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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

ASIAN CARP & OTHER AQUATIC INVASIVES: Recruitment Sources of Silver Carp in the Ohio River Basin Using Otolith Microchemistry 102D&E RIVERS & OXBOWS: Influential Macrhybopsis spp. Life History Traits in Modeled Lower Missouri River Populations 103E SYMPOSIA-06: Initial Description of Dermocystid Infections in Silvery Salamanders (Ambystoma Platineum) from Vermilion County, Illinois 101B SYMPOSIA-08: Minnesota Statewide Marshbird Survey: A Framework to Help Prioritize Wetlands for Conservation Actions 102B SYMPOSIA-09: Modeling Oxythermal Stress of Cisco Across Midwest Lakes to Aid Management of Cold-Water Fish Habitat 102C SYMPOSIA-10: Opportunities and Challenges in Local Management of Recreational Fisheries Landscapes: Theory and Practice 103A UNGULATES: Elk Monitoring in Wisconsin: Trail Cameras and Citizen Science 103C UPLAND GAME BIRDS & POLLINATORS: Predicting the Effects of Grassland Conservation Reserve Program Enrollments and Expirations on Greater Prairie-chickens in Northwestern MInnesota 103B WALLEYE & PERCH: The “Tails” That Walleye Tell: The History of Walleye Management in Nebraska Reservoirs 103D SYMPOSIA-07: An Overview of North American AFS Freshwater Fish Sampling Standardization 102A

8:20am CST

ASIAN CARP & OTHER AQUATIC INVASIVES: Otolith microstructure and trace elemental analyses of juvenile Asian carp in the Upper Mississippi River 102D&E RIVERS & OXBOWS: Evaluating Potential Consequences of Hydrologic Separation at Brandon Road Lock and Dam on Native Fishes and Mussels in the Illinois River Waterway 103E SYMPOSIA-06: A Ranavirus-associated Mass Mortality Event in an Illinois Amphibian Community 101B SYMPOSIA-08: Waterbird Use at the Man-made North Ottawa Flood Damage Reduction Impoundment in West Central Minnesota 102B SYMPOSIA-09: Ecological Niche Modeling to Disentangle the Effects of Climate and Eutrophication on Minnesota Lakes 102C SYMPOSIA-10: The Evolving Roles of Wisconsin Lake Organizations in Caring for Public Trust Resources 103A UNGULATES: Annual and Seasonal Home Ranges of Female Elk in Northwestern Minnesota 103C UPLAND GAME BIRDS & POLLINATORS: Genetic Analysis of Sharp-tailed Grouse in East-central Minnesota Indicates High Genetic Diversity Remains After a Recent Population Bottleneck 103B WALLEYE & PERCH: Population Dynamics, Sport and Commercial Harvest and Management of St. Louis River Walleye (1981-2015) 103D

8:40am CST

ASIAN CARP & OTHER AQUATIC INVASIVES: The Dynamic Response Behaviors of Naïve Juvenile Asian Carp Following Exposure to Predator Kairomones in Mixed-Species Groups 102D&E RIVERS & OXBOWS: A Diel Comparison of Pulsed DC Electrofishing Methods in the Lower Wabash River 103E SYMPOSIA-06: Impact of Snake Fungal Disease on Population Viability 101B SYMPOSIA-07: Placing Gear Standardization in a Broader Context That Advances Science-based Fisheries Research and Management 102A SYMPOSIA-08: Secretive Marshbird Response to Fire and Grazing in Wetlands of Western Minnesota 102B SYMPOSIA-09: Digital Media as a Source of Contemporary and Novel Fisheries Data 102C SYMPOSIA-10: Demographics, Activities, and Concerns of Minnesota Lake Associations 103A UNGULATES: Deer Recruitment in Wisconsin: New Survey Methods 103C WALLEYE & PERCH: Assessment of Walleye Reproduction Success in the Tamarac River, MN 103D

9:00am CST

ASIAN CARP & OTHER AQUATIC INVASIVES: Diet Analysis of Predatory Fish in Pools 19 and 20 of the Upper Mississippi River with Contrasting Habitats and Asian Carp Abundance 102D&E RIVERS & OXBOWS: Backwater Fish Community Response to Habitat Restoration on the Upper Mississippi River: 30 Years of Successful Projects 103E SYMPOSIA-06: Can Turtles Serve as Bio-indicators of Environmental Health? Applications of Conservation Physiology in Midwestern Herpetology 101B SYMPOSIA-07: Evaluation of Standard Sampling in Kansas Reservoirs 102A SYMPOSIA-08: Spectacular Response of Waterbirds to Restoration of Cat Island Chain in Lower Green Bay, Wisconsin 102B SYMPOSIA-09: Monarchs: Climate and Implications for Preservation of an Endangered Phenomenon 102C SYMPOSIA-10: Partnerships for Managing Wisconsin Trout Streams: Engagement, Trust and a Better Managed Resource 103A UNGULATES: Pregnancy Rates and Body Condition of White-tailed Deer in Wisconsin 103C UPLAND GAME BIRDS & POLLINATORS: Does Diversity Matter? Ring-necked Pheasant Nest Site Selection and Nest Survival in Grassland Reconstructions 103B WALLEYE & PERCH: A Multi-scale Approach to Identifying and Addressing the Causes of Minnesota’s Declining Yellow Perch Populations 103D Midwest Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies R3 Committee (Part Two) Hilton: Empire Ballroom

