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CONFERENCE SCHEDULE UPDATES & CHANGES: As a result of the prolonged government shutdown, we experienced a number of cancellations and changes to the schedule. Cancellations and changes are listed here (as of January 26, 2019). 
avatar for Teal Richards-Dimitrie

Teal Richards-Dimitrie

EnviroScience, Inc.
Herpetologist | Wildlife Ecologist
Stow, Ohio
Websiteenviroscienceinc.com
Monday, January 28
 

8:15am EST

Plenary Session I: Moving Science to Action: Strategic Conservation in a Changing World - Sponsored by Sovereign Sportsman Solutions, LLC HOPE BALLROOM D/EAmanda Rodewald

9:15am EST

AWARDS PRESENTATION: Janice Lee Fenske Memorial Award, The Wildlife Society Awards, and North Central Division - American Fisheries Society Awards - Sponsored by Sovereign Sportsman Solutions, LLC HOPE BALLROOM D/E

10:00am EST

Refreshment Break with Exhibitors SUPERIOR BALLROOM C/D

10:20am EST

(CANCELLED) (SYMPOSIA-02) Tracking Recovery Goals for the Conservation Reliant Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake HOPE BALLROOM B (SYMPOSIA-03) A System for Rapid eDNA Detection of Aquatic Invasive Species HOPE BALLROOM C (WILDLIFE: WETLAND CONSERVATION) Multi-scale Habitat Associations with Marshbird Occupancy and Abundance in the Great Lakes Region CENTER STREET ROOM D

10:40am EST

(SYMPOSIA-02) Eastern Massasauga Demography and Extinction Risk Under Prescribed-Fire Scenarios HOPE BALLROOM B

11:00am EST

(SYMPOSIA-02) The Epidemiology of Snake Fungal Disease in Eastern Massasaugas over the Last 10 Years HOPE BALLROOM B

11:20am EST

(SYMPOSIA-02) Status and Assessment of Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnakes (Sistrurus catenatus) in Berrien County, Michigan HOPE BALLROOM B

11:40am EST

(SYMPOSIA-02) Monitoring Eastern Massasauga Populations Within the Carlyle Lake Region HOPE BALLROOM B

12:00pm EST

Lunch Break on own N/A

1:20pm EST

(SYMPOSIA-02) Combating Threats to the Eastern Massasauga with Directed Conservation Actions in Illinois HOPE BALLROOM B

1:40pm EST

(SYMPOSIA-02) Conservation and Recovery of the Eastern Massasauga in Ohio HOPE BALLROOM B

2:00pm EST

(SYMPOSIA-02) Validating a Habitat Suitability Index Model for the Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake in Southern Michigan HOPE BALLROOM B

2:20pm EST

(SYMPOSIA-02) An Experimental Assessment of Habitat Restoration Efforts for Eastern Massasaugas in Pennsylvania HOPE BALLROOM B

2:40pm EST

(SYMPOSIA-02) Translocating Eastern Massasaugas: Approaches and Limitations HOPE BALLROOM B

3:20pm EST

(SYMPOSIA-02) Case Study: Using a Drone Mounted Thermal Camera to Detect Eastern Massasaugas at Jennings Environmental Education Center, Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania HOPE BALLROOM B

3:40pm EST

(SYMPOSIA-02) Overview of a New Initiative That Engages Private Landowners in Eastern Massasauga Conservation in Ontario HOPE BALLROOM B

4:00pm EST

(SYMPOSIA-02) Inferring Landscape-scale Connectivity Between Local Populations of the Eastern Massasauga Using Genome-scale Markers HOPE BALLROOM B

4:20pm EST

(SYMPOSIA-02) Using Landscape Genetics to Understand Connectivity of an Island Population of Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnakes (Sistrurus catenatus) HOPE BALLROOM B

4:40pm EST

(SYMPOSIA-02) Does Habitat Area Influence Genetic Diversity? A Case Study with the Eastern Massasauga (Sistrurus catenatus) HOPE BALLROOM B
 
Tuesday, January 29
 

7:00am EST

Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors SUPERIOR BALLROOM C/D

8:00am EST

Plenary Session II: Welcome - Sponsored by Sovereign Sportsman Solutions, LLC HOPE BALLROOM D/E

