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Tristan Swartout

Tristan Swartout

Michigan State Undergrad; focus in Wildlife Biology

7:00am CST

Conference Registration Desk Open Ballroom A Foyer

9:00am CST

Workshop. Wildlife Data Analysis Using Program R 102E

1:20pm CST

CARNIVORES: Where Wolves Kill White-tailed Deer Fawns 103C SYMPOSIA-03: Five Decades (or More) of Chronic Wasting Disease: Lessons Learned 102C

1:40pm CST

CARNIVORES: Do Wolves Ambush Beavers from Downwind Hunting Beds? 103C SYMPOSIA-01: Recruiting and Training Volunteers to Conduct Snow Track Surveys 101B SYMPOSIA-04: Using Grazing to Manage Grasslands for Waterfowl and Migratory Bird Production Goals on a 53,000-acre Wetland Management District 102B

2:00pm CST

CARNIVORES: Determining Coyote-Wolf Hybridization in Minnesota and Wisconsin by Using Mitochondrial DNA 103C SYMPOSIA-03: CWD Management and Response in Wisconsin: Lessons Learned and New Beginnings 102C SYMPOSIA-04: Collaboration Turns Pine Plantations into Pine/Oak Barrens in a Critical Landscape for Birds 102B

2:20pm CST

SYMPOSIA-03: Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Surveillance and Management in Missouri 102C

2:40pm CST

CARNIVORES: How Do Domestic Dogs Influence Intraguild Interactions Among Native Canids? 103C SYMPOSIA-02: Collaborative Studies on Wolf Ecology in the Greater Voyageurs National Park Ecosystem 102A SYMPOSIA-03: Responding to a Recent Outbreak of Chronic Wasting Disease in Wild Deer in Minnesota 102C

3:20pm CST

CARNIVORES: The American Black Bear and Baited Hair-snares: A Quantitative Ethogram and Behavioral Analysis 103C SYMPOSIA-03: Chronic Wasting Disease Management and Surveillance: A Michigan Perspective 102C

3:40pm CST

SYMPOSIA-03: CWD and the Threat to Waawaashkeshi (white-tailed Deer) in the Ceded Territories 102C

4:00pm CST

CARNIVORES: Bobcat Home Range Size, Home Range Overlap, and Habitat Utilization in Northern Wisconsin 103C SYMPOSIA-03: Iowa CWD Issues and Management: Deer and People 102C TOOLS & TECHNOLOGY: WILDLIFE HABITAT: Songbird Responses to Drought Conditions with Temporal Scale Considerations 103B

4:20pm CST

CARNIVORES: Estimating Density of Bobcats in Midwestern Landscapes Using Spatial Capture-Recapture Models 103C SYMPOSIA-03: Agency Trust and Perceived Risk Toward Chronic Wasting Disease in Illinois 102C SYMPOSIA-04: Integrated Bird Conservation Delivery in the U.S. Prairie Pothole Region 102B

5:00pm CST

Student / Professional Networking Mixer Hilton: Crystal Ballroom

7:00am CST

Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors Ballroom C & Foyer

8:00am CST

SYMPOSIA-08: Minnesota Statewide Marshbird Survey: A Framework to Help Prioritize Wetlands for Conservation Actions 102B 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

8:40am CST

SYMPOSIA-06: Impact of Snake Fungal Disease on Population Viability 101B UNGULATES: Deer Recruitment in Wisconsin: New Survey Methods 103C

9:00am CST

UPLAND GAME BIRDS & POLLINATORS: Does Diversity Matter? Ring-necked Pheasant Nest Site Selection and Nest Survival in Grassland Reconstructions 103B

9:20am CST

SYMPOSIA-08: Marsh Bird Occupancy of Wetlands in the Glacial Habitat Restoration Area of Wisconsin 102B SYMPOSIA-09: Assessing Climate Change Vulnerability for Wildlife 102C 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

9:40am CST

SYMPOSIA-08: Waterfowl Use of Restored Wetlands in the Glacial Habitat Restoration Area of Wisconsin 102B 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

10:00am CST

Refreshment Break with Exhibitors Ballroom C & Foyer Wild Jobs Café Hilton: Wright Ballroom A/B

10:20am CST

SYMPOSIA-08: Guiding Wetland Restoration in the Calumet Region of Illinois and Indiana Through Monitoring Breeding Marsh Birds 102B UNGULATES: The Wisconsin Deer Management Assistance Program: Improving Relationships One Landowner at a Time 103C

10:40am CST

UNGULATES: Retention of Youth Deer Hunters in Nebraska 103C UPLAND GAME BIRDS & POLLINATORS: Modeling Pollinator Conservation Targets Within Rights-of-Way 103B