9:20am CST

ASIAN CARP & OTHER AQUATIC INVASIVES: Inclusion of New Zealand Mud Snails in the Diet of Benthic Foragers 102D&E RIVERS & OXBOWS: Capture Efficiency of a Fine-mesh Seine in a Large River: Implications for Abundance, Richness, and Diversity Analyses 103E SYMPOSIA-06: Urban Wildlife: An Important Focus for Conservation 101B SYMPOSIA-07: An Overview of Indiana’s New Reservoir Status and Trends Monitoring Program 102A SYMPOSIA-08: Marsh Bird Occupancy of Wetlands in the Glacial Habitat Restoration Area of Wisconsin 102B SYMPOSIA-09: Assessing Climate Change Vulnerability for Wildlife 102C SYMPOSIA-10: Leveraging Local Passion to Improve Outcomes: Civic Organizing as a Best Management Practice 103A UNGULATES: Increased Overwinter Mortalities of White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Fawns During a Drought Year 103C UPLAND GAME BIRDS & POLLINATORS: Do Pheasants Use Spring Cover Crops? 103B WALLEYE & PERCH: Habitat Use, Diet and Growth Rate Analysis of Walleye and Yellow Perch in Green Bay Coastal Wetlands, Lake Michigan 103D

9:40am CST

ASIAN CARP & OTHER AQUATIC INVASIVES: Development and Implementation of an Adaptive Management Approach for Monitoring Non-indigenous Fishes in Lower Green Bay, Lake Michigan 102D&E RIVERS & OXBOWS: Spatial and Temporal Variability of Ichthyoplankton in the St. Clair-Detroit River System: Community Changes Between the 1970s and 2000s 103E SYMPOSIA-06: Landscape Genetics Reveal Possible Drought and Glacial Refugia Are Driving Population Structure of Northern Leopard Frog in North Dakota 101B SYMPOSIA-07: Electrofishing Equipment and Safety Standardization in Missouri 102A SYMPOSIA-08: Waterfowl Use of Restored Wetlands in the Glacial Habitat Restoration Area of Wisconsin 102B SYMPOSIA-09: Uncovering the Effects of Climate Change on U.S. Bird Species Using Structured Citizen Science: Audubon’s Climate Watch Program 102C SYMPOSIA-10: Fish Sticks: Building Local Capacity to Implement Fish Sticks Projects 103A UNGULATES: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Antler Point Restrictions to Achieve Various White-tailed Deer Management Goals 103C UPLAND GAME BIRDS & POLLINATORS: Space, Habitat and Abundance: Hotspot Analysis of Distribution of Ring-necked Pheasants in Eastern South Dakota 103B

10:00am CST

Refreshment Break with Exhibitors Ballroom C & Foyer Wild Jobs Café Hilton: Wright Ballroom A/B

10:20am CST

ASIAN CARP & OTHER AQUATIC INVASIVES: Grass Carp Spawning in Lake Erie Tributaries; When and Where? 102D&E RIVERS & OXBOWS: Fish Community Composition at the Emiquon Nature Preserve Water Management Structure 103E SYMPOSIA-06: Using eDNA Surveys to Detect a Fossorial Species of Conservation Concern, the Kirtland Snake (Clonophis kirtlandii) in Northwest Ohio 101B SYMPOSIA-07: Standardization of Fish Sampling Gears in South Dakota 102A SYMPOSIA-08: Guiding Wetland Restoration in the Calumet Region of Illinois and Indiana Through Monitoring Breeding Marsh Birds 102B SYMPOSIA-09: Bet Hedging in an Era of Rapid Change: Protecting Wildlife by “Conserving Nature’s Stage” 102C SYMPOSIA-10: Encouraging Civic Engagement in Fisheries Management 103A UNGULATES: The Wisconsin Deer Management Assistance Program: Improving Relationships One Landowner at a Time 103C UPLAND GAME BIRDS & POLLINATORS: Disentangling Effects of Fire, Habitat, and Climate on an Endangered Prairie-Specialist Butterfly 103B WALLEYE & PERCH: Forecasting the Impacts of Climate and Land-use Change on Percid Recruitment in Lake Erie 103D

10:40am CST

ASIAN CARP & OTHER AQUATIC INVASIVES: Habitat Quality Explains Population Collapse of Invasive Rusty Crayfish in Northern Wisconsin Lakes 102D&E RIVERS & OXBOWS: Larval Fish Community Survey of Pools 19, 18, and 17 of the Upper Mississippi River 103E SYMPOSIA-06: Quantifying Home Ranges and Hibernacula Characteristics of Captive-Reared, Recently-Released Juvenile Blanding’s Turtles (Emydoidea blandingii) 101B SYMPOSIA-07: Developing, Validating, and Applying Standard Methods to Improve Fisheries Management and Research 102A SYMPOSIA-08: Wetland Quality for Waterbirds in Illinois 102B SYMPOSIA-09: Manager's perspectives on climate adaptation on public lands in the Upper Midwest: Implications for monitoring and tracking progress 102C SYMPOSIA-10: City Staff Using DNR Methods to Survey Local Fisheries 103A UNGULATES: Retention of Youth Deer Hunters in Nebraska 103C UPLAND GAME BIRDS & POLLINATORS: Modeling Pollinator Conservation Targets Within Rights-of-Way 103B WALLEYE & PERCH: Changes in Yellow Perch Recruitment in Relation to Walleye Abundance in Green Bay 103D

