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7:00am CST

Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors Ballroom C & Foyer Conference Registration Desk Open Ballroom A Foyer Speaker Ready Room 101C

8:00am CST

Plenary Session, Awards Presentation & Ignite Session Ballroom A/B

10:00am CST

Refreshment Break with Exhibitors Ballroom C & Foyer

12:00pm CST

AFS-NCD Past-President’s Luncheon (invitation only) Offsite Lunch Break on own N/A

1:00pm CST

Wild Jobs Café Hilton: Wright Ballroom A/B Midwest Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies R3 Committee (Part One) Hilton: Empire Ballroom Poster Set-up Ballroom C & Foyer

1:20pm CST

ASIAN CARP: Validating Aging Structures in Asian Carp from the LaGrange Reach of the Illinois River to Known-Age Asian Carp from China 103D CARNIVORES: Where Wolves Kill White-tailed Deer Fawns 103C SYMPOSIA-01: Resources and Tools for Creating and Managing a Citizen Science Project 101B SYMPOSIA-02: Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit Roles in Midwest Conservation Science 102A SYMPOSIA-03: Five Decades (or More) of Chronic Wasting Disease: Lessons Learned 102C SYMPOSIA-04: Birds, Grasslands, and the Need for Collaboration 102B SYMPOSIA-05: Using Aquatic Landscape Ecology to Inform Lake Habitat Management at Multiple Scales 102D&E SALMONIDS: Inland Lake Trout (Salvelinus namaycush) Management in Northern Wisconsin 103E TOOLS & TECHNOLOGY: WILDLIFE HABITAT: Influence of Spatial Alignment on Photographic Detection Rates at Remotely Triggered Camera Stations 103B WALLEYE: Biological and Social Responses to Walleye Recruitment Failure on Minocqua Chain, Wisconsin 103A

1:40pm CST

ASIAN CARP: Habitat Use and Movement of Juvenile Asian Carp in the Illinois River 103D CARNIVORES: Do Wolves Ambush Beavers from Downwind Hunting Beds? 103C SYMPOSIA-01: Recruiting and Training Volunteers to Conduct Snow Track Surveys 101B SYMPOSIA-02: Collaborative Approach to Assess the Current Condition of Priority Natural Resources in Two National Parks 102A SYMPOSIA-03: Transmission of Infectious Prions in Plant Tissue 102C SYMPOSIA-04: Using Grazing to Manage Grasslands for Waterfowl and Migratory Bird Production Goals on a 53,000-acre Wetland Management District 102B SYMPOSIA-05: A Herculean Task: Reversing Lake Eutrophication 102D&E SALMONIDS: Resilient Trout Management in a Changing Climate: Integrating Stream Temperature Modeling and Decision-support 103E TOOLS & TECHNOLOGY: WILDLIFE HABITAT: Telemetry Drones and GPS Collars: What Your Engineering Department Can Do for You 103B WALLEYE: Recovery and Management of the Saginaw Bay Walleye Population 103A

2:00pm CST

ASIAN CARP: Satellite GPS Telemetry of Asian Carp in the Upper Illinois River Waterway 103D CARNIVORES: Determining Coyote-Wolf Hybridization in Minnesota and Wisconsin by Using Mitochondrial DNA 103C SYMPOSIA-01: Recruitment, Training, and Retention of Stream Monitoring Volunteers 101B SYMPOSIA-02: Pollinators in Our Parks – How Is Invasive Plant Management Impacting Native Bees in National Parks? 102A SYMPOSIA-03: CWD Management and Response in Wisconsin: Lessons Learned and New Beginnings 102C SYMPOSIA-04: Collaboration Turns Pine Plantations into Pine/Oak Barrens in a Critical Landscape for Birds 102B SYMPOSIA-05: Adapting to Climate Change: Tools for Managers of Inland Glacial Lakes 102D&E SALMONIDS: Shifts in Lake Trout (Salvelinus namaycush) Diets in Lake Michigan: An Annual and 5-year Assessment 103E TOOLS & TECHNOLOGY: WILDLIFE HABITAT: Using GIS to Predict the Impacts of Woody Biomass Harvesting on Forest Biodiversity: Case Studies in Northeast USA 103B WALLEYE: Ecosystem Changes and Effects on Walleye Sustainable Harvest in Lake Mille Lacs, Minnesota 103A