11:00am CST

SYMPOSIA-08: Marsh Bird Use of Wetlands Managed for Waterfowl in Illinois 102B SYMPOSIA-09: An Uncertain Climate for Deer Wintering Complexes: Scenario Planning for Complex Adaptive Systems 102C UNGULATES: Do City Deer Really Live Differently Than Rural Deer? 103C

11:20am CST

UNGULATES: Pilot Testing a Program to Allow Hunters to Sample Their Own Deer for CWD 103C

11:40am CST

SYMPOSIA-08: Breeding Bird Use of Restored Shallow Lakes in Iowa 102B

12:00pm CST

Lunch Break on own N/A

1:20pm CST

SMALL MAMMALS: Effects of Age, Sex, and Population Dynamics on Dispersal of American Martens 103B

2:00pm CST

FOREST & GRASSLAND SONGBIRDS: Managing Breeding and Wintering Habitat for the Conservation of the Endangered Kirtland's Warbler in a Changing Climate 103C SYMPOSIA-08: Michigan Black Tern Conservation Initiative: Collaborative Conservation of Coastal Wetlands 102B SMALL MAMMALS: American Marten Habitat Use: A Resource Selection Function for Michigan's Northern Lower Peninsula 103B

2:20pm CST

FOREST & GRASSLAND SONGBIRDS: Range-wide Patterns of Migratory Connectivity and Nonbreeding Distribution of Vermivora Warblers 103C SYMPOSIA-08: Mallard Use of Incentivized Conservation Program Wetlands During Winter in Mississippi 102B

3:00pm CST

Refreshment Break with Exhibitors Ballroom C & Foyer

3:20pm CST

SMALL MAMMALS: Survival of Gray and Fox Squirrels in Minnesota: A Case Study of the Effects of Hunting 103B

3:40pm CST

SYMPOSIA-12: Insights Relative to Black Bear Physiology and Potential Implications for Human Medicine 103A

4:00pm CST

FOREST & GRASSLAND SONGBIRDS: If We Build It THEY Will Come: Restored Prairies and Grassland Birds 103C

4:40pm CST

FOREST & GRASSLAND SONGBIRDS: Effects of Anthropogenic Structures on the Long-Distance Movements of Lesser Prairie-Chickens 103C SMALL MAMMALS: Utilizing Non-invasive Techniques to Determine Genetic Variation and Demographics of Snowshoe Hare in Michigan 103B

5:30pm CST

Michigan State University Fisheries & Wildlife Alumni and Friends Social Hilton: Oak

6:00pm CST

Poster Display. American Marten (Martes Americana) Microhabitat Characteristics in Mixed Deciduous/coniferous Laurentian Forests Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Did the Massasauga (Sistrurus Catenatus) Cross the Road? 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. Evaluating Potential Effects of Camera Density on Capture and Recapture Rates of Bobcats Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Evaluating the Effect of Forced Re-nesting on Whooping Crane Nest Success Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Food Selection of American Green-winged Teal During Spring Migration in Illinois Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Nebraska Elk Hunting Constraints: Perceived and Realized Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Relationship of Snow Goose Hunting Methods on Harvest Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Risk-averse Foraging and Gray Fox Climbing Behavior 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. Tracking Desert Songbirds: The Post-fledging Period in Gray Vireos (Vireo vicinior) Ballroom C & Foyer Poster Display. Wood Duck Demography in WI: Pilot Season Field Methods and Summary Ballroom C & Foyer Student Research-in-Progress Poster Display. Microhabitat use of Migrating Northern Saw-Whet Owls (Aegolius acadicus) Ballroom C & Foyer

7:00am CST

Conference Registration Desk Open Ballroom A Foyer Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors Ballroom C & Foyer

8:00am CST

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 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

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 SYMPOSIA-13: Adapting Existing Methods to Reach Waterfowl Hunters with the Stop Aquatic Hitchhikers! Message 101B WATERFOWL: Intersexual Differences in Plasma-Lipid Metabolite Concentrations in Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) 102B

9:20am CST

WATERFOWL: Analysis of Canada Goose Movements in Relation to Midway International Airport Operations Using Satellite Telemetry 102B

9:40am CST

GENERAL FISHERIES & WILDLIFE: Hunter Preference of Harvest Reporting Methods on Public Lands in Illinois 103D SYMPOSIA-13: Learning to Hunt: Adult-focused Hunter Recruitment and Retention in Michigan and Wisconsin 101B

10:00am CST

Refreshment Break with Exhibitors Ballroom C & Foyer

10:20am CST

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 WATERFOWL: Waterfowl Hunter Satisfaction over the Years 102B

11:00am CST

LIGHTING TALK: Insecticide Exposure Risk for Grassland Wildlife on Public Land in Southwestern Minnesota 103C

11:40am CST

WATERFOWL: Saving an American Icon: The Challenge and Successes of Reintroducing Whooping Cranes 102B

12:00pm CST

Conference Adjourns N/A