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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.

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Paul DeRolf

Munster, Indiana

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

Conference Registration Desk Open Lower Atrium Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors Lancaster Ballroom

8:00am CST

Plenary Session, Awards Presentation & Ignite Session Grand Ballroom

10:00am CST

Refreshment Break with Exhibitors Lancaster Ballroom

12:00pm CST

Lunch Break on own N/A

1:00pm CST

Wild Jobs Café Renaissance Room

1:20pm CST

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

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

2:20pm CST

Symposia Session - S4: Sustaining America's Diverse Fish and Wildlife Resources. Federal Agency Perspective Grand Ballroom E

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

3:00pm CST

Refreshment Break with Exhibitors Lancaster Ballroom

3:20pm CST

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

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

6:00pm CST

Time on Own N/A

6:30pm CST

Student/Professional Mixer Renaissance Room

7:00am CST

Conference Registration Desk Open Lower Atrium

8:00am CST

Wild Jobs Café Renaissance Room Workshop: Great Plains Native Fish Conservation Areas Network Grand Ballroom F Symposia Session - S7: Uncommon Techniques with Predators and Prey. Introduction to Symposium Grand Ballroom A

9:20am CST

Symposia Session - S7: Uncommon Techniques with Predators and Prey. Tackling Tubenose Gobies (Proterorhinus semilunaris): Lessons Learned from Diets of the Other Great Lakes Goby Grand Ballroom A

10:00am CST

Refreshment Break with Exhibitors Lancaster Ballroom

10:20am CST

Symposia Session - S7: Uncommon Techniques with Predators and Prey. Using Stable C and N Isotopes to Characterize Large-scale Spatial and Temporal Variation in the Diets of Lake Michigan Fishes Grand Ballroom A

12:00pm CST

Lunch Break on own N/A

3:00pm CST

Refreshment Break with Exhibitors Lancaster Ballroom

6:00pm CST

Poster Display. Comparing Swimming Performance of Bluntnose Minnows Pimephales Notatus in Lentic and Lotic Systems Lancaster Ballroom

7:00am CST

Conference Registration Desk Open Lower Atrium Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors Lancaster Ballroom

9:00am CST

Symposia Session - S9: Landscape Conservation Science and Management. Precision Conservation - Landscape Design for Wildlife, Water Quality and Agricultural Productivity Grand Ballroom E

10:00am CST

Refreshment Break with Exhibitors Lancaster Ballroom

10:20am CST

Symposia Session - S9: Landscape Conservation Science and Management. Developing a Decision Support Tool to Guide Restoration and Protection of Great Lakes Coastal Wetlands Grand Ballroom E

12:00pm CST

Conference Adjourns N/A