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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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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 Technical Session. Monitoring and Assessing Minnesota's Water Resources Grand Ballroom C

2:00pm CST

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 Technical Session. Identification and Prioritization of Factors Limiting Reintroduced Plains Topminnow (Fundulus sciadicus) Populations in Nebraska Streams Grand Ballroom F

2:20pm CST

Symposia Session - S1: Midwestern Reservoir Management and Assessment Strategies. Low-dose Rotenone Applications to Improve Recreational Fisheries Garrat 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

3:20pm CST

Technical Session. Twenty Years of Furbearer Trapping Data from the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife & Fish Refuge Hawthorne

3:40pm CST

Technical Session. Plant Diversity Affects Mammal Community Structure in Western North Dakota Grasslands Hawthorne

4:20pm CST

Symposia Session - S1: Midwestern Reservoir Management and Assessment Strategies. Using Standardized Data to Evaluate Fishery Regulations in Ohio Reservoirs Garrat

8:00am CST

Symposia Session - S6: Impact of Prescribed and Wild Fires on the Great Plains. Patch Burn Grazing Research Conducted in Working Rangelands of Nebraska: Preliminary Results, Ongoing Analyses, and Lessons Learne... Arbor I/II Technical Session. Spatial Covariance of Angling Pressure and Catch Among Nebraska Water Bodies and Application to Social-ecological Systems Grand Ballroom E

8:20am CST

Symposia Session - S6: Impact of Prescribed and Wild Fires on the Great Plains. Secretive Marshbird Response to Wetland Plant Management in Prairie Pothole Minnesota Arbor I/II

8:40am CST

Technical Session. Development of a Standardized Protocol for Use of Fin Rays in Estimating Age of Muskellunge Grand Ballroom B

9:00am CST

Symposia Session - S6: Impact of Prescribed and Wild Fires on the Great Plains. Loess Canyon Rangeland Alliance Arbor I/II Technical Session. Selective Harvest: Evaluating Differences in Body Condition of Lesser Snow and Ross’s Geese by Harvest Technique During the Light Goose Conservation Order Grand Ballroom D

9:20am CST

Symposia Session - S6: Impact of Prescribed and Wild Fires on the Great Plains. Long-term Legacy Effects of a Mixed-severity Wildfire in Eastern Ponderosa Pine Arbor I/II

9:40am CST

Symposia Session - S6: Impact of Prescribed and Wild Fires on the Great Plains. A Vanishing Grassland Biome: Consequences and Innovative Solutions Arbor I/II Technical Session. Quantification of Daily Otolith Increments in Young of Year Asian Carp Grand Ballroom B

10:20am CST

Symposia Session - S6: Impact of Prescribed and Wild Fires on the Great Plains. Changing Wildfire Trajectories and Future Implications for Great Plains Ecosystems Arbor I/II

11:00am CST

Technical Session. Effects of Competition, Predation, and Environment on Recruitment of a Pelagic Forage Fish, Lake Herring Coregonus Artedi, in a Missouri River Reservoir Grand Ballroom B

11:20am CST

Technical Session. Movement and Survival (initial and Short-term) of Stocked Yearling Muskellunge in Spirit Lake, Iowa Grand Ballroom B

1:20pm CST

Symposia Session - S8: Fate of Freshwater Mussels. Invasive Mussel Collaborative: Connecting People, Science and Management Grand Ballroom A Technical Session. Building Partnerships and Alignments to Advance Conservation on Private Lands Hawthorne Technical Session. Implementation of a 228.6 Mm Crappie Minimum Length Limit at Two Indiana Impoundments Grand Ballroom B Technical Session. There’s an App for That: Digital Data Entry in Fisheries Grand Ballroom D

1:40pm CST

Symposia Session - S5: Playa Wetland Ecology. Can Cattle Grazing Improve Waterfowl Habitat in Reed Canarygrass (Phalaris arundinacea) Invaded Wetlands? Yankee Hill I/II

2:20pm CST

Technical Session. Exploring Linkages Between Hunting and Fishing Permit Sales Among Upland Game Permit Holders Grand Ballroom E

2:40pm CST

Technical Session. Assessing Habitat Management for an Isolated Population of Aspidoscelis Sexlineata (Six-Lined Racerunner) Using Focal Animal Sampling and Visual Encounter Surveys Arbor I/II Technical Session. New Insights into the Common Predators of Grassland Wildlife Grand Ballroom D