11:00am CST

ASIAN CARP & OTHER AQUATIC INVASIVES: Detecting Round Goby in the Field Using a Portable eDNA Detection Kit 102D&E RIVERS & OXBOWS: A Comparison of Fish Communities in Contiguous Backwater and Vegetated Impounded Areas of Pool 19, Upper Mississippi River 103E SYMPOSIA-06: Soft-Release May Not Enhance Translocation Efforts for Massasaugas (Sistrurus catenatus) 101B SYMPOSIA-07: Validating the Use of Baited, Tandem Hoop Nets to Index Ohio Reservoir Channel Catfish Density 102A SYMPOSIA-08: Marsh Bird Use of Wetlands Managed for Waterfowl in Illinois 102B SYMPOSIA-09: An Uncertain Climate for Deer Wintering Complexes: Scenario Planning for Complex Adaptive Systems 102C SYMPOSIA-10: Optimization of Oxbow Restoration Benefits for Both the Farmer and the Conservationist 103A UNGULATES: Do City Deer Really Live Differently Than Rural Deer? 103C UPLAND GAME BIRDS & POLLINATORS: Comparing Bee and Grasshopper Communities in Missouri's Reconstructed and Remnant Prairies 103B WALLEYE & PERCH: Walleye Movements in Green Bay: Testing Assumptions of the Current Conceptual Model for Management 103D

11:20am CST

ASIAN CARP & OTHER AQUATIC INVASIVES: Battle of the Claws: Competition Between Two Non-native Crayfish Species in the Chicago Region and Potential Spread of Red Swamp Crayfish Throughout the Great Lakes Region 102D&E RIVERS & OXBOWS: Effects of Valley Shape and Non-Native Species on Fish Assemblages of U.S. and Mongolian Rivers 103E SYMPOSIA-06: The Chambana Box Turtle Project: A Collaborative Effort Using Environmental Enrichment to Inform Reintroduction Techniques for Terrapene Carolina 101B SYMPOSIA-07: Evaluating Electrofishing Techniques: A Critical Step in Developing Standardized Sampling Methods for Smallmouth Bass 102A SYMPOSIA-08: Waterbird and Vegetation Responses to 10 Years of Restoration at an Illinois River Floodplain Wetland Complex 102B SYMPOSIA-10: The Little Rapids Restoration Project: A Local, State and Federal Partnership to Improve Habitat and Remove Beneficial Use Impairments from the St. Marys River Area of Concern 103A UNGULATES: Pilot Testing a Program to Allow Hunters to Sample Their Own Deer for CWD 103C UPLAND GAME BIRDS & POLLINATORS: Planting for Pollinators: Evaluation of Four Prairie Seed Mixes 103B WALLEYE & PERCH: Variability in Spatial Distribution of Larval Yellow Perch in a Northern Lake Ecosystem 103D SYMPOSIA-09: Panel Discussion and Q&A 102C

11:40am CST

ASIAN CARP & OTHER AQUATIC INVASIVES: Spatiotemporal Patterns from Electrofishing Catches at Lake Michigan Invasive Species Hotspot Locations 102D&E RIVERS & OXBOWS: Trophic Alterations in the Ohio River Fish Assemblages 103E (CANCELLED) SYMPOSIA-06: Community, Health, and Stress Response of Reintroduced and Resident Amphibians to Oak Woodland Restoration 101B SYMPOSIA-07: Spatial and Temporal Distribution Affects Standardized Sampling Results of Two Sportfish Species in a Midwestern Reservoir 102A SYMPOSIA-08: Breeding Bird Use of Restored Shallow Lakes in Iowa 102B SYMPOSIA-10: Panel Discussion and Q&A 103A UNGULATES: Long-term Collaborative Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Management, Using Focused Rewards Guided by Prevalence Distributions: a Proposal 103C UPLAND GAME BIRDS & POLLINATORS: Impacts of Neonicotinoid Seed-treatment Use on Native Pollinator Abundance and Diversity in Missouri Agroecosystems 103B WALLEYE & PERCH: A Proposal to Implement a 21” Minimum Length Limit on Walleye Harvest at Cedar Bluff Reservoir, Kansas 103D

12:00pm CST

Lunch Break on own N/A

1:20pm CST

ASIAN CARP & OTHER AQUATIC INVASIVES: Combining Invasive Species Risk Assessments with Climate Change Scenarios to Predict Future Invaders in the Great Lakes 102D&E FOREST & GRASSLAND SONGBIRDS: Geographic Variation in Songs of the Cerulean Warbler (Setophaga cerulea) 103C RIVERS & OXBOWS: Origins, Current Status, and Potential Roles of Oxbows for Conservation and Nutrient Reduction in Agricultural Landscapes: Introduction to the Oxbow Session 103E SYMPOSIA-06: Weather Patterns and Habitat Usage of Adult Eastern Tiger Salamanders in the Prairie Pothole Region of West-Central Minnesota 101B SYMPOSIA-07: Using Statewide Survey Data to Support Local-scale Management in Michigan Streams 102A SYMPOSIA-08: Survey Methodology, Movement Ecology, and Vital Rates of the Virginia Rail and Sora in the Lake Erie Coastal Marshes of Northern Ohio 102B SYMPOSIA-11: Aquatic Tox in Amphibians--perfluorinated Substances Are Chemicals of Emerging Concern 102C SYMPOSIA-12: USGS National Wildlife Health Center Collaborations with Partners on Wildlife Disease Response 103A SMALL MAMMALS: Effects of Age, Sex, and Population Dynamics on Dispersal of American Martens 103B STURGEON, ESOCIDS & COREGONIDS: Genetic Origins and Movement of Lake Sturgeon in the St. Louis River and Western Lake Superior 103D

