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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 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 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 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 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 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

3:20pm 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 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 (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 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 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

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 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

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 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

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 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 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 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

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 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 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

10:20am 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 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 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 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 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

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 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

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 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 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 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 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 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

3:20pm 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 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 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 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

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 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 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

8:00am CST

CONSERVATION COLLABORATION & GENERAL WILDLIFE: Evaluating Indices of Full-Season Productivity for American Woodcock 102D&E FISH HABITAT & GENETICS: Effectiveness of Shallow Water Habitat Restoration in the St. Clair River 103A FISH PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR: Effects of 17-ß Estradiol in the Metabolism and Morphology of Bluegill Sunfish 103B GENERAL FISHERIES & WILDLIFE: Comparing Substrate Composition Changes Above Two Lowhead Dams from 2012 to 2017 Using Side Scan Sonar 103D HUMAN DIMENSIONS & FISHERIES: Wisconsin's Lakes Partnership 103C STREAMS, DAMS & RESERVOIRS: Growth Rate Potential of Three Important Fishes in Reservoirs Spanning a Productivity Gradient 102C WATERFOWL: Visibility Bias and Disturbance of Waterfowl During Aerial Surveys 102B

8:20am CST

CONSERVATION COLLABORATION & GENERAL WILDLIFE: Motivations and Characteristics of Participants in a Tournament Grouse Hunt 102D&E 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 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 HUMAN DIMENSIONS & FISHERIES: What’s in a Name? The Case for Discontinuing the Term Asian Carp 103C STREAMS, DAMS & RESERVOIRS: A Holistic Approach of Characterizing Age and Growth of Bluegill and Redear Sunfish in Small Impoundments 102C WATERFOWL: True Metabolizable Energy of Submersed Aquatic Vegetation for Ducks 102B

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 FISH PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR: Effects of Density and Species Richness on the Thermal Tolerance of Freshwater Mussels in the Great Lakes Region 103B HUMAN DIMENSIONS & FISHERIES: Bridging the Social-Ecological Gap with Anglersheds 103C STREAMS, DAMS & RESERVOIRS: Evaluation of Gill Net Design to Sample Fishes in Kansas Impoundments 102C WATERFOWL: Developing a Plasma Lipid Metabolite Index for Canvasbacks 102B

9:00am CST

CONSERVATION COLLABORATION & GENERAL WILDLIFE: Development of a Standardized Monitoring Program for Bald Eagles in the Southwest Alaska Network of National Parks 102D&E FISH HABITAT & GENETICS: Employing Aeration as an Efffective Lake Management Tool 103A GENERAL FISHERIES & WILDLIFE: Developing “Manager’s Models”: Teaching Graduate Students to Communicate How Science Informs Management and Policy 103D HUMAN DIMENSIONS & FISHERIES: Economic and Spatial Assessments of Angling at Small South Dakota Lakes 103C STREAMS, DAMS & RESERVOIRS: Population Dynamics and Demographics of Smallmouth Bass in the Snake River, Idaho 102C WATERFOWL: Intersexual Differences in Plasma-Lipid Metabolite Concentrations in Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) 102B

9:20am CST

CONSERVATION COLLABORATION & GENERAL WILDLIFE: The Urban-Rural Divide in Fish & Wildlife Conservation Funding 102D&E FISH HABITAT & GENETICS: Developing a Science and Monitoring Strategy to Assess Recovery of Fisheries Habitats and Populations in the St. Clair-Detroit River System 103A FISH PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR: Why Do Some Fish Strike Fishing Lures? Physiological and Behavioral Mechanisms 103B GENERAL FISHERIES & WILDLIFE: Managing Phragmites with Science on Your Side 103D HUMAN DIMENSIONS & FISHERIES: Beaver vs. Trout: Untangling a Controversy in the Western Great Lakes (U.S.) Region 103C STREAMS, DAMS & RESERVOIRS: Fine-scale Spatial Distribution of Resident Fish Species in Lower-order Tributaries of the Great Lakes 102C WATERFOWL: Analysis of Canada Goose Movements in Relation to Midway International Airport Operations Using Satellite Telemetry 102B

