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Paul Stowe

Michigan DNR
Natural Resources Manager-12
Beulah, MI

michigan.gov/dnr/0,4570,7-153-10364_52259_28277-22491--,00.html

My education was at the University of Michigan where I attained a BS in their Program in the Environment with a specialization in Fish Biology. Later I worked for the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife raising Sockeye, Coho, Chinook, and Steelhead. Upon returning to my home state of Michigan I secured a position with their department of natural resources and have since been working with or assisting in raising Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Coho, Chinook, and Atlantic Salmon. I am currently the manager of the Platte River State Fish Hatchery.

7:00am EST

Conference Registration Open Center Concourse

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

Great Lakes Anglers’ Preferred Trade-Offs Between More Fish, Native Fish, and Risk of Ecosystem Collapse Ambassador W

10:40am EST

Lake Trout Spawning Habitat Selection in the Drummond Island Refuge: Paradigm or Paradox? Ambassador W

11:00am EST

Adapting Your Presentation Style To Your Audience Emerald A

11:20am EST

Biotic and Abiotic Factors Affecting Salmonid and Sculpin Abundance, Density, and Biomass In Tributaries of The Manistee River, Michigan Pantlind

11:40am EST

A Discussion of Fish Contaminants In The Context of The Future Management of Great Lakes Fisheries Gerald Ford

12:00pm EST

Lunch Break - on own N/A

1:20pm EST

Spatial Patterns of Charter Boat Catches In Lake Michigan: Analyzing Patterns and Web-Based Visualization Gerald Ford

1:40pm EST

Most Chinook Salmon Stocked Into Northern Lake Huron Have Been Feeding in Lake Michigan Since The Collapse of Alewives in Lake Huron Ambassador W

2:00pm EST

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

2:20pm EST

An Aquatic Ecological Classification For The Laurentian Great Lakes Ambassador W

2:40pm EST

Refreshment Break with Exhibitors Center Concourse

3:00pm EST

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

3:20pm EST

(CANCELLED) Applications of Genetic Methods To Determine Species Identity For Fisheries Management Atrium

3:40pm EST

Responding To Hemlock Wooly Adelgid In Michigan Ambassador E

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

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

Introduction To 'Legends and Legacies: Michigan's Fishery Research and Management' Pearl

10:20am EST

Enhancing The Success of Streamside Culture For Lake Sturgeon Emerald B

10:40am EST

Predicting Habitat Suitability For Michigan’s Imperiled Mussels Vandenberg B

11:00am EST

Effectiveness of Critical Lake Trout and Coregonid Reef Spawning Habitat Restoration In Northern Lake Michigan: Mitigating Environmental and Invasive Egg Predator Impacts (Part 1) Gerald Ford

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

11:40am EST

Michigan DNR Fisheries Research Vessels: Their Role and Contributions to Five Decades of Science-Based Fisheries Management on The Great Lakes Pearl

12:00pm EST

Lunch Break - on own N/A

1:20pm EST

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

1:40pm EST

Prey Fish Age Estimation To Inform Sport Fishery Management: An Application To Lake Michigan Alewife Emerald A

2:00pm EST

The Institute For Fisheries Research: An 85-Year History of Fisheries Research in Michigan Pearl

2:20pm EST

Evaluation of Non-Physical Barriers For Fish Movement: Water Gun, Boomers, Bubble, Sound, Alarm Cue, Light, and Electricity Pantlind

2:40pm EST

Using Acoustic Telemetry To Compare Walleye and Saugeye Availability to Anglers in an Above-Ground Reservoir Atrium

3:00pm EST

Refreshment Break with Exhibitors Center Concourse

3:20pm EST

Contributions To Fishery Science From Those At Michigan Technological University Pearl

3:40pm EST

History of Rearing and Stocking Atlantic Salmon In The Upper Great Lakes, With An Emphasis on The St. Marys River Pearl

4:00pm EST

The Effectiveness of Carbon Dioxide as a Non-Physical Barrier For Fish Movement Pantlind

4:20pm EST

(CANCELLED) Status of Hatchery Restoration and Research On Native Cisco Coregonus Artedi At The Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians Fisheries Enhancement Facility Gerald Ford

4:40pm EST

More Than a Century of Fisheries Research at The University of Michigan Pearl

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

8:55am EST

Ignite Session Ambassador E & W

10:00am EST

Refreshment Break with Exhibitors Center Concourse

10:20am EST

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

10:40am EST

Where On Earth Did That Fish Disease Come From: Graphic Fish Health Tales About The History and Future of Wild and Hatchery Fish Interactions Pearl

11:00am EST

Projected Impacts of Climate Change on Stream Salmonids With Implications For Resilience-Based Management in Michigan Grandview A

11:20am EST

Impacts of Piscivorous Birds and The Parasites They Carry On Catfish Aquaculture In The Southeastern United States Pearl

11:40am EST

Can Vaccinated Hatchery Fish Be Used To Prevent Disease Spread? A Case Study of VHS Ivb Pearl

12:00pm EST

Lunch Break - on own N/A

1:20pm EST

Sound Management: Using Dual Frequency Identification Sonar To Better Understand The Emigration Of Stocked Juvenile Steelhead Gerald Ford