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1:20pm

CARNIVORES: Where Wolves Kill White-tailed Deer Fawns 103C SYMPOSIA-05: Using Aquatic Landscape Ecology to Inform Lake Habitat Management at Multiple Scales 102D&E TOOLS & TECHNOLOGY: WILDLIFE HABITAT: Influence of Spatial Alignment on Photographic Detection Rates at Remotely Triggered Camera Stations 103B

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 SYMPOSIA-05: A Herculean Task: Reversing Lake Eutrophication 102D&E TOOLS & TECHNOLOGY: WILDLIFE HABITAT: Telemetry Drones and GPS Collars: What Your Engineering Department Can Do for You 103B

2:00pm

SYMPOSIA-02: Pollinators in Our Parks – How Is Invasive Plant Management Impacting Native Bees in National Parks? 102A SYMPOSIA-04: Collaboration Turns Pine Plantations into Pine/Oak Barrens in a Critical Landscape for Birds 102B SYMPOSIA-05: Adapting to Climate Change: Tools for Managers of Inland Glacial Lakes 102D&E 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

CARNIVORES: Recommendations for the Update of the Bad River Band Ma'iingan Plan 103C SYMPOSIA-05: Investigating Fish Kills to Identify Emerging Threats and Long-term Stress 102D&E TOOLS & TECHNOLOGY: WILDLIFE HABITAT: Using Circuit Theory to Map Connectivity of the U.S. Great Lakes Coastline 103B

2:40pm

SYMPOSIA-04: Prairie Contour Buffer Strips Serve as Bird Nesting Habitat in Midwestern Agricultural Landscapes 102B 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

SYMPOSIA-04: Beyond Wetlands: The Importance of Grassland Habitat for Breeding Waterfowl in an Agricultural Landscape 102B SYMPOSIA-05: Walleye Habitat: Considerations for Successful Natural Reproduction and Stocking 102D&E 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

3:40pm

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

CARNIVORES: Bobcat Home Range Size, Home Range Overlap, and Habitat Utilization in Northern Wisconsin 103C SYMPOSIA-05: Advancing Aquatic Vegetation Management for Fish 102D&E TOOLS & TECHNOLOGY: WILDLIFE HABITAT: Songbird Responses to Drought Conditions with Temporal Scale Considerations 103B

4:20pm

SYMPOSIA-04: Integrated Bird Conservation Delivery in the U.S. Prairie Pothole Region 102B SYMPOSIA-05: Nuisance “Weeds” or Critical Fish Habitat: Balancing Trade Offs with Minnesota’s Aquatic Plant Management Program 102D&E TOOLS & TECHNOLOGY: WILDLIFE HABITAT: Effects of Land Management Type on American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) Occupancy and Recruitment 103B

4:40pm

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

8:00am

SYMPOSIA-08: Minnesota Statewide Marshbird Survey: A Framework to Help Prioritize Wetlands for Conservation Actions 102B UPLAND GAME BIRDS & POLLINATORS: Predicting the Effects of Grassland Conservation Reserve Program Enrollments and Expirations on Greater Prairie-chickens in Northwestern MInnesota 103B

8:20am

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

9:00am

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

9:20am

SYMPOSIA-08: Marsh Bird Occupancy of Wetlands in the Glacial Habitat Restoration Area of Wisconsin 102B UPLAND GAME BIRDS & POLLINATORS: Do Pheasants Use Spring Cover Crops? 103B

9:40am

SYMPOSIA-08: Waterfowl Use of Restored Wetlands in the Glacial Habitat Restoration Area of Wisconsin 102B SYMPOSIA-10: Fish Sticks: Building Local Capacity to Implement Fish Sticks Projects 103A UPLAND GAME BIRDS & POLLINATORS: Space, Habitat and Abundance: Hotspot Analysis of Distribution of Ring-necked Pheasants in Eastern South Dakota 103B

10:40am

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

11:00am

SYMPOSIA-09: An Uncertain Climate for Deer Wintering Complexes: Scenario Planning for Complex Adaptive Systems 102C

1:20pm

SYMPOSIA-06: Weather Patterns and Habitat Usage of Adult Eastern Tiger Salamanders in the Prairie Pothole Region of West-Central Minnesota 101B

1:40pm

SYMPOSIA-06: The Influence of Landscape Factors and Prescribed Fire on the Occupancy Dynamics of Blue-Spotted Salamanders 101B

2:00pm

FOREST & GRASSLAND SONGBIRDS: Managing Breeding and Wintering Habitat for the Conservation of the Endangered Kirtland's Warbler in a Changing Climate 103C SMALL MAMMALS: American Marten Habitat Use: A Resource Selection Function for Michigan's Northern Lower Peninsula 103B