1:40pm CST

ASIAN CARP & OTHER AQUATIC INVASIVES: Effects of 2, 4-D Herbicide Treatments Used to Control Eurasian Watermilfoil on Fish and Zooplankton in Northern Wisconsin Lakes 102D&E FOREST & GRASSLAND SONGBIRDS: Seasonal Habitat Use by Fledgling Cerulean Warblers (Setophaga cerulea) 103C RIVERS & OXBOWS: Oxbow Restorations in Iowa: A Compilation of Data and Lessons Learned over the past 17 Years 103E SYMPOSIA-06: The Influence of Landscape Factors and Prescribed Fire on the Occupancy Dynamics of Blue-Spotted Salamanders 101B SYMPOSIA-07: Simultaneously Assessing Channel Catfish and Flathead Catfish Populations with Unbaited Hoop Nets in the Minnesota River 102A SYMPOSIA-08: King Rail Trapping and Telemetry at the Winous Point Marsh Conservancy 102B SYMPOSIA-11: Reproductive Health of Catostomid Species in Two Midwestern Rivers 102C SYMPOSIA-12: An Outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Influenza in Minnesota: Lessons Learned 103A SMALL MAMMALS: Movement Ecology of Marten (Martes americana) in the Eastern Upper Peninsula, Michigan 103B STURGEON, ESOCIDS & COREGONIDS: Summer Tributary Use and Movement of Lake Sturgeon at Its Southern Range Margin 103D

2:00pm CST

ASIAN CARP & OTHER AQUATIC INVASIVES: From Water Chemistry to Fish: The Impacts of Zebra Mussels Across Multiple Trophic Levels 102D&E FOREST & GRASSLAND SONGBIRDS: Managing Breeding and Wintering Habitat for the Conservation of the Endangered Kirtland's Warbler in a Changing Climate 103C RIVERS & OXBOWS: Occurrence, Abundance, and Habitat Use of Topeka Shiners in Restored and Unrestored Oxbows in Iowa and Minnesota 103E SYMPOSIA-07: Assessment and Classification of Brown Trout Natural Recruitment and Reproduction in Mill Creek, Richland County, Wisconsin 102A SYMPOSIA-08: Michigan Black Tern Conservation Initiative: Collaborative Conservation of Coastal Wetlands 102B SYMPOSIA-11: Pollutant Stress in the Maumee River: Impacted Physiology and Reproduction in Fathead Minnows (Pimephales promelas) and Sunfish (Lepomis spp.) 102C SYMPOSIA-12: A Cooperative Management Approach Toward the Elimination of Raccoon Rabies from the U.S. 103A SMALL MAMMALS: American Marten Habitat Use: A Resource Selection Function for Michigan's Northern Lower Peninsula 103B STURGEON, ESOCIDS & COREGONIDS: Examining Movement and Maximizing Capture of Lake Sturgeon in the Fish Elevator on the Menominee River 103D

2:20pm CST

ASIAN CARP & OTHER AQUATIC INVASIVES: Implementation of an Aquatic Invasive Species Early Detection Program on Lake Superior 102D&E FOREST & GRASSLAND SONGBIRDS: Range-wide Patterns of Migratory Connectivity and Nonbreeding Distribution of Vermivora Warblers 103C RIVERS & OXBOWS: Oxbows as Battery Packs: Giving a Much Needed Boost to the Endangered Topeka Shiner 103E SYMPOSIA-06: Home Range and Movements of Spiny Softshell Turtles (Apalone spinifera), Painted Turtles (Chrysemys picta), and Snapping Turtles (Chelydra serpentina) in an Urban Minnesota Lake 101B SYMPOSIA-07: Status and Trends of Smallmouth Buffalo in the Upper Mississippi River System: Application and Use of UMRR-LTRM Data 102A SYMPOSIA-08: Mallard Use of Incentivized Conservation Program Wetlands During Winter in Mississippi 102B SYMPOSIA-12: Coodinating White-Nose Syndrome: Readiness, Response, Recuperation 103A SMALL MAMMALS: Nest Tree Use by Southern Flying Squirrels in Fragmented Midwestern Landscapes 103B STURGEON, ESOCIDS & COREGONIDS: Shifting Population Dynamics of the Commercially Exploited Shovelnose Sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus platorynchus) in the Wabash River 103D

2:40pm CST

ASIAN CARP & OTHER AQUATIC INVASIVES: A Lakewide Survey of Asian Clam (Corbicula fluminea) Distribution at Warmwater Discharges in Lake Michigan 102D&E FOREST & GRASSLAND SONGBIRDS: Response of Larval Lepidoptera and Their Avian Predators to Experimental Ice Storms in a Northeastern Forest 103C RIVERS & OXBOWS: Integrating Reconstructed Oxbows in Watershed Planning to Achieve Habitat and Water Quality Goals 103E SYMPOSIA-06: Preliminary Habitat Modeling of Spotted Turtles (Clemmys guttata) and Blanding’s Turtles (Emydoidea blandingii) in Indiana 101B SYMPOSIA-07: Long-term Monitoring Shows How Highly Modified Rivers Respond to Additional Drivers of Change 102A SYMPOSIA-08: Challenges of Wetland Restoration Monitoring--If You Build It Will They Come, If They Come Will You Know It? 102B SYMPOSIA-11: Effects of an Environmental Estrogen on Predator-prey Interactions in Freshwater Fish 102C SYMPOSIA-12: The Wisconsin Bald Eagle Bio-Sentinel Program: Using Bald Eagles as Indicators of Ecosystem Health 103A SMALL MAMMALS: Sex Biased Effects on Prevalence of Parasites in Southern Flying Squirrels 103B STURGEON, ESOCIDS & COREGONIDS: Use of Fin Rays for Estimating Age of Muskellunge 103D

