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Midwest Fish & Wildlife Conference 2017

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7:00am CST

Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors Lancaster Ballroom Conference Registration Desk Open Lower Atrium Speaker Ready Room Boca Raton

8:00am CST

Plenary Session, Awards Presentation & Ignite Session Grand Ballroom

10:00am CST

Refreshment Break with Exhibitors Lancaster Ballroom

12:00pm CST

AFS NCD Reservoir Technical Committee Meeting Offsite - Yia Yias Pizza Restaurant AFS-NCD Past-Presidents Luncheon (invitation only) Offsite - Yia Yias Pizza Restaurant Lunch Break on own N/A Nebraska Chapter of The Wildlife Society Annual Business Meeting Yankee Hill III

1:00pm CST

Wild Jobs Café Renaissance Room Poster Set-up Lancaster Ballroom

1:20pm CST

Symposia Session - S2: Midwestern Agroecology and the Conservation of Grassland Birds. Grassland Bird Conservation and Working Lands: Creating Movement Along Multiple Pathways Arbor I/II Symposia Session - S3: Ecology of the Missouri National Recreational River. Introduction to the Ecology of the Missouri National Recreational River Grand Ballroom A Symposia Session - S4: Sustaining America's Diverse Fish and Wildlife Resources. Advancing a 21st Century Funding Model for Fish and Wildlife Conservation Grand Ballroom E Technical Session. Greater Prairie-Chicken (Tympanuchus cupido pinnatus) Boom Chorus Propagation Along a Nebraska Sandhills Wind Energy-Grassland Gradient Grand Ballroom B Technical Session. Influence of Trap Modifications and Environmental Predictors on Capture Success of Southern Flying Squirrels Hawthorne Technical Session. Stream Fragmentation and Infrastructure Condition in the Great Plains Grand Ballroom F Technical Session. Stream Science to Action: A Decision-Support Tool for Salmonid Thermal Habitat Management Amidst Climate Change Grand Ballroom D Technical Session. What Lies Beneath? Identifying the Most Efficient Method to Sample Fish and Amphibian Communities in Missouri Wetlands Grand Ballroom C Symposia Session - S1: Midwestern Reservoir Management and Assessment Strategies. A Career in Reservoir Fisheries Management and the Need for an Increasing Focus on Habitat Restoration Garrat Overview of Symposium (S1). Leveraging What Works: Midwestern Reservoir Management and Assessment Strategies Garrat Overview of Symposium (S2). Restoring Heritage and Expanding Horizon: Midwestern Agroecology and the Conservation of Grassland Birds Arbor I/II Overview of Symposium (S3). Ecology of the Missouri National Recreational River Grand Ballroom A Overview of Symposium S4. Sustaining America’s Diverse Fish and Wildlife Resources Grand Ballroom E

1:40pm CST

Symposia Session - S2: Midwestern Agroecology and the Conservation of Grassland Birds. The Bobolink Conservation Plan: A Model for Multi-Region Conservation Planning Arbor I/II Symposia Session - S3: Ecology of the Missouri National Recreational River. Sixty Years of Geomorphic Change and Ecological Restoration Challenges on Two Unchannelized Reaches of the Missouri River Grand Ballroom A Technical Session. Effects of Climate and Landscape on Water Supply to Beaver Ponds Grand Ballroom D Technical Session. Home range use and survival of southern flying squirrels in fragmented landscapes Hawthorne Technical Session. Monitoring and Assessing Minnesota's Water Resources Grand Ballroom C Technical Session. Prairie Restoration and Translocation to Bolster Greater Prairie-Chicken Populations in Missouri Benefit Both Chickens and Other Species Grand Ballroom B Technical Session. Using an Historical Perspective to Inform Conservation Goals for Prairie Streams Grand Ballroom F Symposia Session - S4: Sustaining America's Diverse Fish and Wildlife Resources. Engaging Corporations with Natural Resource Conservation Grand Ballroom E

2:00pm CST

Symposia Session - S1: Midwestern Reservoir Management and Assessment Strategies. Lake Restorations in Iowa: What Happens When You Run out of Low-Hanging Fruit Garrat Symposia Session - S2: Midwestern Agroecology and the Conservation of Grassland Birds. Leveraging Market Forces for Grassland Conservation: Audubon's Conservation Ranching Program Arbor I/II Symposia Session - S3: Ecology of the Missouri National Recreational River. Physical Changes in the MNRR 59-Mile District Between 1989 and 2016 Grand Ballroom A Technical Session. An Analysis of the Interactions Between Weather and Land Use on Gallinaceous Bird Populations Using Historical Data Grand Ballroom D Technical Session. Evaluating Nest Site Selection of Southern Flying Squirrels in West-Central Illinois Hawthorne Technical Session. Identification and Prioritization of Factors Limiting Reintroduced Plains Topminnow (Fundulus sciadicus) Populations in Nebraska Streams Grand Ballroom F Technical Session. Quantifying the Relationship Between Grasslands, Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Enrollments and Greater Prairie-Chicken Populations (Tympanuchus cupido pinnatus) in Minnesota Grand Ballroom B Technical Session. Septic Seepage in Minnesota Lakes and Its Biological Effects on Resident Sunfish Grand Ballroom C