3:20pm

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

4:20pm

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

6:00pm

Poster Display. American Marten (Martes Americana) Microhabitat Characteristics in Mixed Deciduous/coniferous Laurentian Forests Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Amphibians and Reptiles of the Green River Conservation Opportunity Area Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Arboreal Camera Trapping Reveals Arboreal Behavior of Hyla versicolor, Peromyscus leucopus and Peromyscus maniculatus in Northern Wisconsin Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Assessing Potential Silver Chub Spawning Locations in Lake Erie Using Otolith Microchemistry Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Change in the Fish Community After Restoration of the Little Rapids, St Marys River Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Differential Microhabitat Use Between Snowshoe Hare Lepus americanus and Eastern Cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus in Northern Wisconsin Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Effect of Vegetation Composition and Structure on Daily Nest Survival in Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) and Dickcissel (Spiza americana) in Iowa Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Evaluating Potential Effects of Proximity to Roadways in a Road-naïve Population of Turtles Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Evolutionary Consequences of Fragmentation on Plant Communities in Northwest Ohio Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Filling in the Gaps: Clonophis Kirtlandii in Illinois Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Fish Species Habitat and Hydrology Preferences in Pool 12 of the Upper Mississippi River Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Floral and Soil Stoichiometric (C:N) Response to Prescribed Fire in Tallgrass Prairie Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Food Selection of American Green-winged Teal During Spring Migration in Illinois Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Herpetofauna Community Response to Bison (Bison Bison) Grazing in Tallgrass Prairie Remnants Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Herpetofauna Surveys on Three Public Properties in Chickasaw County, Iowa Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Larval Abundance of Catostomidae in Tributaries of the Illinois and Wabash River Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Mapping and Monitoring Aquatic Vegetation in Lake Erie for Grass Carp Risk Assessment Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Mapping High-Resolution Sonar as a Biological Research Tool Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Measuring Ruffed Grouse Drumming Log Characteristics Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Movements and Habitat Use of Muskellunge in Green Bay, Lake Michigan Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Quantifying Physical Maturation of Artificial Fish Spawning Reefs in the St. Clair-Detroit River System Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Snowshoe Hare in Lower Michigan: The Shifting Range of a Climate-Sensitive Species Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. The Effect of Prescribed Fire and Deer Exclusion on an Oak-hickory Woodland of West-central Illinois Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. The Effect of Prescribed Fire, Landscape Position, and Deer Browsing on Spring Ephemerals in an Oak-hickory Woodland of West-central Illinois Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Using Side-scan Sonar to Analyze Potential Spawning Habitat of Lake Sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) in the AuSable River, Michigan Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Wildlife Species Usage of Man-Made Watering Holes in the Manistee National Forest Ballroom C & Foyer

8:00am

FISH HABITAT & GENETICS: Effectiveness of Shallow Water Habitat Restoration in the St. Clair River 103A GENERAL FISHERIES & WILDLIFE: Comparing Substrate Composition Changes Above Two Lowhead Dams from 2012 to 2017 Using Side Scan Sonar 103D

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

8:40am

FISH HABITAT & GENETICS: Using GIS to Predict Habitat in Lakes: An Example Using Nearshore Substrate Categories 103A WATERFOWL: Developing a Plasma Lipid Metabolite Index for Canvasbacks 102B

9:00am

FISH HABITAT & GENETICS: Employing Aeration as an Efffective Lake Management Tool 103A

9:20am

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

9:40am

FISH HABITAT & GENETICS: Habitat Associations of Blacknose Dace in the Upper Manistee Watershed, Michigan, USA 103A STREAMS, DAMS & RESERVOIRS: Smallmouth Bass (Micropterus dolomieu) Movement and Habitat-use in River Fragmented by Lowhead Dams 102C

10:20am

FISH HABITAT & GENETICS: Genetic Analysis of Topeka Shiner Utilization of Oxbows in Iowa and Minnesota 103A GENERAL FISHERIES & WILDLIFE: The Wisconsin Lake Leaders Institute: Building Future Lake Champions Through Education and Engagement 103D

10:40am

FISH HABITAT & GENETICS: Using Genetic Tools to Inform Conservation of Wisconsin’s Native Brook Trout 103A GENERAL FISHERIES & WILDLIFE: Developing and Sustaining a Lakeshore Habitat Restoration Training for Professionals in Wisconsin, USA 103D

11:00am

FISH HABITAT & GENETICS: Genetic Connectivity of Seven Fish Species Sampled Above and Below the Prairie Du Sac Dam on the Lower Wisconsin River 103A

11:20am

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

11:30am

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

11:40am

FISH HABITAT & GENETICS: Bigheaded Carp Environmental DNA Detection in the Upper Mississippi River: A Comparison of Quantitative PCR and Digital PCR 103A