3:00pm CST

Refreshment Break with Exhibitors Ballroom C & Foyer

3:20pm CST

ASIAN CARP & OTHER AQUATIC INVASIVES: Beam Me Up, Scotty! Using a Beam Trawl to Assess the Relative Abundance of Round Gobies Across a Variety of Habitat Types in Thunder Bay, Lake Huron 102D&E FOREST & GRASSLAND SONGBIRDS: Global Reduction in Greenhouse Gas Emissions Diminishes Climate Change Vulnerability of Grassland Birds in North America 103C RIVERS & OXBOWS: Oxbow Restoration and Monitoring in Prairie Streams for Topeka Shiner Recovery 103E SYMPOSIA-06: Snake Occupancy and Abundance in Restored Grasslands 101B SYMPOSIA-07: Evaluation of Four Modified Fyke Net Designs for Standard Fish Sampling 102A SYMPOSIA-08: Evaluation of Integrated Waterbird Management and Monitoring Program Survey Techniques to Assess Waterbird Abundance 102B SYMPOSIA-11: Modeling Effects of Contaminants of Emerging Concern (CECs) Exposures on Fish Populations 102C SYMPOSIA-12: Coordination of Wildlife Disease Response with Tribal Governments 103A SMALL MAMMALS: Survival of Gray and Fox Squirrels in Minnesota: A Case Study of the Effects of Hunting 103B STURGEON, ESOCIDS & COREGONIDS: Muskellunge Population Responses to Angler Catch-and-Release Practices in Escanaba Lake, Wisconsin, 1987-2014 103D

3:40pm CST

ASIAN CARP & OTHER AQUATIC INVASIVES: Alternative Sea Lamprey Barrier Technologies: History as a Control Tool 102D&E FOREST & GRASSLAND SONGBIRDS: Landscape Genetic Analysis of a Planned Prairie Corridor Through a Midwestern Agricultural Landscape Using the Greater Prairie-Chicken (Tympanuchus cupido) as an Indicator 103C RIVERS & OXBOWS: Integrating LiDAR Landscape Analysis and Species Distribution Models to Prioritize Areas for Oxbow Restoration 103E SYMPOSIA-06: Plant Traits in the Aquatic Environment Have Lasting Effects on Larval and Post-metamorphic Anurans 101B SYMPOSIA-07: Using Variation in Lake Sturgeon Microsatellite Loci to Assess Artificial Spawning Reefs and Sampling Methods in a Large River System 102A SYMPOSIA-08: An Integrated Approach to Mapping Priority Areas for Marsh Bird Conservation 102B SYMPOSIA-11: From Simple to Complex: Behavioral Changes in Fish Exposed to Contaminants of Emerging Concern Singly and in Mixture 102C SYMPOSIA-12: Insights Relative to Black Bear Physiology and Potential Implications for Human Medicine 103A SMALL MAMMALS: Modeling the Effects of White-nose Syndrome on the Bat Community of Wisconsin 103B STURGEON, ESOCIDS & COREGONIDS: Broad Scale Movement of Muskellunge in the St. Clair-Detroit River System: Implications for Interjurisdictional Management 103D

4:00pm CST

ASIAN CARP & OTHER AQUATIC INVASIVES: Stable Isotopes Indicate Zebra Mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) Increase Dependence of Lake Food Webs on Littoral Energy Sources 102D&E FOREST & GRASSLAND SONGBIRDS: If We Build It THEY Will Come: Restored Prairies and Grassland Birds 103C RIVERS & OXBOWS: Exit Here: Strategies and Considerations for Dealing with Aging Dams 103E SYMPOSIA-06: Tiger Salamander Larval Size, Density, and Diet in the Prairie Potholes of West-Central Minnesota 101B SYMPOSIA-07: Hydroacoustic Estimates of Prey-fish Abundance Change with Various Analytical Decisions 102A SYMPOSIA-11: Environmentally Derived Urban Mixtures of Contaminants of Emerging Concern Alter Reproduction in Fathead Minnows over Three Generations 102C SYMPOSIA-12: Collaborative Efforts to Identify New Pathogens Using Metagenomic Methods: Opening Pandora's Box and Closing It Again 103A SMALL MAMMALS: Testing the Efficacy of Chitosan as a Potential Treatment for White-Nose Syndrome 103B STURGEON, ESOCIDS & COREGONIDS: Adult Muskellunge Growth and Annual Survival in Escanaba Lake, WI 1956-2015 103D SYMPOSIA-08: Panel Discussion and Q&A 102B TWS North Central Section Annual Member & Executive Board Meeting Hilton: Regency Ballroom

4:20pm CST

ASIAN CARP & OTHER AQUATIC INVASIVES: Early Detection Monitoring of New Zealand Mudsnails Using Qualitative and eDNA Surveys 102D&E FOREST & GRASSLAND SONGBIRDS: Patch Size Dynamics of Birds in Mixed-Grass Prairies: Why Might the Influence of Patch Size Vary 103C RIVERS & OXBOWS: Prioritizing Fish Passage Restoration in the Lake Superior Basin: A Project Evaluation Approach Utilizing Multi-Agency Efforts and Publicly Available Tools to Address Aquatic Connectivity 103E SYMPOSIA-06: Trade-offs Between Temperature, Predation Risk, and Nest Survival in the Blanding's Turtle 101B SYMPOSIA-07: Patterns and Trends in the Fish Assemblage of a Floodplain Lake, Ten Years of Restoration 102A SYMPOSIA-11: Biological Effects of Septic Seepage on Resident Fish Species in Minnesota Lakes 102C SYMPOSIA-12: One Health and the Ecosystem Health Perspective 103A SMALL MAMMALS: Understanding the Ecological Impacts of Timber Harvesting Techniques on the Bat Community in a Midwestern Hardwood Forest 103B STURGEON, ESOCIDS & COREGONIDS: A Tool for Evaluating the Growth Potential Status of Muskellunge in Wisconsin Lakes 103D