2:20pm CST

Symposia Session - S1: Midwestern Reservoir Management and Assessment Strategies. Low-dose Rotenone Applications to Improve Recreational Fisheries Garrat Symposia Session - S2: Midwestern Agroecology and the Conservation of Grassland Birds. Utilizing Social Science to Guide Bird Conservation Action on Private Lands Arbor I/II Symposia Session - S3: Ecology of the Missouri National Recreational River. Nutrients and Dissolved Oxygen Monitoring in the 59-mile Missouri National Recreational River Below Gavins Point Dam Grand Ballroom A Symposia Session - S4: Sustaining America's Diverse Fish and Wildlife Resources. Federal Agency Perspective Grand Ballroom E Technical Session. Combining Weather Data and Climate Projections: A Case Study with Lesser Prairie-Chickens Grand Ballroom D Technical Session. Reproductive Health of Three Catostomidae Species in a Wastewater Treatment Effluent Impacted River Grand Ballroom C Technical Session. Space, Place and Ring Necked Pheasant: Hot Spot Analysis of Distribution of Ring Necked Pheasant in Eastern South Dakota Grand Ballroom B Technical Session. Status and Habitat Use of the Topeka Shiner in the Boone River Watershed, Iowa Grand Ballroom F Technical Session. Survival of Gray and Fox Squirrels in Minnesota: A Case Study of the Effects of Hunting Hawthorne

2:40pm CST

Symposia Session - S1: Midwestern Reservoir Management and Assessment Strategies. Examining Exploitation of Walleye in a Midwestern Reservoir Using a Tag Return Study Garrat Symposia Session - S2: Midwestern Agroecology and the Conservation of Grassland Birds. Farming for the Soil, Farming for Birds Arbor I/II Symposia Session - S3: Ecology of the Missouri National Recreational River. Habitat Evaluation of a Modeled Reach of the Missouri National Recreational River Grand Ballroom A Symposia Session - S4: Sustaining America's Diverse Fish and Wildlife Resources. The Role of State Agencies in Natural Resource Governance and Keys to Success Grand Ballroom E Technical Session. Dangerous Misperceptions: Eastern Cottontail Survival in an Agroecosystem Hawthorne Technical Session. Effects of Climate Change on Groundwater, Surface Water, and Ecosystem Services in the Grand Kankakee River Watershed Grand Ballroom D Technical Session. Habitat Associations of Topeka Shiners in Two Basins in Iowa and Minnesota Grand Ballroom F Technical Session. Multi-Generational Exposure of Fathead Minnows to a Complex Urban Mixture of Contaminants of Emerging Concern Grand Ballroom C Technical Session. Selection and Demographic Consequences of Conservation Reserve Program Grasslands for Lesser Prairie-Chickens Grand Ballroom B

3:00pm CST

Refreshment Break with Exhibitors Lancaster Ballroom

3:20pm CST

Symposia Session - S1: Midwestern Reservoir Management and Assessment Strategies. Proposed Standardized Sampling Approach for Juvenile Walleye (Sander vitreus) and White Bass (Morone chrysops) Using Gear- and Season-Specific... Garrat Symposia Session - S2: Midwestern Agroecology and the Conservation of Grassland Birds. Bringing Food to the Table: Growing the Culture of Locally Grown in the Midwest Arbor I/II Symposia Session - S3: Ecology of the Missouri National Recreational River. Contrasting Effects of Fish Predation on Benthic versus Emerging Insects in the MNRR Grand Ballroom A Technical Session. Application of Off-channel Mapping Methodology for Identifying and Rating Oxbow Habitats for Federally Endangered Topeka Shiners (Notropis topeka) Grand Ballroom F Technical Session. Influence of Raptor Abundance on Female Lesser Prairie-Chicken Habitat Selection Grand Ballroom B Technical Session. Pollutants Stress in the Maumee River: Impacted Physiology and Reproduction in Fathead Minnows (Pimephales promelas) and Sunfish (Lepomis spp.) Grand Ballroom C Technical Session. Temporal Dynamics of Large Grazer Space Use in an Experimental Heterogeneous Landscape Grand Ballroom D Technical Session. Twenty Years of Furbearer Trapping Data from the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife & Fish Refuge Hawthorne Symposia Session - S4: Sustaining America's Diverse Fish and Wildlife Resources. Outdoor Recreation Industry Grand Ballroom E

