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Christopher Hoving

Michigan DNR
Adaptation Specialist
Lansing, MI

Climate adaptation and wildlife. Complex systems science. Rare heritage irises. Scenario planning and futures mapping. Snowfall and wildlife. Endangered species. Large carnivores. Ungulates. Meso-carnivores. De-extinction. The pros and cons of rewilding (imitating / restoring large mammal communities driven extinct during the past 10,000 years).

2:30pm EST

Workshop: How to Communicate Your Information with Power! Winchester

8:00am EST

Plenary Session I & Awards Presentation Ambassador E & W

10:20am EST

An Introduction To The Michigan Amphibian and Reptile Best Management Practices Manual: A Critical Resource For Conservation of Herpetofauna Vandenberg A

10:40am EST

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: State-Space Models As A Unifying Framework For Analyzing Fish and Wildlife Time Series Data Vandenberg B

11:20am EST

20 Years of The Michigan Frog & Toad Survey Vandenberg A Inferences On Demographic Rates Using State-Space Models Vandenberg B

11:40am EST

Assessment and Conservation of The Northern Mudpuppy Necturus Maculosus Along The Lake Huron To Lake Erie Corridor, Michigan Vandenberg A Estimating Population Abundance Trends Via Presence-Absence Data Vandenberg B

2:00pm EST

Resolving Deer-Human Conflicts Within The Suburban Setting of East Lansing Vandenberg A Integrated Assessment of Harvested Wild Turkey Populations In Southern Michigan: A State-Space Approach Vandenberg B

2:20pm EST

Assessing Local-Scale Population Abundance and Recovery of White-Tailed Deer Following A Disease Event Vandenberg A

3:20pm EST

Deer Migration and Habitat Use Within Moose Range in Northeast Minnesota Vandenberg A PANEL DISCUSSION: Future Directions and Barriers To Implementation Of State-Space Methods In Applied Fisheries and Wildlife Research Vandenberg B

4:30pm EST

Student/Professional Mixer DeVos Place Convention Center - Ballroom A

6:00pm EST

Evening Social/Reception at the Grand Rapids Public Museum OFFSITE: Grands Rapids Museum

8:00am EST

Plenary Session II Ambassador E & W

10:00am EST

(CANCELLED) Implementing Adaptation At The Field Level: Lessons Learned From Climate-Adapted Habitat Management Projects In Michigan Vandenberg A

10:20am EST

Potential Impacts of Changing Winter Conditions During The 21st Century on The Migratory Behavior of Dabbling Ducks In Eastern North America Vandenberg A

10:40am EST

Prioritizing Brook Trout Restoration In The Wisconsin Lake Superior Basin Vandenberg A

11:00am EST

An Assessment of Potential Changes In Habitat Classes Due To Climate Change In The Northeast Climate Science Center Region Vandenberg A

11:20am EST

Climate Change Surpasses Land Use Change In The Contracting Range Boundary of Snowshoe Hares Vandenberg A

11:40am EST

Climate Variability Drives Population Cycling and Synchrony In Ruffed Grouse Vandenberg A

1:20pm EST

Three Tiers of Inertia: Moving The Ball on Climate Change Vandenberg A

1:40pm EST

Integrating Climate Change Into The State Wildlife Action Plans Vandenberg A

2:00pm EST

Assisting Tribes With Climate Change Adaptation as a Federal Agency Vandenberg A

2:20pm EST

Planning For The Climate Change Resilience of Terrestrial Ecosystems By “Conserving Nature’s Stage” Vandenberg A

2:40pm EST

Overview of Upper Midwest and Great Lakes LCC Climate Science: Past Projects and Future Direction Vandenberg A

3:40pm EST

Behavioral Responses of Eastern Box Turtles Terrapene Carolina Carolina To Prescribed Fire and Implications For Management Governors

5:30pm EST

MSU Fisheries and Wildlife Alumni and Friends Social Berkey

7:00am EST

Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors Center Concourse

8:00am EST

Plenary Session III Ambassador E & W

8:55am EST

Ignite Session Ambassador E & W

10:20am EST

Non-Harvest Mortality of American Marten Martes Americana in the Eastern Upper Peninsula, Michigan Vandenberg A Assessing The Effects of Climate Change on Groundwater, Surface Water, and Ecosystem Services In The Grand Kankakee River Watershed Governors

10:40am EST

American Marten Den Site Characteristics in Michigan’s Northern Lower Peninsula Vandenberg A Conservation By Design: Promoting Resilient Coastal Wetlands In The Laurentian Great Lakes Governors

11:00am EST

Designing and Delivering Coastal Conservation That Optimally Benefits People and Nature In Western Lake Erie Governors

11:20am EST

American Eel Habitat Use and Timing of Freshwater Entrance in the Mississippi River Emerald B Current Conservation Status of Stream Fish Habitat In The Midwest And Northeastern United States Governors

1:20pm EST

A Descriptive Habitat Model For The Grey Wolf Canis Lupus In Michigan Vandenberg A Grassland Bird Landscape Conservation Design In The Chicago Region Governors

1:40pm EST

The Conservation Atlas For Midwest Grasslands: A New Mapping Tool To Support Strategic Decisions and Cross-Sector Collaboration Governors

2:00pm EST

Change Strategies For The Future of Grassland Birds In The Midwest: A Conservation Deliberation Governors

3:00pm EST

PANEL DISCUSSION: Landscape Conservation Science and Management Governors