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Midwest Fish & Wildlife Conference 2018

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Brandon Clough

Meskwaki Department of Natural Resources
Fish, Wildlife & Habitat Project leader
Brandon Clough

7:00am CST

Conference Registration Desk Open Ballroom A Foyer

6:00pm CST

Featured Event! Welcome to Wisconsin Social Ballroom C & Foyer

7:00am CST

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

Lunch Break on own N/A

1:20pm CST

SYMPOSIA-03: Five Decades (or More) of Chronic Wasting Disease: Lessons Learned 102C SYMPOSIA-04: Birds, Grasslands, and the Need for Collaboration 102B TOOLS & TECHNOLOGY: WILDLIFE HABITAT: Influence of Spatial Alignment on Photographic Detection Rates at Remotely Triggered Camera Stations 103B

1:40pm CST

SYMPOSIA-01: Recruiting and Training Volunteers to Conduct Snow Track Surveys 101B SYMPOSIA-03: Transmission of Infectious Prions in Plant Tissue 102C TOOLS & TECHNOLOGY: WILDLIFE HABITAT: Telemetry Drones and GPS Collars: What Your Engineering Department Can Do for You 103B

2:00pm CST

TOOLS & TECHNOLOGY: WILDLIFE HABITAT: Using GIS to Predict the Impacts of Woody Biomass Harvesting on Forest Biodiversity: Case Studies in Northeast USA 103B

2:20pm CST

CARNIVORES: Recommendations for the Update of the Bad River Band Ma'iingan Plan 103C SYMPOSIA-04: Strategic Prioritization of Grassland Habitat Types in Wisconsin 102B

2:40pm CST

CARNIVORES: How Do Domestic Dogs Influence Intraguild Interactions Among Native Canids? 103C

3:00pm CST

Refreshment Break with Exhibitors Ballroom C & Foyer

3:20pm CST

SYMPOSIA-01: Monarch Eggs and Caterpillars, Data, Data Management, and Data Quality: A Case Study 101B SYMPOSIA-04: Beyond Wetlands: The Importance of Grassland Habitat for Breeding Waterfowl in an Agricultural Landscape 102B

3:40pm CST

SYMPOSIA-03: CWD and the Threat to Waawaashkeshi (white-tailed Deer) in the Ceded Territories 102C SYMPOSIA-05: Large Woody Debris and Fish Habitat Structure Additions: Picking the Right Lakes, Setting Expectations, and How to Best Implement 102D&E TOOLS & TECHNOLOGY: WILDLIFE HABITAT: Impacts of Prescribed Fire Intensity and Seasonality on Woody Vegetation 103B

4:00pm CST

CARNIVORES: Bobcat Home Range Size, Home Range Overlap, and Habitat Utilization in Northern Wisconsin 103C SYMPOSIA-03: Iowa CWD Issues and Management: Deer and People 102C

4:20pm CST

CARNIVORES: Estimating Density of Bobcats in Midwestern Landscapes Using Spatial Capture-Recapture Models 103C

4:40pm CST

SYMPOSIA-03: Panel Discussion on Opportunities for CWD Collaboration 102C

7:30pm CST

Time on Own N/A

7:00am CST

Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors Ballroom C & Foyer

8:00am CST

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

8:20am CST

SYMPOSIA-08: Waterbird Use at the Man-made North Ottawa Flood Damage Reduction Impoundment in West Central Minnesota 102B

8:40am CST

UNGULATES: Deer Recruitment in Wisconsin: New Survey Methods 103C

9:00am CST

RIVERS & OXBOWS: Backwater Fish Community Response to Habitat Restoration on the Upper Mississippi River: 30 Years of Successful Projects 103E SYMPOSIA-09: Monarchs: Climate and Implications for Preservation of an Endangered Phenomenon 102C

9:20am CST

SYMPOSIA-09: Assessing Climate Change Vulnerability for Wildlife 102C

9:40am CST

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

10:00am CST

Refreshment Break with Exhibitors Ballroom C & Foyer

10:20am CST

SYMPOSIA-09: Bet Hedging in an Era of Rapid Change: Protecting Wildlife by “Conserving Nature’s Stage” 102C UPLAND GAME BIRDS & POLLINATORS: Disentangling Effects of Fire, Habitat, and Climate on an Endangered Prairie-Specialist Butterfly 103B

10:40am CST

SYMPOSIA-08: Wetland Quality for Waterbirds in Illinois 102B

11:00am CST

SYMPOSIA-08: Marsh Bird Use of Wetlands Managed for Waterfowl in Illinois 102B SYMPOSIA-10: Optimization of Oxbow Restoration Benefits for Both the Farmer and the Conservationist 103A

11:20am CST

UNGULATES: Pilot Testing a Program to Allow Hunters to Sample Their Own Deer for CWD 103C

11:40am CST

SYMPOSIA-08: Breeding Bird Use of Restored Shallow Lakes in Iowa 102B UNGULATES: Long-term Collaborative Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Management, Using Focused Rewards Guided by Prevalence Distributions: a Proposal 103C

