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Kristen Finch

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Graduate Research Assistant

My biggest passions are centered around everything avian. Conservation, management, diseases, molt patterns, you name it. I also have interests in similar topics relating to reptiles and bats.

6:00pm EST

Welcome Reception Ambassador E & W

7:00pm EST

After Party Ambassador E & W

7:00am EST

Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors Center Concourse

8:00am EST

Plenary Session I & Awards Presentation Ambassador E & W

10:00am EST

Refreshment Break with Exhibitors Center Concourse

10:20am EST

Using Social Media To Increase Public Understanding of Research Emerald A (CANCELLED) Understanding Population Dynamics of Bald Eagles In Michigan, 1961-2015 Governors

10:40am EST

Conspecific Attraction In Anuran Amphibians Vandenberg A

11:00am EST

Life-History Expression of Three Popular Sportfish From Three Distinct Habitats in the Illinois River Watershed Pantlind Adapting Your Presentation Style To Your Audience Emerald A Distribution, Migration Chronology, and Survival Estimate of Eastern Population Sandhill Crane Governors

11:20am EST

Social Media 101 Emerald A Modeling Population Dynamics of Sandhill Cranes Using A Multi-State Open Robust Model and Simulation Governors

11:40am EST

Robust Spatial Prioritizations For Avian Conservation In The Upper Mississippi River and Great Lakes Regions Under A Changing Climate Governors

12:00pm EST

Lunch Break - on own N/A

1:20pm EST

(CANCELLED) Grassland Birds and Roads: Does Occurrence Differ With Road Type and Proximity To Roads? Governors

1:40pm EST

Breeding Bird Use and Nesting Ecology In Moist-Soil Wetlands Managed For Waterfowl Governors

2:20pm EST

Bird Conservation In The Great Lakes Region Governors

2:40pm EST

Refreshment Break with Exhibitors Center Concourse

3:00pm EST

Using Modeling To Identify Ways Asian Carp Pass Through Locks and Dams in the Upper Mississippi River and How It Might Be Reduced Pantlind

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

7:00am EST

Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors Center Concourse

8:00am EST

Plenary Session II Ambassador E & W

9:45am EST

Refreshment Break with Exhibitors Center Concourse

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

Use of Low-Cost Sonar To Assess Reef Habitat In Saginaw Bay and The St. Clair – Detroit River System, Michigan Gerald Ford Fish and Aquatic Conservation By The USFWS-Alpena Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office In Michigan Waters Pearl

11:00am EST

Quantifying The Effect of Floodplain-River Connectivity: Sediment, Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Carbon Removal Via Flooding on The Maquoketa River Floodplain, Iowa Ambassador W

11:20am EST

Effectiveness of Critical Lake Trout and Coregonid Reef Spawning Habitat Restoration In Northern Lake Michigan: Mitigating Environmental and Invasive Egg Predator Impacts (Part 2) Gerald Ford Plowprint: Tracking Cumulative Loss of Grassland To Cropland Across The Plains and Prairie Potholes Landscape Conservation Cooperative Ambassador W

11:40am EST

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

12:00pm EST

Lunch Break - on own N/A

1:20pm EST

Effects of Tree Encroachment on Lesser Prairie-Chickens Governors

1:40pm EST

Integrating Climate Change Into The State Wildlife Action Plans Vandenberg A

2:00pm EST

Influence of Sound on Nesting Ecology and Home Range Characteristics of the Lesser Prairie-Chicken Governors

2:20pm EST

Zooming in on Landscape Simplification: Fine-Scale Changes To Vegetation Configuration Influences Suitability of Agricultural Landscapes For Northern Bobwhite Colinus Virginianus Governors

2:40pm EST

Effects of Pasture Based Dairy Farming on Grassland Bird Species Governors Forging A Multi-Cultural Legacy In Michigan Pearl

3:00pm EST

Refreshment Break with Exhibitors Center Concourse

3:20pm EST

Achieving Habitat Goals Through Cooperative Invasive Species Management Areas: Part 1 Ambassador E

3:40pm EST

Implications of Western Range Expansions of Eastern Bat Species In The United States Vandenberg B

4:00pm EST

Habitat Use of Fledglings and Site Fidelity of Cerulean Warblers In Southern Indiana Vandenberg A Fisheries Research at CMU: It’s Central To The Great Lakes Pearl

4:40pm EST

Geolocators Provide Valuable Information On The Kirtland’s Warbler’s Wintering Ground Distribution and Migration Pathway Vandenberg A

6:00pm EST

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

7:00am EST

Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors Center Concourse

8:00am EST

Plenary Session III Ambassador E & W

10:00am EST

Refreshment Break with Exhibitors Center Concourse

11:00am EST

Breeding Bird and Plant Associations With Urban Residential Land Management Practices in Columbia, Missouri Emerald A Restoration of Wetland Vegetation in a Controlled Wetland - Bad Creek Unit Pointe Mouillee State Game Area Imperial

11:20am EST

Climate Change Impacts on Birds in National Parks in the Upper Mississippi River and Great Lakes Region Emerald A

1:20pm EST

Grassland Bird Landscape Conservation Design In The Chicago Region Governors

1:40pm EST

Rates of Endocrine Disruption In Two Commercial Fishes, Common Carp and Channel Catfish, Along a Downstream Gradient In The Illinois River Thornapple

2:00pm EST

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

2:40pm EST

Bee Diversity and Butterfly Relative Abundance In Organic, Conservation, and Conventional Farms; The Value of On Farm Conservation Practices. Imperial