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Midwest Fish & Wildlife Conference 2018

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8:00am

Workshop. Beginning Your Professional Journey (For Students Only) 103D

6:00pm

Featured Event! Welcome to Wisconsin Social Ballroom C & Foyer

7:00am

Conference Registration Desk Open Ballroom A Foyer Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors Ballroom C & Foyer

8:00am

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

10:00am

Refreshment Break with Exhibitors Ballroom C & Foyer

1:00pm

Poster Set-up Ballroom C & Foyer Wild Jobs Café Hilton: Wright Ballroom A/B

1:20pm

SYMPOSIA-03: Five Decades (or More) of Chronic Wasting Disease: Lessons Learned 102C

1:40pm

SYMPOSIA-04: Using Grazing to Manage Grasslands for Waterfowl and Migratory Bird Production Goals on a 53,000-acre Wetland Management District 102B

2:00pm

CARNIVORES: Determining Coyote-Wolf Hybridization in Minnesota and Wisconsin by Using Mitochondrial DNA 103C

2:20pm

SYMPOSIA-03: Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Surveillance and Management in Missouri 102C

2:40pm

SYMPOSIA-03: Responding to a Recent Outbreak of Chronic Wasting Disease in Wild Deer in Minnesota 102C

3:00pm

Refreshment Break with Exhibitors Ballroom C & Foyer

3:20pm

CARNIVORES: The American Black Bear and Baited Hair-snares: A Quantitative Ethogram and Behavioral Analysis 103C

3:40pm

CARNIVORES: Public Preferences for Management Actions in Response to Various Black Bear – Human Interactions 103C TOOLS & TECHNOLOGY: WILDLIFE HABITAT: Impacts of Prescribed Fire Intensity and Seasonality on Woody Vegetation 103B

4:00pm

TOOLS & TECHNOLOGY: WILDLIFE HABITAT: Songbird Responses to Drought Conditions with Temporal Scale Considerations 103B

4:20pm

SYMPOSIA-01: Panel Discussion and Q&A 101B SYMPOSIA-02: Panel Discussion and Q&A 102A

5:00pm

Student / Professional Networking Mixer Hilton: Crystal Ballroom

7:30pm

Time on Own N/A

7:00am

Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors Ballroom C & Foyer

8:00am

UNGULATES: Elk Monitoring in Wisconsin: Trail Cameras and Citizen Science 103C

8:20am

UNGULATES: Annual and Seasonal Home Ranges of Female Elk in Northwestern Minnesota 103C

8:40am

SYMPOSIA-06: Impact of Snake Fungal Disease on Population Viability 101B

9:00am

SYMPOSIA-08: Spectacular Response of Waterbirds to Restoration of Cat Island Chain in Lower Green Bay, Wisconsin 102B

9:40am

SYMPOSIA-08: Waterfowl Use of Restored Wetlands in the Glacial Habitat Restoration Area of Wisconsin 102B

10:00am

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

11:20am

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

11:40am

SYMPOSIA-10: Panel Discussion and Q&A 103A

12:00pm

Lunch Break on own N/A

2:00pm

FOREST & GRASSLAND SONGBIRDS: Managing Breeding and Wintering Habitat for the Conservation of the Endangered Kirtland's Warbler in a Changing Climate 103C

2:20pm

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

3:00pm

Refreshment Break with Exhibitors Ballroom C & Foyer

3:20pm

SYMPOSIA-08: Evaluation of Integrated Waterbird Management and Monitoring Program Survey Techniques to Assess Waterbird Abundance 102B

3:40pm

SMALL MAMMALS: Modeling the Effects of White-nose Syndrome on the Bat Community of Wisconsin 103B

4:00pm

TWS North Central Section Annual Member & Executive Board Meeting Hilton: Regency Ballroom SYMPOSIA-06: Tiger Salamander Larval Size, Density, and Diet in the Prairie Potholes of West-Central Minnesota 101B

4:20pm

SMALL MAMMALS: Understanding the Ecological Impacts of Timber Harvesting Techniques on the Bat Community in a Midwestern Hardwood Forest 103B

4:40pm

SMALL MAMMALS: Utilizing Non-invasive Techniques to Determine Genetic Variation and Demographics of Snowshoe Hare in Michigan 103B

6:00pm

Trade Show & Poster Social and Student Research-in-Progress Posters Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Wildlife Species Usage of Man-Made Watering Holes in the Manistee National Forest Ballroom C & Foyer

7:00am

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

8:00am

CONSERVATION COLLABORATION & GENERAL WILDLIFE: Evaluating Indices of Full-Season Productivity for American Woodcock 102D&E

8:20am

FISH HABITAT & GENETICS: A Comparative Analysis of Small Tributaries of Green Bay, Wisconsin: The Intersection of Water Quality, Biotic Communities, and Stream Metabolism 103A FISH PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR: Temperature Effects on Bluegill Sunfish and Largemouth Bass Metabolism 103B

9:00am

CONSERVATION COLLABORATION & GENERAL WILDLIFE: Development of a Standardized Monitoring Program for Bald Eagles in the Southwest Alaska Network of National Parks 102D&E

9:20am

CONSERVATION COLLABORATION & GENERAL WILDLIFE: The Urban-Rural Divide in Fish & Wildlife Conservation Funding 102D&E FISH PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR: Why Do Some Fish Strike Fishing Lures? Physiological and Behavioral Mechanisms 103B

10:00am

Refreshment Break with Exhibitors Ballroom C & Foyer

10:20am

CONSERVATION COLLABORATION & GENERAL WILDLIFE: The Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program: 80 Years of Conservation Success 102D&E Exhibitor Teardown Ballroom B Foyer

10:40am

GENERAL FISHERIES & WILDLIFE: Developing and Sustaining a Lakeshore Habitat Restoration Training for Professionals in Wisconsin, USA 103D

11:40am

WATERFOWL: Saving an American Icon: The Challenge and Successes of Reintroducing Whooping Cranes 102B

12:00pm

Conference Adjourns N/A