Midwest Fish & Wildlife Conference 2017 has ended

Create Your Own Event

Midwest Fish & Wildlife Conference 2017

To return to the Midwest Fish & Wildlife Conference website, go to http://www.midwestfw.org/ The following schedule and room names are subject to change (as of February 1, 2017). Please check back for updates.

Presenters: Presenters for technical presentations are either the primary author (the first name listed in the abstract), or are indicated with an asterisk next to their name.

Please note: the conference schedule is hosted by Sched.org which allows you to search within the schedule, and filter the schedule to show sessions only occurring on a certain date or within a track. You can also build your own schedule by creating a free account with Sched.org by selecting "SIGN UP" in the top right corner.

7:00am CST

Conference Registration Desk Open Lower Atrium

8:00am CST

Workshop: Introduction to Data Basin and the Midwest Grassland Conservation Area Olive Branch Room Workshop: Introduction to Fisheries Data Analysis with R Yankee Hill I Workshop: Beginning Your Professional Journey (For Students!) - Sponsored by U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Garrat

9:00am CST

Workshop: Integrating Weather and Climate Information Into Management Decisions Grand Ballroom B/C Workshop: Midwest Fish and Wildlife Leadership Series Yankee Hill II

12:00pm CST

Exhibitor Set-up Lancaster Ballroom Speaker Ready Room Boca Raton

1:00pm CST

Workshop: Essentials of Survey Research on Hunters, Anglers, Trappers and Non-Consumptive Wildlife Enthusiasts Olive Branch Room

2:30pm CST

AFS NCD Walleye, Centrarchid, and Esocid Technical Committee Meeting Hawthorne

3:00pm CST

AFS NCD Ictalurid Technical Committee Meeting Yankee Hill III

3:30pm CST

AFS NCD Rivers and Streams Technical Committee Meeting Arbor II

4:30pm CST

AFS NCD Executive Meeting Yankee Hill III

5:00pm CST

Featured Event! Welcome to Nebraska Super Bowl Party - Sponsored by: Nebraska Game & Parks Commission, Nebraska Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit and University of Nebraska Lincoln Grand Ballroom D/E/F

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

3:00pm CST

Refreshment Break with Exhibitors Lancaster Ballroom

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

7:00am CST

Conference Registration Desk Open Lower Atrium Speaker Ready Room Boca Raton

8:00am CST

Wild Jobs Café Renaissance Room Workshop: Great Plains Native Fish Conservation Areas Network Grand Ballroom F

10:00am CST

Refreshment Break with Exhibitors Lancaster Ballroom

12:00pm CST

Lunch Break on own N/A

3:00pm CST

Refreshment Break with Exhibitors Lancaster Ballroom

3:20pm CST

Joint CESU Annual Meeting Yankee Hill III

5:00pm CST

American Fisheries Society Nebraska Chapter Business Meeting Grand Ballroom B Wildlife Acoustics Product Workshop Garrat Playa Wetland Ecology Symposium Reception (invitation only) Ivanhoe

5:30pm CST

Michigan State University Fisheries & Wildlife Alumni and Friends Social Renaissance Room

6:00pm CST

Research-in-Progress Student Poster Session Olive Branch Room Trade Show & Poster Social Lancaster Ballroom

7:00am CST

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

10:00am CST

Refreshment Break with Exhibitors Lancaster Ballroom

10:20am CST

Exhibitor Teardown Lancaster Ballroom

12:00pm CST

Conference Adjourns N/A