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6:00pm CST

Featured Event! Welcome to Wisconsin Social Ballroom C & Foyer

8:00am CST

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

1:00pm CST

Wild Jobs Café Hilton: Wright Ballroom A/B

1:20pm CST

SYMPOSIA-05: Using Aquatic Landscape Ecology to Inform Lake Habitat Management at Multiple Scales 102D&E

1:40pm CST

WALLEYE: Recovery and Management of the Saginaw Bay Walleye Population 103A

2:00pm CST

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

2:20pm CST

ASIAN CARP: Age and Growth Demographics of Asian Carp in the Upper Mississippi River 103D

2:40pm CST

SYMPOSIA-05: The Influence of Lake Habitat and Landscape Context on Bluegill Growth and Population Size Structure in Midwest Glacial Lakes 102D&E

3:20pm CST

WALLEYE: Potential for Reducing Largemouth Bass Abundance in Wisconsin Lakes Using Angler Harvest 103A

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

4:00pm CST

SYMPOSIA-05: Advancing Aquatic Vegetation Management for Fish 102D&E

4:40pm CST

SYMPOSIA-05: Wisconsin’s Healthy Lakes Initiative: Working with Lakefront Property Owners to Apply Best Management Practices 102D&E

5:00pm CST

Student / Professional Networking Mixer Hilton: Crystal Ballroom

8:00am CST

SYMPOSIA-09: Modeling Oxythermal Stress of Cisco Across Midwest Lakes to Aid Management of Cold-Water Fish Habitat 102C

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

8:40am CST

SYMPOSIA-09: Digital Media as a Source of Contemporary and Novel Fisheries Data 102C

9:20am CST

SYMPOSIA-07: An Overview of Indiana’s New Reservoir Status and Trends Monitoring Program 102A

9:40am CST

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

10:00am CST

Refreshment Break with Exhibitors Ballroom C & Foyer

10:20am CST

RIVERS & OXBOWS: Fish Community Composition at the Emiquon Nature Preserve Water Management Structure 103E

10:40am CST

RIVERS & OXBOWS: Larval Fish Community Survey of Pools 19, 18, and 17 of the Upper Mississippi River 103E

11:00am CST

UNGULATES: Do City Deer Really Live Differently Than Rural Deer? 103C

11:20am CST

RIVERS & OXBOWS: Effects of Valley Shape and Non-Native Species on Fish Assemblages of U.S. and Mongolian Rivers 103E

11:40am CST

RIVERS & OXBOWS: Trophic Alterations in the Ohio River Fish Assemblages 103E

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

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

SYMPOSIA-11: Pollutant Stress in the Maumee River: Impacted Physiology and Reproduction in Fathead Minnows (Pimephales promelas) and Sunfish (Lepomis spp.) 102C

2:20pm CST

RIVERS & OXBOWS: Oxbows as Battery Packs: Giving a Much Needed Boost to the Endangered Topeka Shiner 103E

2:40pm CST

RIVERS & OXBOWS: Integrating Reconstructed Oxbows in Watershed Planning to Achieve Habitat and Water Quality Goals 103E SYMPOSIA-11: Effects of an Environmental Estrogen on Predator-prey Interactions in Freshwater Fish 102C

3:00pm CST

Refreshment Break with Exhibitors Ballroom C & Foyer

3:20pm CST

SYMPOSIA-07: Evaluation of Four Modified Fyke Net Designs for Standard Fish Sampling 102A

3:40pm CST

SYMPOSIA-11: From Simple to Complex: Behavioral Changes in Fish Exposed to Contaminants of Emerging Concern Singly and in Mixture 102C

4:00pm CST

RIVERS & OXBOWS: Exit Here: Strategies and Considerations for Dealing with Aging Dams 103E

4:20pm CST

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

4:40pm CST

RIVERS & OXBOWS: The Importance of Field Assessments in Modeling Fish Passage of Barriers in Great Lakes Tributaries 103E

8:00am CST

GENERAL FISHERIES & WILDLIFE: Comparing Substrate Composition Changes Above Two Lowhead Dams from 2012 to 2017 Using Side Scan Sonar 103D

8:20am CST

STREAMS, DAMS & RESERVOIRS: A Holistic Approach of Characterizing Age and Growth of Bluegill and Redear Sunfish in Small Impoundments 102C

9:20am CST

FISH PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR: Why Do Some Fish Strike Fishing Lures? Physiological and Behavioral Mechanisms 103B

9:40am CST

STREAMS, DAMS & RESERVOIRS: Smallmouth Bass (Micropterus dolomieu) Movement and Habitat-use in River Fragmented by Lowhead Dams 102C

11:20am CST

FISH HABITAT & GENETICS: Biological Assessment of Lionfish (Pterois volitans) Control via CRISPR/Cas9 Gene Drive Technology 103A

11:40am CST

STREAMS, DAMS & RESERVOIRS: Dietary Comparison of Trouts in the Western Great Basin and Wyoming Mountain Steppe 102C