2:20pm CST

ASIAN CARP: Age and Growth Demographics of Asian Carp in the Upper Mississippi River 103D CARNIVORES: Recommendations for the Update of the Bad River Band Ma'iingan Plan 103C SYMPOSIA-01: Designing Effective Protocols for Large-scale Citizen Science Projects 101B SYMPOSIA-02: The Importance and Application of Social Science Research in Protected Area Management 102A SYMPOSIA-03: Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Surveillance and Management in Missouri 102C SYMPOSIA-04: Strategic Prioritization of Grassland Habitat Types in Wisconsin 102B SYMPOSIA-05: Investigating Fish Kills to Identify Emerging Threats and Long-term Stress 102D&E SALMONIDS: Occurrence of Salmincola sp. on Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis in Tobin Harbor, Isle Royale National Park 103E TOOLS & TECHNOLOGY: WILDLIFE HABITAT: Using Circuit Theory to Map Connectivity of the U.S. Great Lakes Coastline 103B WALLEYE: Identifying Recruitment Bottlenecks for age-0 Walleye in Northern Wisconsin Lakes 103A

2:40pm CST

ASIAN CARP: Reproductive Potential of Silver and Bighead Carp in the Upper Mississippi River 103D CARNIVORES: How Do Domestic Dogs Influence Intraguild Interactions Among Native Canids? 103C SYMPOSIA-01: Making Sense of 5 Million Observations: Data Management and Quality Control for Wisconsin Breeding Bird Atlas II 101B SYMPOSIA-02: Collaborative Studies on Wolf Ecology in the Greater Voyageurs National Park Ecosystem 102A SYMPOSIA-03: Responding to a Recent Outbreak of Chronic Wasting Disease in Wild Deer in Minnesota 102C SYMPOSIA-04: Prairie Contour Buffer Strips Serve as Bird Nesting Habitat in Midwestern Agricultural Landscapes 102B SYMPOSIA-05: The Influence of Lake Habitat and Landscape Context on Bluegill Growth and Population Size Structure in Midwest Glacial Lakes 102D&E SALMONIDS: Brook Trout Movements in the West Branch of the Wolf River, Wisconsin 103E (CANCELLED) WALLEYE: Lac Vieux Desert: Management Challenges and a Cooperative Plan to Restore a Naturally-reproducing Walleye (Sander vitreus) Population in a Northern Wisconsin Lake 103A

3:00pm CST

Refreshment Break with Exhibitors Ballroom C & Foyer

3:20pm CST

ASIAN CARP: Using Microchemistry and Stable Isotopes to Determine Natal Origin and Movement of Asian Carp in Pools 16-19 of the Mississippi River 103D CARNIVORES: The American Black Bear and Baited Hair-snares: A Quantitative Ethogram and Behavioral Analysis 103C SYMPOSIA-01: Monarch Eggs and Caterpillars, Data, Data Management, and Data Quality: A Case Study 101B SYMPOSIA-02: Escapement and Seasonal Movement of Muskellunge and Walleye in Two Central Iowa Reservoirs 102A SYMPOSIA-03: Chronic Wasting Disease Management and Surveillance: A Michigan Perspective 102C SYMPOSIA-04: Beyond Wetlands: The Importance of Grassland Habitat for Breeding Waterfowl in an Agricultural Landscape 102B SYMPOSIA-05: Walleye Habitat: Considerations for Successful Natural Reproduction and Stocking 102D&E SALMONIDS: Effect of Beaver on Brook Trout Habitat in North Shore, Lake Superior Streams 103E TOOLS & TECHNOLOGY: WILDLIFE HABITAT: The Effects of Large-scale Wetland Loss on Network Connectivity of the Rainwater Basin, Nebraska 103B WALLEYE: Potential for Reducing Largemouth Bass Abundance in Wisconsin Lakes Using Angler Harvest 103A

3:40pm CST

ASIAN CARP: Juvenile Asian Carp as Forage for Predatory Fish in the LaGrange Reach of the Illinois River 103D CARNIVORES: Public Preferences for Management Actions in Response to Various Black Bear – Human Interactions 103C SYMPOSIA-01: Tales from the Zooniverse: Resources and Tools for Project Leads and Volunteers 101B SYMPOSIA-02: Assessing Vernal Pools for Informed Decision Making in Resource Management 102A SYMPOSIA-03: CWD and the Threat to Waawaashkeshi (white-tailed Deer) in the Ceded Territories 102C SYMPOSIA-04: The Bird-Friendliness Index: A Novel Metric for Quantifying the Success of Conservation Programs 102B SYMPOSIA-05: Large Woody Debris and Fish Habitat Structure Additions: Picking the Right Lakes, Setting Expectations, and How to Best Implement 102D&E (CANCELLED) SALMONIDS: Temporal and Trophic Overlap of YOY Steelhead Trout with Native Species in Lake Erie Coolwater Tributaries 103E TOOLS & TECHNOLOGY: WILDLIFE HABITAT: Impacts of Prescribed Fire Intensity and Seasonality on Woody Vegetation 103B WALLEYE: Quantifying the Costs of Climate Adaptation to Agencies and Anglers: A Case Study of Wisconsin’s Inland Lake Walleye Fishery 103A