4:40pm CST

ASIAN CARP & OTHER AQUATIC INVASIVES: Collaboratively Managing Lake Erie Grass Carp Through a Structured Decision Making Process 102D&E FOREST & GRASSLAND SONGBIRDS: Effects of Anthropogenic Structures on the Long-Distance Movements of Lesser Prairie-Chickens 103C RIVERS & OXBOWS: The Importance of Field Assessments in Modeling Fish Passage of Barriers in Great Lakes Tributaries 103E SYMPOSIA-07: Standardized Assessments Reveal Context-dependent Responses of Crappie Populations to a Length-based Regulation in Ohio Reservoirs 102A SYMPOSIA-11: Panel Discussion and Q&A 102C SYMPOSIA-12: Panel Discussion and Q&A 103A SMALL MAMMALS: Utilizing Non-invasive Techniques to Determine Genetic Variation and Demographics of Snowshoe Hare in Michigan 103B STURGEON, ESOCIDS & COREGONIDS: Natal Origin and Growth Rate of Lake Whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) Larvae in the Lower Waters of Green Bay and Lake Michigan 103D

5:00pm CST

ASIAN CARP & OTHER AQUATIC INVASIVES: Selective, Safe and Low Cost Carp Pesticide 102D&E STURGEON, ESOCIDS & COREGONIDS: Larval Lake Whitefish Dynamics in Connected and Open Waters of Green Bay, Wisconsin 103D AFS North Central Division Ictalurid Technical Committee Meeting Hilton: Mitchell Room American Fisheries Society Wisconsin Chapter Business Meeting 101B Wildlife Acoustics: Passive Acoustic Monitoring Workshop Hilton: Walker Wisconsin Chapter of The Wildlife Society Annual Business Meeting & Awards Ceremony Hilton: Juneau

5:30pm CST

Michigan State University Fisheries & Wildlife Alumni and Friends Social Hilton: Oak

