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1:20pm CST

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

3:20pm CST

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

3:40pm CST

CARNIVORES: Public Preferences for Management Actions in Response to Various Black Bear – Human Interactions 103C

8:00am CST

SYMPOSIA-08: Minnesota Statewide Marshbird Survey: A Framework to Help Prioritize Wetlands for Conservation Actions 102B SYMPOSIA-07: An Overview of North American AFS Freshwater Fish Sampling Standardization 102A

8:40am CST

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

9:20am CST

RIVERS & OXBOWS: Capture Efficiency of a Fine-mesh Seine in a Large River: Implications for Abundance, Richness, and Diversity Analyses 103E SYMPOSIA-07: An Overview of Indiana’s New Reservoir Status and Trends Monitoring Program 102A

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 SYMPOSIA-07: Electrofishing Equipment and Safety Standardization in Missouri 102A

10:40am CST

SYMPOSIA-10: City Staff Using DNR Methods to Survey Local Fisheries 103A

11:00am CST

ASIAN CARP & OTHER AQUATIC INVASIVES: Detecting Round Goby in the Field Using a Portable eDNA Detection Kit 102D&E

11:20am CST

SYMPOSIA-07: Evaluating Electrofishing Techniques: A Critical Step in Developing Standardized Sampling Methods for Smallmouth Bass 102A

11:40am CST

ASIAN CARP & OTHER AQUATIC INVASIVES: Spatiotemporal Patterns from Electrofishing Catches at Lake Michigan Invasive Species Hotspot Locations 102D&E SYMPOSIA-07: Spatial and Temporal Distribution Affects Standardized Sampling Results of Two Sportfish Species in a Midwestern Reservoir 102A

1:20pm CST

SYMPOSIA-08: Survey Methodology, Movement Ecology, and Vital Rates of the Virginia Rail and Sora in the Lake Erie Coastal Marshes of Northern Ohio 102B

1:40pm CST

SYMPOSIA-07: Simultaneously Assessing Channel Catfish and Flathead Catfish Populations with Unbaited Hoop Nets in the Minnesota River 102A

2:00pm CST

SYMPOSIA-07: Assessment and Classification of Brown Trout Natural Recruitment and Reproduction in Mill Creek, Richland County, Wisconsin 102A

2:20pm CST

ASIAN CARP & OTHER AQUATIC INVASIVES: Implementation of an Aquatic Invasive Species Early Detection Program on Lake Superior 102D&E

2:40pm CST

SYMPOSIA-08: Challenges of Wetland Restoration Monitoring--If You Build It Will They Come, If They Come Will You Know It? 102B

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

4:00pm CST

SYMPOSIA-07: Hydroacoustic Estimates of Prey-fish Abundance Change with Various Analytical Decisions 102A

4:40pm CST

SYMPOSIA-07: Standardized Assessments Reveal Context-dependent Responses of Crappie Populations to a Length-based Regulation in Ohio Reservoirs 102A

6:00pm CST

Poster Display. A Survey of Zooplankton Within the St. Clair-Detroit River System (2012-2015) Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. An Ecological Framework for Using Environmental DNA (eDNA) to Detect Kirtland’s Snakes (Clonophis kirtlandii) Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Estimating Angling Effort on Four of Minnesota’s Fishing in the Neighborhood Lakes via Time Lapse Cameras Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Evaluating Potential Effects of Camera Density on Capture and Recapture Rates of Bobcats Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Incorporating Aerial Imagery into Waterfowl Population Estimates Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Nonlethal Strategy to Determine Gender in Brown Trout Using Morphometric Measurements Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Point Count Data Error Rates from a Large-scale, Statewide Avian Study: The Wisconsin Breeding Bird Atlas II Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Quantifying Shorebird Abundance and Distribution Through Aerial Surveys in the Illinois River Valley Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Semi-automated Data Processing for Mobile Hydroacoustic Surveys Using Side-facing Transducers Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. The Comparison of Light Preference in Early Life History of Grass Carp Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Using Fyke Nets to Survey Spring Ponds Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Wildlife Species Usage of Man-Made Watering Holes in the Manistee National Forest Ballroom C & Foyer

8:00am CST

CONSERVATION COLLABORATION & GENERAL WILDLIFE: Evaluating Indices of Full-Season Productivity for American Woodcock 102D&E GENERAL FISHERIES & WILDLIFE: Comparing Substrate Composition Changes Above Two Lowhead Dams from 2012 to 2017 Using Side Scan Sonar 103D 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

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 HUMAN DIMENSIONS & FISHERIES: Economic and Spatial Assessments of Angling at Small South Dakota Lakes 103C

10:40am CST

WATERFOWL: Waterfowl Hunter Satisfaction over the Years 102B

11:00am CST

SYMPOSIA-14: The Aggressive Invader Crawling in Your Backyard: Responding to Red Swamp Crayfish Infestations in Michigan 102A STREAMS, DAMS & RESERVOIRS: Go with the Flow? Strengths and Weaknesses of FlowCAM® for Characterizing Zooplankton Communities 102C