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Midwest Fish & Wildlife Conference 2016

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Morgan Boyer

City of Ann Arbor - NAP
Conservation Worker
Morgan Boyer

Talk to me about anything! But you get bonus points if the conversation includes trees, fire, invasive species or any combination thereof. My interests are mainly in restoration ecology and forestry.

7:00am EST

Conference Registration Open Center Concourse

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

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

10:40am EST

A Review of Traits-Based Approaches To Understanding Invasiveness Ambassador E

11:00am EST

Vector- and Species-Based Strategy For Early Detection of Non-Native Aquatic Species In Lakes Erie and Huron Ambassador E

11:20am EST

Wood Turtle Research and Conservation Strategies in Wisconsin Emerald B

11:40am EST

Mannomin Zizania Spp. (Wild Rice) Species Habitat Variables and Monitoring Imperial

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

1:40pm EST

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

2:00pm EST

Exotic Aquatic Plant Watch: Development and Evaluation of a Volunteer Monitoring Program For Aquatic Invasive Plant Species In Michigan Lakes Ambassador E

2:20pm EST

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

3:00pm EST

Aquatic Invasive Pathogens In North America: What Is Here and What Is Coming Next? Ambassador E

3:20pm EST

Eastern Massasauga Population Modelling and Assessment in Michigan Imperial

3:40pm EST

Responding To Hemlock Wooly Adelgid In Michigan Ambassador E

4:00pm EST

Can We Save Our Beech and Oak? Impacts, Vectors and Control Strategies For Two Harmful Tree Diseases Ambassador E

7:00am EST

Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors Center Concourse

8:00am EST

Plenary Session II Ambassador E & W

10:00am EST

(NEW) The Stone Soup Model: Climate change vulnerability assessments and adaptation in Midwest forests Vandenberg A

10:20am EST

Minimizing Eastern Massasauga Management-Based Mortality with a Predictive Egress Phenology Model Imperial

10:40am EST

The Proposed Rule To List The Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake Sistrurus Catenatus as a Federally Threatened Species Imperial

11:00am EST

Using Ecological Niche Modelling To Predict The Presence of Unionid Refuges After 25 Years of Dreissena Invasion In The Laurentian Great Lakes Vandenberg B

11:20am EST

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

Phragmites Prevention and Control Coalition of Michigan’s UP Ambassador E

2:00pm EST

Great Lakes Phragmites Collaborative: A Collective Impact Approach To Non-Native Phragmites Ambassador E

2:20pm EST

Collective Development of A Science Agenda For Managing Non-Native Phragmites Australis Through Microbial Intervention Ambassador E

2:40pm EST

Mapping and Monitoring Distribution of Phragmites Australis and Treatment Effects At Multiple Scales For Management Ambassador E

3:20pm EST

Indiana Bat Myotis Sodalis Maternity Colony Roost Site Habitat Selection In Bottomland Hardwood Forests Vandenberg B Achieving Habitat Goals Through Cooperative Invasive Species Management Areas: Part 1 Ambassador E

3:40pm EST

Achieving Habitat Goals Through Cooperative Invasive Species Management Areas: Part 2 Ambassador E

4:00pm EST

Examining Habitat Variables of Juvenile Blanding’s Turtles Emydoidea Blandingii At Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge, Saginaw, MI, USA Governors

4:20pm EST

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

4:40pm EST

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

5:00pm EST

University of Michigan – Flint Social Grandview A