9:40am CST

FISH HABITAT & GENETICS: Habitat Associations of Blacknose Dace in the Upper Manistee Watershed, Michigan, USA 103A FISH PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR: Foraging Mechanisms of Siscowet Lake Trout (Salvelinus namaycush siscowet) on the Benthic Deepwater Sculpin (Myoxocephalus thompsonii): Effect of Light Intensity and Substrate Composition... 103B GENERAL FISHERIES & WILDLIFE: Hunter Preference of Harvest Reporting Methods on Public Lands in Illinois 103D HUMAN DIMENSIONS & FISHERIES: Fishing for Answers: A Binational Analysis of Creel Survey Data in the St. Clair-Detroit River System (SCDRS) 103C STREAMS, DAMS & RESERVOIRS: Smallmouth Bass (Micropterus dolomieu) Movement and Habitat-use in River Fragmented by Lowhead Dams 102C WATERFOWL: Response of Wetland Food Webs to Neonicotinoid Insecticide Contamination 102B

10:20am CST

CONSERVATION COLLABORATION & GENERAL WILDLIFE: The Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program: 80 Years of Conservation Success 102D&E FISH HABITAT & GENETICS: Genetic Analysis of Topeka Shiner Utilization of Oxbows in Iowa and Minnesota 103A FISH PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR: Migration of Fishes in a Coastal Lake Erie Wetland 103B GENERAL FISHERIES & WILDLIFE: The Wisconsin Lake Leaders Institute: Building Future Lake Champions Through Education and Engagement 103D HUMAN DIMENSIONS & FISHERIES: Angler Opposition to an Increase in the Minimum Length Limit for Walleye at Cedar Bluff Reservoir, Kansas 103C STREAMS, DAMS & RESERVOIRS: Parameterization of Spatial Conservation Prioritization: Impacts on Stream Conservation Priorities 102C WATERFOWL: Nebraska Waterfowl Hunters: Where Do They Go? 102B

10:40am CST

CONSERVATION COLLABORATION & GENERAL WILDLIFE: A Bird in the Hand: Shotguns, Deadly Oil Pits, Cute Kittens, and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act 102D&E FISH HABITAT & GENETICS: Using Genetic Tools to Inform Conservation of Wisconsin’s Native Brook Trout 103A FISH PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR: Gape Width of White Bass Morone Chrysops in Lake McConaughy, Nebraska, with Implications on the Predation on Alewife 103B GENERAL FISHERIES & WILDLIFE: Developing and Sustaining a Lakeshore Habitat Restoration Training for Professionals in Wisconsin, USA 103D HUMAN DIMENSIONS & FISHERIES: Fishes of Hickory Creek Basin, Des Plaines River Drainage, Illinois: History, Politics, Climate, and the Need for Voucher Specimens 103C STREAMS, DAMS & RESERVOIRS: Seasonal Food Habits, Prey Taxa and Size Selectivity, and Diet Overlap of age-0 White Bass and Walleye 102C WATERFOWL: Waterfowl Hunter Satisfaction over the Years 102B

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 FISH HABITAT & GENETICS: Genetic Connectivity of Seven Fish Species Sampled Above and Below the Prairie Du Sac Dam on the Lower Wisconsin River 103A FISH PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR: Largemouth Bass Fingerling Production in Kansas: Where We've Been and Where We're Going 103B GENERAL FISHERIES & WILDLIFE: Wrestling with Recruitment 103D STREAMS, DAMS & RESERVOIRS: Go with the Flow? Strengths and Weaknesses of FlowCAM® for Characterizing Zooplankton Communities 102C WATERFOWL: Response of Common Terns (Sterna hirundo) in Ohio to Shifts in Location of Colonies Composed of Artificial Nesting Platforms 102B

11:20am CST

CONSERVATION COLLABORATION & GENERAL WILDLIFE: Social Behavior and Ecology May Interact to Shape the Gut Microbiome in Feral Horses (Equus caballus) 102D&E FISH HABITAT & GENETICS: Biological Assessment of Lionfish (Pterois volitans) Control via CRISPR/Cas9 Gene Drive Technology 103A FISH PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR: Evaluating the Effects of Sampling Rate on Growth of Freshwater Mussels in Aquaria 103B STREAMS, DAMS & RESERVOIRS: Fisheries Data at Your Fingertips: Using ‘Shiny’ to Analyze and Share Wisconsin Fisheries Data with Managers and Stakeholders 102C WATERFOWL: Status Update on Cranes and Crop Damage in the Upper Midwest 102B

11:40am CST

FISH HABITAT & GENETICS: Bigheaded Carp Environmental DNA Detection in the Upper Mississippi River: A Comparison of Quantitative PCR and Digital PCR 103A STREAMS, DAMS & RESERVOIRS: Dietary Comparison of Trouts in the Western Great Basin and Wyoming Mountain Steppe 102C WATERFOWL: Saving an American Icon: The Challenge and Successes of Reintroducing Whooping Cranes 102B