6:00pm CST

Trade Show & Poster Social and Student Research-in-Progress Posters Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. A Comparison of Autumn Electrofishing and Autumn Fyke Nets for Sampling Bluegill and Redear Sunfish Populations Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. A Look into the Future: The Aquatic Research Laboratory of the Great Lakes Science Center Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. A Survey of Zooplankton Within the St. Clair-Detroit River System (2012-2015) Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. A Wetland Invader and Climate Change: The Effects of Typha X Glauca on Wetland Biodiversity Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Age and Growth of Freshwater Drum in the Red River of the North, Manitoba Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Age Distribution of Yellow Perch Perca Flavescens in the Indiana Portion of Lake Michigan Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. American Marten (Martes Americana) Microhabitat Characteristics in Mixed Deciduous/coniferous Laurentian Forests Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Amphibians and Reptiles of the Green River Conservation Opportunity Area Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. An Ecological Framework for Using Environmental DNA (eDNA) to Detect Kirtland’s Snakes (Clonophis kirtlandii) Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Ancient Fishes in Modern Riverscapes: A Genetic Assessment of Gar (Lepisosteidae) in Illinois’ Watersheds Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Arboreal Camera Trapping Reveals Arboreal Behavior of Hyla versicolor, Peromyscus leucopus and Peromyscus maniculatus in Northern Wisconsin Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Artificially Inducing a Plant and Animal Mutualism: A Novel Approach to Filling a Niche Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Assessing Bat Diets via Guano Metagenomics Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Assessing Habitat Availability for Invasive Bighead Carp in the Minnesota River Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Assessing Potential Silver Chub Spawning Locations in Lake Erie Using Otolith Microchemistry Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Assessing the Efficacy of Pectoral Fin Sexual Dimorphism for Gender Determination of Bighead Carp Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Burbot (Lota lota) Movement and Age Distribution Within the St. Clair-Detroit River System Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Change in the Fish Community After Restoration of the Little Rapids, St Marys River Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Community Structure and Diet Composition of Fishes Within the Lower Fox River, Green Bay, Wisconsin Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Comparison of Northern Pike Age Estimates and Reader Precision Among Anal, Pelvic, and Pectoral Fin Rays Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Daily Growth of Young-of-year Silver Carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) in the Wabash River, Indiana Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Determination of the most accurate method to estimate length and weight in small bodied fishes Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Developing a High-throughput SNP Panel for Walleye in Wisconsin and Minnesota Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Development of a Genetic Linkage Map for Cisco (Coregonus artedi) to Facilitate Integrated Studies of Adaptive Diversity Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Development of eDNA Techniques for Endangered Mussels Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Did the Massasauga (Sistrurus Catenatus) Cross the Road? Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Diel Sampling for Silver Carp in a Large Reservoir and River Backwater: Applications for Increased Catch Rates for Invasive Carp Management Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Diet Composition Influences Plasma-Lipid Metabolites Concentrations in Lesser Scaup (Aythya Affinis) Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Diet Content Analysis Using Gastric Lavage on Lake Sturgeon in the Manitowish River and Turtle-Flambeau Flowage Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Different Management Practices Affecting Arthropod Diversity in the Kakamega Rain Forest Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Differential Microhabitat Use Between Snowshoe Hare Lepus americanus and Eastern Cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus in Northern Wisconsin Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Direct Comparison of eDNA Capture and Extraction Methods Through Detection and Quantification of Target DNA in Cloned Cells and the Effect of Stochasticity on eDNA Recovery Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Distribution and Body Condition Scores in Wild Baird's Tapir (Tapirus bairdii) of Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Divergent Responsiveness of Two Isoforms of the Estrogen Receptor to Mixtures of Contaminants of Emerging Concern in Fathead Minnow and Bluegill Sunfish Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Diversity and Abundance of Terrestrial Wildlife in Piedras Blancas National Park, Costa Rica Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Diversity, Distribution, and Habitat Associations of Non-native Mollusks in the Chicago Region Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Effect of Repeated Sound Exposure on Bigheaded Carp Behavior in a Pond Environment Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Effect of Vegetation Composition and Structure on Daily Nest Survival in Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) and Dickcissel (Spiza americana) in Iowa Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Effects of Centrarchid Removal on Walleye (Sander vitreus) Recruitment in a Northern Wisconsin Lake Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Effects of Soil Conditions on Cutaneous Bacteria of the Red-backed Salamander Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Efficacy of Artificial Cover Objects to Monitor Tiger and Blue-Spotted Salamanders Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Estimating Angling Effort on Four of Minnesota’s Fishing in the Neighborhood Lakes via Time Lapse Cameras Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Evaluating Methodologies for Estimating Age and Growth of Lake Sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Evaluating Potential Effects of Camera Density on Capture and Recapture Rates of Bobcats Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Evaluating Potential Effects of Proximity to Roadways in a Road-naïve Population of Turtles Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Evaluating the Effect of Forced Re-nesting on Whooping Crane Nest Success Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Evolutionary Consequences of Fragmentation on Plant Communities in Northwest Ohio Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Feasibility of Reintroducing Spring Peepers (Pseudacris crucifer) to Their Historic Range Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Filling in the Gaps: Clonophis Kirtlandii in Illinois Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Fish Communities and Water Quality in Two Wind Pudding Lake Basins Following Considerable Water Level Fluctuations Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Fish Species Habitat and Hydrology Preferences in Pool 12 of the Upper Mississippi River Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Flood Level Impact on Channel Catfish Hatch Success in the Wabash River Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Floral and Soil Stoichiometric (C:N) Response to Prescribed Fire in Tallgrass Prairie Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Food Habits and Prey Taxa and Size Selectivity of age-0 Largemouth Bass in a West-Central Minnesota Lake Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Food Selection of American Green-winged Teal During Spring Migration in Illinois Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Forensic Methods for Species Determination of Unknown Wildlife Carcasses or Remains Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Gamete Collections from Lake Michigan Deepwater Cisco to Support Reintroduction Efforts in Lake Ontario Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Genetic Analysis of Sauger Populations in the Mississippi River and Lake Michigan Drainages, Wisconsin Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Great Lakes Fisheries and Aquatic Biota: eDNA Technology in Monitoring and Management Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Herpetofauna Community Response to Bison (Bison Bison) Grazing in Tallgrass Prairie Remnants Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Herpetofauna Surveys on Three Public Properties in Chickasaw County, Iowa Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Immobilization Thresholds of Small Asian Carp Relative to Different Electrofishing Settings Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Incorporating Aerial Imagery into Waterfowl Population Estimates Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Influence of Environmental and Physiological Interplay on the Condition and Movement Behavior on Subpopulations Under Unpredictable Climatic Conditions Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Influence of Urban and Agricultural Contaminants on Unionids in a Controlled Streamside Laboratory Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Influence of Water Quality on Unionid Density and Diversity in a Tributary of the Chippewa River, MI, USA Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Is It Time for an Additional Approach to Wildlife Education: Better Preparing Graduates by Including the Professional Science Master’s in Our Educational Repertoire Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Larval Abundance of Catostomidae in Tributaries of the Illinois and Wabash River Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Larval Fish Monitoring in the Upper Mississippi River Pools 8-13: Surveys for Emerging Populations of Asian Carps in Novel Habitats Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Long Term Biological Monitoring of the Coldwater River Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Long-term Macroinvertebrate Assemblages of the White