3:20pm CST

Symposia Session - S8: Fate of Freshwater Mussels. Our St. Croix River: Battleground for Invading Zebra Mussels Grand Ballroom A Technical Session. Trends in Nebraska Deer Hunter Satisfaction Grand Ballroom E

3:40pm CST

Symposia Session - S8: Fate of Freshwater Mussels. Significance of Dreissenids in Native Freshwater Mussel Restoration Grand Ballroom A Technical Session. Evaluating Fall Harvests with Practicable Wild Turkey Management Models: Incorporating Observation Uncertainty and Regulation Cycle Arbor I/II Technical Session. The Economic Benefits of Publicly Accessible Hunting Lands Grand Ballroom E

4:00pm CST

Symposia Session - S8: Fate of Freshwater Mussels. Potential Use of Zequanox® for Conservation of Freshwater Mussels Grand Ballroom A

6:00pm CST

Poster Display. Analysis of Age in the Black Crappie (Pomoxis Nigromaculatus) Using Scale Structures Lancaster Ballroom Poster Display. Common Snapping Turtle Monitoring and Assessment in Illinois Lancaster Ballroom Poster Display. Comparison of Two Sampling Techniques and Management Effects on Herptile Fauna of Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge, Northwest Missouri Lancaster Ballroom Poster Display. Deer Recruitment in Wisconsin: New Estimation Methods Lancaster Ballroom Poster Display. Exploitation of Paddlefish in the Mississippi River Lancaster Ballroom Poster Display. Home Range Size, Movements, and Survival Rates of Sora and Virginia Rails in a Managed Marsh Complex in Northwestern Ohio Lancaster Ballroom Poster Display. Influences of Mixed Severity and Time Since Fire on Diversity in Ponderosa Habitats Lancaster Ballroom Poster Display. Long-term Trends in age-0 Yellow Perch Perca Flavescens Abundance in Southern Lake Michigan Lancaster Ballroom Poster Display. Partnering with Graduate Programs for Conservation Lancaster Ballroom Poster Display. Qualitative Analysis of Landowner Behavior Preceding a Market Bust Using Farm Magazine Articles Lancaster Ballroom Poster Display. Roosting Habits of the Northern Long-eared Bat (Myotis Septentrionalis) in a Managed Forest Lancaster Ballroom Poster Display. Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus) Drumming Log Preferences Near Tomahawk, Wisconsin Lancaster Ballroom Poster Display. Summer Roost Selection of Four Myotis Species in the Pine Ridge Region of Western Nebraska Lancaster Ballroom Poster Display. The Northeast Climate Science Center: Improving the Way Climate Science Informs Resource Management Lancaster Ballroom Poster Display. Validating Aging Structures in Asian Carp Lancaster Ballroom

8:00am CST

Technical Session. Trap and Translocation of Red-tailed Hawks at O'Hare International Airport: Why May Some Birds Return? Hawthorne

8:20am CST

Symposia Session - S9: Landscape Conservation Science and Management. Multi-scale Assessments for the Landscape Approach to Resource Management Grand Ballroom E Technical Session. Influence of Habitat and Landscape on the Occupancy of Shrubland Birds Grand Ballroom B

8:40am CST

Symposia Session - S9: Landscape Conservation Science and Management. Reintroducing Extirpated Lake Sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) to the Maumee River, Ohio: An Overview of Collaborative Efforts Grand Ballroom E Technical Session. Behavioral Responses of Female Elk to Hunting in Northwest Minnesota Grand Ballroom C

9:00am CST

Technical Session. Population Demographics of Shovelnose Sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus platorynchus) in the Wabash River Grand Ballroom D

9:20am CST

Technical Session. Comparisons of Dispersal and Excursion Events Between Localized Populations of Urban and Rural White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Grand Ballroom C

9:40am CST

Technical Session. A Novel Approach for Assessing Paddlefish Populations Using Mark-Recapture Information Grand Ballroom D

10:40am CST

Symposia Session - S9: Landscape Conservation Science and Management. Developing the Phragmites Adaptive Management Framework (PAMF) in the Great Lakes Basin Grand Ballroom E Technical Session. Grassland Bird Productivity in Warm Season Grass Fields in Southwest Wisconsin Grand Ballroom B

11:00am CST

Technical Session. Effects of Carbon Dioxide on Fish Behavior and Swimming Performance: Implications for Use as a Movement Barrier Grand Ballroom A

11:20am CST

Technical Session. Taking Fledglings into Consideration When Assessing Management Impacts on Grassland Bird Productivity Grand Ballroom B