3:40pm CST

Symposia Session - S1: Midwestern Reservoir Management and Assessment Strategies. Managing Ohio’s Reservoir Sport Fisheries: Lessons Learned from a Standardized Assessment Program Garrat Symposia Session - S2: Midwestern Agroecology and the Conservation of Grassland Birds. Integrating Agriculture, Economics and Ecology in Dakota County, Minnesota Arbor I/II Symposia Session - S3: Ecology of the Missouri National Recreational River. Trajectories of Decline in Cottonwood Forests Along the Missouri River: Implications for Songbirds Grand Ballroom A Technical Session. Factors Influencing Ring-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) Nest Survival in Southwest Nebraska Grand Ballroom B Technical Session. Going Against the Flow: Modeling Coldwater Stream Temperatures from Above and Below Grand Ballroom F Technical Session. Plant Diversity Affects Mammal Community Structure in Western North Dakota Grasslands Hawthorne Technical Session. Quantifying Neonicotinoid Concentrations in Missouri Public Wetlands: The Relationship to Agricultural Land Use Grand Ballroom C Technical Session. The Structure of Large Mammal Communities Facing Climate Change in Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, USA Grand Ballroom D

4:00pm CST

Symposia Session - S1: Midwestern Reservoir Management and Assessment Strategies. A Mark-Recapture and Resampling Approach to Validate Standard Fisheries Assessment Methods Garrat Symposia Session - S2: Midwestern Agroecology and the Conservation of Grassland Birds. What Does Coffee Have to Do with Farmland Bird Conservation? Arbor I/II Symposia Session - S3: Ecology of the Missouri National Recreational River. Bird-Habitat Relationships in Floodplain Forests Along the Middle Missouri River Grand Ballroom A Symposia Session - S4: Sustaining America's Diverse Fish and Wildlife Resources. Blue Ribbon Panel Relevancy/Transformation Working Group Grand Ballroom E Technical Session. Estimating the Survival of Unmarked Young from Repeated Counts: A Case Study with Ring-necked Pheasants Grand Ballroom B Technical Session. Factors Correlated with Declining Antler Diameters of Yearling Deer in Michigan Hawthorne Technical Session. Floodplain Inundation Mapping Under Nonstationary Hydro-climatic Conditions on the Lower Missouri River to Support Multi-objective Management of Conservation Lands Grand Ballroom D Technical Session. Habitat Selection of Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) and Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in a Lake Michigan Tributary Grand Ballroom F Technical Session. Habitat Use and Pesticide Exposure in Northern Leopard Frogs in Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Wetlands Grand Ballroom C

4:20pm CST

Symposia Session - S1: Midwestern Reservoir Management and Assessment Strategies. Using Standardized Data to Evaluate Fishery Regulations in Ohio Reservoirs Garrat Symposia Session - S3: Ecology of the Missouri National Recreational River. Woodland Bird Use of Missouri National Recreational River Riparian and Farmstead Woodlot Habitats for Nesting and Migration Grand Ballroom A Technical Session. Assessing Macroinvertebrate Assemblages: Gauging the Importance of Microhabitat in Qualitative Sampling Through the Analysis of Five Commonly Sampled Microhabitat Types in an Effluent Dominated... Grand Ballroom F Technical Session. Factors Influencing Fish Mercury Concentrations Across Iowa Lakes Grand Ballroom C Technical Session. Variations in Annual Ring-necked Pheasant Survival in Southwest Nebraska Grand Ballroom B Symposia Session - S2: Midwestern Agroecology and the Conservation of Grassland Birds. Symposium Closing Panel Discussion Arbor I/II

4:40pm CST

Technical Session. Fried Chicken: Identifying Areas of Thermal Refugia for Lesser Prairie-chickens in a Changing Climate Grand Ballroom B

5:00pm CST

AFS NCD Business Meeting Arbor I/II Annual Meeting of the North Central Section of The Wildlife Society Garrat

6:00pm CST

Time on Own N/A

6:30pm CST

Student/Professional Mixer Renaissance Room

7:00pm CST

University of Wisconsin Friends and Alumni Reception Yankee Hill I/II Nebraska Chapter of The Wildlife Society Social & Awards Ceremony Yankee Hill III