River, Indiana Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Mapping and Monitoring Aquatic Vegetation in Lake Erie for Grass Carp Risk Assessment Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Mapping High-Resolution Sonar as a Biological Research Tool Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Measuring Ruffed Grouse Drumming Log Characteristics Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Microelemental Signatures of Tributaries to the Lake Winnebago System Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Mnomen (wild Rice) Genetics Project from Kalamazoo and St. Joseph River Watersheds Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Monitoring Catch Success of Turtles in Pool 12 of the Upper Mississippi River Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Morphological Variation in Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens) in Lake Michigan and Drowned River Mouth Lakes Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Movements and Habitat Use of Muskellunge in Green Bay, Lake Michigan Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Mycoplasma Detection and Prevalence in the Endangered Illinois Alligator Snapping Turtle Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Nebraska Elk Hunting Constraints: Perceived and Realized Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Nonlethal Strategy to Determine Gender in Brown Trout Using Morphometric Measurements Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Parental Reconstruction of Wild-Caught Young of Year Black Carp Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Patterns of Walleye Larvae Dispersal from Spawning Grounds in the Maumee River Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Point Count Data Error Rates from a Large-scale, Statewide Avian Study: The Wisconsin Breeding Bird Atlas II Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Population Change, Nest-site Selection, and Nesting Success in a Restored Population of Ospreys (Pandion haliaetus) in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Area, 1986-2016 Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Population Demographics of the North American River Otter in Ohio After 12 Years of Harvest Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Population Dynamics of Channel Catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) and Freshwater Drum (Aplodinotus grunniens) in Six Major Rivers Spanning Illinois Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Predicting the Potential Distribution of the Nonnative Red Swamp Crayfish Procambarus Clarkii in the Laurentian Great Lakes Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Preliminary Assessment of Walleye, Lake Whitefish, and Yellow Perch Diets in Green Bay Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Presence of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products in Northern Michigan Waters and Their Relationship to Land Use and Macroinvertebrate Assemblages Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Prey Electivity of the Slimy Sculpin Within the Lake Superior-North Watershed Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Quantifying Physical Maturation of Artificial Fish Spawning Reefs in the St. Clair-Detroit River System Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Quantifying Shorebird Abundance and Distribution Through Aerial Surveys in the Illinois River Valley Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Ranavirus Effects on Metamorphic Salamander Body Condition and Growth in Created Wetlands Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Recording Southern Flying Squirrel Responses Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Recovery of Riverine Fish Assemblage After Fish Kill in Kickapoo Creek, IL Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Relationship of Snow Goose Hunting Methods on Harvest Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Relationships Between Stream Characteristics and Mermithidae Infection Rates in Midge (Chironomidae) Specimens in Northwestern Wisconsin Streams Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Risk-averse Foraging and Gray Fox Climbing Behavior Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Sampling Designs for Landscape-level eDNA Monitoring Programs Using Three-level Occurrence Models Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Semi-automated Data Processing for Mobile Hydroacoustic Surveys Using Side-facing Transducers Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Short- and Long-term Habitat Differences in Diets of Juvenile Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides in Indiana Glacial Lakes Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Size and Demography of Illinois’ Largest Known Blanding’s Turtle Population Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Snowshoe Hare in Lower Michigan: The Shifting Range of a Climate-Sensitive Species Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Social Information and Habitat Selection in the Vermivora Complex Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Larval Asian Carp Production in Illinois and Wabash River Tributaries Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Spatial Genetic Structure of Smallmouth Bass Across Wisconsin Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Spatiotemporal Patterns in Diets of Nearshore Predatory Fishes in Lake Michigan Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Spawning Site Contribution and Movements of Lake Whitefish in Northwestern Lake Michigan Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Testing the Effectiveness of eDNA Procedures Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. The Anthropogenic Effects on the Urban and Rural Coyote Diet Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. The Application of Prescribed Burns and Food Plots with White-tailed Deer in Northern Wisconsin Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. The Comparison of Light Preference in Early Life History of Grass Carp Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. The Effect of Prescribed Fire and Deer Exclusion on an Oak-hickory Woodland of West-central Illinois Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. The Effect of Prescribed Fire, Landscape Position, and Deer Browsing on Spring Ephemerals in an Oak-hickory Woodland of West-central Illinois Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. The Presence of Young-of-Year Asian Carp Found in Native Piscivores Fish Diets in Lower Pool 19 and Its Tributaries Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Tracking Desert Songbirds: The Post-fledging Period in Gray Vireos (Vireo vicinior) Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Tracking Grass Carp Spawning and Egg Development in the Sandusky River Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Tracking the Impacts of Bat White-nose Syndrome in Wisconsin with Citizen Scientists Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Understanding Relationships Between Habitat and Deer Demographics and Health Through Partnerships with DMAP Participants Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Using Fyke Nets to Survey Spring Ponds Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Using Side-scan Sonar to Analyze Potential Spawning Habitat of Lake Sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) in the AuSable River, Michigan Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Utilizing Citizen Science Technology to Assist in Giraffe Conservation in Botswana Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Utilizing Non-invasive Techniques to Measure Mercury (Hg) Concentrations in Endangered, Adult Blanding's Turtles (Emydoidea blandingii) in Northeastern Illinois Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Variation of Seasonal Activity Patterns in Ursus Americanus in Wisconsin, USA Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Variations in Catostomid Fin Morphology Between Two Midwestern Rivers Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Wildlife Species Usage of Man-Made Watering Holes in the Manistee National Forest Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Wood Duck Demography in WI: Pilot Season Field Methods and Summary Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display: Autumn Habitat Selection of Eastern Red-backed Salamanders (Plethodon cinereus) in Delaware County, Indiana Ballroom C & Foyer Student Research-in-Progress Poster Display. Calibrating an Index to Predict Vole Activity and Damage in Cover-Cropped Soybean Fields Ballroom C & Foyer Student Research-in-Progress Poster Display. Diet of a Reintroduced River Otter Population in the Upper Rio Grande, New Mexico Ballroom C & Foyer Student Research-in-Progress Poster Display. Evaluating Predator Communities and Duck Nest Survival in Eastern South Dakota Ballroom C & Foyer Student Research-in-Progress Poster Display. Genetic Diversity of the Eastern Massasauga (Sistrurus catenatus) in Berrien and Van Buren Counties, Southwest Michigan Ballroom C & Foyer Student Research-in-Progress Poster Display. Habitat Modeling for River Otters in Wisconsin Ballroom C & Foyer Student Research-in-Progress Poster Display. I once caught a fish "THIS BIG": Using Participatory Photovoice to Understand Michigan's Great Lakes Anglers Ballroom C & Foyer Student Research-in-Progress Poster Display. Impacts and Influence of Deer Density on Corn and Soybean Yields in Western Kentucky Ballroom C & Foyer Student Research-in-Progress Poster Display. Microhabitat use of Migrating Northern Saw-Whet Owls (Aegolius acadicus) Ballroom C & Foyer Student Research-in-Progress Poster Display. Non-target Species Occurrence at Bear Bait Sites Ballroom C & Foyer Student Research-in-Progress Poster Display. Recording Flying Squirrel Responses Ballroom C & Foyer Student Research-in-Progress Poster Display. Reproductive Ecology of Shovelnose Sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus platorynchus) in the Wabash River Ballroom C & Foyer Student Research-in-Progress Poster Display. Reproductive Potential of Asian Carp in Illinois Ballroom C & Foyer Student Research-in-Progress Poster Display. Spatial and Temporal Effects of Fragmentation on Marsh Bird Communities within Saginaw Bay, Michigan Ballroom C & Foyer Student Research-in-Progress Poster Display. The Evaluation of Cover Crops for Grassland Nesting Waterfowl in Eastern South Dakota Ballroom C & Foyer Student Research-in-Progress Poster Display. Waterfowl Hunter Recruitment, Retention, and Participation Trends Ballroom C & Foyer