4:00pm CST

ASIAN CARP: Linking Aquatic-terrestrial Habitats Through Resource and Process Subsidies: Insights from Too Few Salmon and Too Many Carp 103D CARNIVORES: Bobcat Home Range Size, Home Range Overlap, and Habitat Utilization in Northern Wisconsin 103C SYMPOSIA-01: Evaluating Citizen Science Programs: Strategies, Tools, and Resources 101B SYMPOSIA-02: Agency and University Partnerships to Increase Diversity in Natural Resource Management 102A SYMPOSIA-03: Iowa CWD Issues and Management: Deer and People 102C SYMPOSIA-04: Integrating Grassland Birds into Conservation Planning in the U.S. Prairie Pothole Region 102B SYMPOSIA-05: Advancing Aquatic Vegetation Management for Fish 102D&E SALMONIDS: Diet Complexity and Specialization of Lake Michigan Salmonids: Contrasting Trophic Indicators 103E TOOLS & TECHNOLOGY: WILDLIFE HABITAT: Songbird Responses to Drought Conditions with Temporal Scale Considerations 103B WALLEYE: Walleye Management in the Red Lakes, Minnesota: Collapse, Recovery, and Cooperative Management 103A

4:20pm CST

ASIAN CARP: Advancements in Assessing Silver Carp Populations in the Illinois River, Illinois: A Comparison Between Standard Electrofishing and Novel Trawling Techniques 103D CARNIVORES: Estimating Density of Bobcats in Midwestern Landscapes Using Spatial Capture-Recapture Models 103C SYMPOSIA-03: Agency Trust and Perceived Risk Toward Chronic Wasting Disease in Illinois 102C SYMPOSIA-04: Integrated Bird Conservation Delivery in the U.S. Prairie Pothole Region 102B SYMPOSIA-05: Nuisance “Weeds” or Critical Fish Habitat: Balancing Trade Offs with Minnesota’s Aquatic Plant Management Program 102D&E SALMONIDS: Brown Trout Movement in Response to Large Scale Population Reduction 103E TOOLS & TECHNOLOGY: WILDLIFE HABITAT: Effects of Land Management Type on American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) Occupancy and Recruitment 103B WALLEYE: Assessing the Dispersal of Stocked Walleye Fry in a Northern Minnesota Chain of Lakes 103A SYMPOSIA-01: Panel Discussion and Q&A 101B SYMPOSIA-02: Panel Discussion and Q&A 102A

4:40pm CST

ASIAN CARP: Electrotrawling as a Method to Mass Remove Invasive Carp 103D CARNIVORES: Comparisons of Large Carnivore Spoor Density in the Ngamiland and Mababe Regions of Botswana from 2016 to 2017 103C SYMPOSIA-03: Panel Discussion on Opportunities for CWD Collaboration 102C SYMPOSIA-05: Wisconsin’s Healthy Lakes Initiative: Working with Lakefront Property Owners to Apply Best Management Practices 102D&E SALMONIDS: Using Stable C and N Isotopes to Assess Diets of Lake Michigan Salmonines: Implications for Ongoing Management 103E TOOLS & TECHNOLOGY: WILDLIFE HABITAT: Response of Early Successional Avifauna to Pipeline Right-of-way Vegetation Management in Eastern Ohio 103B WALLEYE: Differential Effects of Algal and Sedimentary Turbidity on the Visual Systems of Walleye (Sander vitreus) and Their Prey 103A

5:00pm CST

SALMONIDS: Implications of Atlantic Salmon Stocking for Great Lakes Food Webs and Contaminant Exposure 103E AFS NCD Business Meeting 101B Student / Professional Networking Mixer Hilton: Crystal Ballroom

6:30pm CST

Purdue Department of Forestry & Natural Resources Reception Hilton: Oak

7:30pm CST

UW-Madison and UW-Stevens Point Alumni & Friends Combined Reception Ballroom A/B Time on Own N/A