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PLEASE NOTE: The schedule posted here is as of 1/25/16, and is subject to change. Please check back for updates.

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8:00am EST

Plenary Session I & Awards Presentation Ambassador E & W

10:20am EST

Markers, Methods, and Applications of Genetic Data Applied To The Management of Fish and Wildlife Populations Atrium

10:40am EST

Lake Trout Spawning Habitat Selection in the Drummond Island Refuge: Paradigm or Paradox? Ambassador W Wild Jobs Café Grandview A & B

11:00am EST

Role of Olfactory Cues During Reproduction in Lake Trout and Implications For Restoration Ambassador W Vector- and Species-Based Strategy For Early Detection of Non-Native Aquatic Species In Lakes Erie and Huron Ambassador E Using Historical Creel Survey Data For Southern Lake Michigan To Identify Drivers of Fishery Change Gerald Ford Optimizing Barrier Removals In The Great Lakes Basin: Accounting For Native and Invasive Species Pearl

11:20am EST

Great Lakes Angler Demographic Change: Age-Period-Cohort Analysis of Wisconsin Anglers, 2000-2013 Gerald Ford Predicting and Visualizing Sea Lamprey Spread Stemming From Proposed Barrier Removal Pearl

12:00pm EST

Lunch Break - on own N/A

1:20pm EST

Invasive Species Management In Uncertain Times: How To Be Proactive, Not Reactive Ambassador E Emerging Technologies For Sea Lamprey Control Pearl

2:00pm EST

Current Growth, Condition, and Fecundity Trends of Alewives in Lake Michigan Ambassador W

2:20pm EST

Telecoupling and The Great Lakes: Understanding Global and Local Socio-Environmental Systems Using Zebra Mussels as a Case Study Ambassador E The Shoaling Behavior of Invasive Bigheaded Carps Suggest These Species Can Be Targeted Using Judas Fish Pantlind

3:00pm EST

Effects of Macrophytes on Zooplankton Abundance and Composition Emerald B

3:20pm EST

Best Management Practices At Locks and Dams To Deter Bigheaded Carp Passage Pantlind

4:00pm EST

Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians Nme (Lake Sturgeon) In The Classroom: Adapting Fisheries Management Educational Outreach To The High School Level In The Context of Standards-Based Learning Goals Emerald A Can We Save Our Beech and Oak? Impacts, Vectors and Control Strategies For Two Harmful Tree Diseases Ambassador E

4:30pm EST

Student/Professional Mixer DeVos Place Convention Center - Ballroom A

8:00am EST

Plenary Session II Ambassador E & W

10:00am EST

Biological Evaluation of The Milwaukee Harbor 'Green' Breakwall Gerald Ford

10:20am EST

Cross-Border Great Lakes Fishery Management: An Evolution of Cooperation Pearl

10:40am EST

Wild Jobs Café Grandview A & B

11:00am EST

Sea Lamprey Control In The Great Lakes Ambassador E

11:20am EST

A Portable Trap With Electric Lead Removes Up To 80% Of Invasive Sea Lamprey In Free-Flowing Streams. Ambassador E

2:20pm EST

Validation of a Relationship Between Statolith Size and Age of Larval Great Lakes Sea Lamprey Petromyzon Marinus Emerald A

3:40pm EST

Effects of Artificial Habitat Structures On Fluvial Geomorphology and Trout Distribution Gerald Ford

4:00pm EST

Recreation Management For Wildlife and Humans: An Interdisciplinary Simulation Modeling Approach Emerald A

4:20pm EST

Potential Indirect Effects of Invasive Emerald Ash Borer On Wetland Fauna In Black Ash Forests Ambassador W

5:30pm EST

MSU Fisheries and Wildlife Alumni and Friends Social Berkey

6:00pm EST

Trade Show & Poster Social Center Concourse West Concourse & Crown Foyer

8:55am EST

Ignite Session Ambassador E & W

10:20am EST

The Impact of Unprecedented High Water Temperatures on The Columbia Basin Sockeye Salmon Run in 2015 Grandview A

10:40am EST

Conservation By Design: Promoting Resilient Coastal Wetlands In The Laurentian Great Lakes Governors

11:40am EST

Hierarchical Modeling of Larval Sea Lamprey Petromyzon Marinus Habitat Governors