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Sunday, January 28
 

7:00am CST

Conference Registration Desk Open Ballroom A Foyer
 
Monday, January 29
 

7:00am CST

Conference Registration Desk Open Ballroom A Foyer

8:00am CST

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

1:20pm CST

SYMPOSIA-02: Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit Roles in Midwest Conservation Science 102A SYMPOSIA-04: Birds, Grasslands, and the Need for Collaboration 102B

1:40pm CST

SYMPOSIA-02: Collaborative Approach to Assess the Current Condition of Priority Natural Resources in Two National Parks 102A

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

SYMPOSIA-02: The Importance and Application of Social Science Research in Protected Area Management 102A

3:20pm CST

SYMPOSIA-01: Monarch Eggs and Caterpillars, Data, Data Management, and Data Quality: A Case Study 101B

3:40pm CST

SYMPOSIA-02: Assessing Vernal Pools for Informed Decision Making in Resource Management 102A

4:00pm CST

SYMPOSIA-02: Agency and University Partnerships to Increase Diversity in Natural Resource Management 102A

4:40pm CST

SYMPOSIA-05: Wisconsin’s Healthy Lakes Initiative: Working with Lakefront Property Owners to Apply Best Management Practices 102D&E TOOLS & TECHNOLOGY: WILDLIFE HABITAT: Response of Early Successional Avifauna to Pipeline Right-of-way Vegetation Management in Eastern Ohio 103B

5:00pm CST

Student / Professional Networking Mixer Hilton: Crystal Ballroom

6:30pm CST

Purdue Department of Forestry & Natural Resources Reception Hilton: Oak

7:30pm CST

UW-Madison and UW-Stevens Point Alumni & Friends Combined Reception Ballroom A/B
 
Tuesday, January 30
 

8:20am CST

SYMPOSIA-06: A Ranavirus-associated Mass Mortality Event in an Illinois Amphibian Community 101B

8:40am CST

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

9:00am CST

SYMPOSIA-10: Partnerships for Managing Wisconsin Trout Streams: Engagement, Trust and a Better Managed Resource 103A

9:20am CST

SYMPOSIA-10: Leveraging Local Passion to Improve Outcomes: Civic Organizing as a Best Management Practice 103A

10:20am CST

SYMPOSIA-06: Using eDNA Surveys to Detect a Fossorial Species of Conservation Concern, the Kirtland Snake (Clonophis kirtlandii) in Northwest Ohio 101B

10:40am CST

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

11:00am CST

ASIAN CARP & OTHER AQUATIC INVASIVES: Detecting Round Goby in the Field Using a Portable eDNA Detection Kit 102D&E SYMPOSIA-10: Optimization of Oxbow Restoration Benefits for Both the Farmer and the Conservationist 103A

11:40am CST

(CANCELLED) SYMPOSIA-06: Community, Health, and Stress Response of Reintroduced and Resident Amphibians to Oak Woodland Restoration 101B

1:20pm CST

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

1:40pm CST

FOREST & GRASSLAND SONGBIRDS: Seasonal Habitat Use by Fledgling Cerulean Warblers (Setophaga cerulea) 103C

2:40pm CST

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

3:40pm CST

RIVERS & OXBOWS: Integrating LiDAR Landscape Analysis and Species Distribution Models to Prioritize Areas for Oxbow Restoration 103E

4:00pm CST

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

4:20pm CST

FOREST & GRASSLAND SONGBIRDS: Patch Size Dynamics of Birds in Mixed-Grass Prairies: Why Might the Influence of Patch Size Vary 103C 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

6:00pm CST

Poster Display: Autumn Habitat Selection of Eastern Red-backed Salamanders (Plethodon cinereus) in Delaware County, Indiana Ballroom C & Foyer
 
Wednesday, January 31
 

8:20am CST

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

9:00am CST

GENERAL FISHERIES & WILDLIFE: Developing “Manager’s Models”: Teaching Graduate Students to Communicate How Science Informs Management and Policy 103D

9:20am CST

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

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