12:00pm CST

Lunch Break on own N/A

1:20pm CST

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-12: USGS National Wildlife Health Center Collaborations with Partners on Wildlife Disease Response 103A

1:40pm CST

RIVERS & OXBOWS: Oxbow Restorations in Iowa: A Compilation of Data and Lessons Learned over the past 17 Years 103E

2:00pm CST

RIVERS & OXBOWS: Occurrence, Abundance, and Habitat Use of Topeka Shiners in Restored and Unrestored Oxbows in Iowa and Minnesota 103E

2:20pm CST

SYMPOSIA-12: Coodinating White-Nose Syndrome: Readiness, Response, Recuperation 103A SMALL MAMMALS: Nest Tree Use by Southern Flying Squirrels in Fragmented Midwestern Landscapes 103B

2:40pm CST

RIVERS & OXBOWS: Integrating Reconstructed Oxbows in Watershed Planning to Achieve Habitat and Water Quality Goals 103E SYMPOSIA-07: Long-term Monitoring Shows How Highly Modified Rivers Respond to Additional Drivers of Change 102A

3:00pm CST

Refreshment Break with Exhibitors Ballroom C & Foyer

3:20pm CST

SYMPOSIA-12: Coordination of Wildlife Disease Response with Tribal Governments 103A

3:40pm CST

RIVERS & OXBOWS: Integrating LiDAR Landscape Analysis and Species Distribution Models to Prioritize Areas for Oxbow Restoration 103E SMALL MAMMALS: Modeling the Effects of White-nose Syndrome on the Bat Community of Wisconsin 103B

4:00pm CST

FOREST & GRASSLAND SONGBIRDS: If We Build It THEY Will Come: Restored Prairies and Grassland Birds 103C

4:20pm CST

SYMPOSIA-11: Biological Effects of Septic Seepage on Resident Fish Species in Minnesota Lakes 102C SMALL MAMMALS: Understanding the Ecological Impacts of Timber Harvesting Techniques on the Bat Community in a Midwestern Hardwood Forest 103B

4:40pm CST

SYMPOSIA-12: Panel Discussion and Q&A 103A

5:00pm CST

ASIAN CARP & OTHER AQUATIC INVASIVES: Selective, Safe and Low Cost Carp Pesticide 102D&E

6:00pm CST

Trade Show & Poster Social and Student Research-in-Progress Posters Ballroom C & Foyer

7:00am CST

Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors Ballroom C & Foyer

8:00am CST

WATERFOWL: Visibility Bias and Disturbance of Waterfowl During Aerial Surveys 102B

8:20am CST

GENERAL FISHERIES & WILDLIFE: Nitrate-Nitrogen Reductions Measured in Newly Reconstructed Iowa Oxbows Located on and off the Des Moines Lobe: Different Hydrology, Similar Benefits 103D

8:40am CST

CONSERVATION COLLABORATION & GENERAL WILDLIFE: Reducing Lead Exposure in Bald Eagles in the Upper Midwest 102D&E FISH HABITAT & GENETICS: Using GIS to Predict Habitat in Lakes: An Example Using Nearshore Substrate Categories 103A

9:00am CST

SYMPOSIA-14: Collaborating Across Quality of Life to Achieve Measurable Outcomes for Invasive Species Management 102A

9:20am CST

GENERAL FISHERIES & WILDLIFE: Managing Phragmites with Science on Your Side 103D

9:40am CST

GENERAL FISHERIES & WILDLIFE: Hunter Preference of Harvest Reporting Methods on Public Lands in Illinois 103D SYMPOSIA-13: Learning to Hunt: Adult-focused Hunter Recruitment and Retention in Michigan and Wisconsin 101B

10:00am CST

Refreshment Break with Exhibitors Ballroom C & Foyer

10:20am CST

SYMPOSIA-14: Developing a Framework for the Management and Control of Asian Carp in the Missouri River Basin 102A

10:40am CST

SYMPOSIA-14: Asian Carp Contracted Harvest in the Upper Mississippi River 102A SYMPOSIA-15: Creating a Culture of Inclusivity & Equity in Your Community Science Programs 101B

11:00am CST

CONSERVATION COLLABORATION & GENERAL WILDLIFE: Collaboration to Improve Fire Management Outcomes: Increasing the Application of Research to Prescribed Fire in the Tallgrass Prairie and Oak Savanna Ecoregion 102D&E

11:20am CST

SYMPOSIA-15: Citizen Science Based Water Quality Monitoring in the Milwaukee River Basin 101B

11:30am CST

LIGHTING TALK: The Effect of Season of Prescribed Burning on Avian Communities in Minnesota Lowland Brushland 103C

11:40am CST

SYMPOSIA-15: Community and Conservation: Studying Urban Wetland Biodiversity in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin 101B

12:00pm CST

Conference Adjourns N/A