will open at 8 a.m. ET, and programs will run from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

About QDMA
QDMA is dedicated to ensuring the future of white-tailed deer, wildlife habitat and our hunting heritage. Founded in 1988, QDMA is a national nonprofit wildlife conservation organization with nearly 50,000 members in all 50 states and Canada. To learn more about QDMA and why it is the future of deer hunting, call 800-209-3337 or visit www.QDMA.com.