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Scott Jones

Michigan DNR, Forest Resources
Forest Management Plannning Specialist
Lansing, Michigan

Michigan state forest, forest certification, monitoring, Bayes nets.

9:00am EST

Workshop: Midwest Avian Data Center: Cutting Edge Knowledge, Sharing, and Conservation of Birds Heritage Hill

8:00am EST

Plenary Session I & Awards Presentation Ambassador E & W

10:00am EST

Refreshment Break with Exhibitors Center Concourse

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

Wood Turtle Research and Conservation Strategies in Wisconsin Emerald B

11:40am EST

Estimating Population Abundance Trends Via Presence-Absence Data Vandenberg B

12:00pm EST

Lunch Break - on own N/A

1:20pm EST

An 18-Year Study of Wood Turtles Glyptemys Insculpta in Northern Lower Michigan Emerald B

1:40pm EST

Wood Turtle Conservation and Research in Michigan as Part of Upper Midwest Collaborative Effort Emerald B

2:00pm EST

Status Assessment of The Wood Turtle in the Northeastern USA, From Maine To Virginia Emerald B

2:20pm EST

Information Management To Support Collaborative Decision Making Pearl

2:40pm EST

Refreshment Break with Exhibitors Center Concourse

3:00pm EST

Long-Term Monitoring of The Eastern Massasauga in Illinois Imperial

3:20pm EST

PANEL DISCUSSION: Future Directions and Barriers To Implementation Of State-Space Methods In Applied Fisheries and Wildlife Research Vandenberg B

4:00pm EST

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

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

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

10:40am EST

Bridging The Conservation Lands – Working Lands Divide with a Cost-Effective Strategy to Enhance Ecosystem Services Ambassador W

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

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

Integrating Climate Change Into The State Wildlife Action Plans Vandenberg A

2:00pm EST

Factors Affecting The Detection Probability and Capture Yield of an Imperiled Species Imperial

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

3:00pm EST

Refreshment Break with Exhibitors Center Concourse

3:20pm EST

Indiana Bat Myotis Sodalis Maternity Colony Roost Site Habitat Selection In Bottomland Hardwood Forests Vandenberg B

3:40pm EST

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

4:00pm EST

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

4:20pm EST

PANEL DISCUSSION: Eastern Massasauga Ecology, Management, and Conservation Status Imperial

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

Assessing The Effects of Climate Change on Groundwater, Surface Water, and Ecosystem Services In The Grand Kankakee River Watershed Governors

10:40am EST

Patch and Landscape Configuration Effects On Avian Species Richness In Restored Shrublands Emerald A

11:00am EST

Decision Analysis Via Stochastic Simulations In Support of The Development of New Management Initiatives For Saginaw Bay Atrium

11:20am EST

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

11:40am EST

(CANCELLED) Historic and Emerging Sources of Mortality In Bald Eagles Haliaeetus Leucocephalus In Michigan, 1987-2011 Ruby

12:00pm EST

Lunch Break - on own N/A

1:20pm EST

A Descriptive Habitat Model For The Grey Wolf Canis Lupus In Michigan Vandenberg A

1:40pm EST

Evaluating Alternative Wolf Monitoring Protocols In Wisconsin Vandenberg A

2:00pm EST

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

2:20pm EST

Milkweed Restoration Strategies: Storylines For Recovery of The Imperiled Monarch Butterfly Governors

2:40pm EST

A Monarch’s View of The City: Developing A Multi-City Landscape Conservation Design Governors

3:00pm EST

PANEL DISCUSSION: Landscape Conservation Science and Management Governors