8:10am EST

Plenary Session II: Communicating the Science and Engaging the Angling Public and Policy Makers: Examples from Fisheries Management in Minnesota - Sponsored by Sovereign Sportsman Solutions, LLC HOPE BALLROOM D/EDon Pereira

9:10am EST

Plenary Session II: Ignite Session - Sponsored by Sovereign Sportsman Solutions, LLC HOPE BALLROOM D/EKent Bekker • Jen Brumfield • Johanna Dart • Alia Dietsch • Greg Lipps • Jeffrey Reutter

10:20am EST

(SYMPOSIA-08) Wetland Habitat and Bird Population Changes over Time: the Dynamics of Coastal Wetlands HOPE BALLROOM B (NEW) (SYMPOSIA-10) The Ohio Biodiversity Conservation Partnership: An Innovative University-State Agency Partnership for Conservation in Ohio VETERANS MEETING ROOM A/B

10:40am EST

(SYMPOSIA-08) Evolution of Wetland Conservation and Policy: Developing Programs and Partnerships HOPE BALLROOM B (SYMPOSIA-10) OBCP: An Agency Perspective VETERANS MEETING ROOM A/B

11:00am EST

(SYMPOSIA-10) Timber Rattlesnake Habitat Use: A Thermal Landscape Perspective VETERANS MEETING ROOM A/B

11:20am EST

(SYMPOSIA-08) Great Black Swamp Region of Northwestern Ohio HOPE BALLROOM B (SYMPOSIA-10) Look at 7 Years of Bat Acoustic Surveys in Ohio VETERANS MEETING ROOM A/B

11:40am EST

(CANCELLED) (SYMPOSIA-08) A Decade of Privately Owned Wetland Restorations in the Lake Erie Marsh Focus Area HOPE BALLROOM B (SYMPOSIA-10) Adaptive Variation in Venom Genes in Small Isolated Populations of Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnakes VETERANS MEETING ROOM A/B

12:00pm EST

Lunch Break on own N/A

1:20pm EST

(SYMPOSIA-10) The Ohio Dragonfly Survey: Citizen Science and INaturalist VETERANS MEETING ROOM A/B

1:40pm EST

(WILDLIFE: UPLAND 1) The Nationwide Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances (CCAA) for Monarch Butterfly on Energy and Transportation Lands: Its Development and Scope CENTER STREET ROOM D

2:00pm EST

(SYMPOSIA-12) Keys to Successfully Establishing a Native Plant Community on Wetland and Stream Restoration Projects CENTER STREET ROOM C (WILDLIFE: UPLAND 1) Effects of Pipeline Right-of-Way Habitat Management on Early Successional Songbirds in Eastern Ohio CENTER STREET ROOM D

2:20pm EST

(SYMPOSIA-10) A Partnership to Recover Ohio’s Giant Salamander, the Eastern Hellbender VETERANS MEETING ROOM A/B (SYMPOSIA-12) Restoring Wetland Habitat for Amphibian Communities CENTER STREET ROOM C

2:40pm EST

(SYMPOSIA-10) Aquatic Ecosystem Conservation VETERANS MEETING ROOM A/B (SYMPOSIA-12) The Power of Partnering with State Agencies to Achieve Conservation CENTER STREET ROOM C (WILDLIFE: UPLAND 1) Reptile and Small Mammal Occupancy in Prairie Strips Integrated in an Agricultural Landscape CENTER STREET ROOM D

3:20pm EST

(WILDLIFE: TURTLES) Use of Headstarting Data to Estimate Age-Specific Survival Rates of Juvenile Blanding’s Turtles VETERANS MEETING ROOM A/B

3:40pm EST

(WILDLIFE: TURTLES) Survivability of Head-Started Blanding’s Turtles (Emydoidea blandingii) In Canada’s Rouge National Urban Park VETERANS MEETING ROOM A/B

4:00pm EST

(WILDLIFE: TURTLES) Demographic Response of a Spotted Turtle (Clemmys guttata) Population to Multi-year Meso-predator Removal Efforts in a Northeast Ohio Fen VETERANS MEETING ROOM A/B

4:20pm EST

(WILDLIFE: TURTLES) Can We Use Environmental DNA to Detect Alligator Snapping Turtles (Macrochelys temminckii) at the Edge of Their Range? VETERANS MEETING ROOM A/B

4:40pm EST

(WILDLIFE: TURTLES) Spatiotemporal Investigation of Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina) Hematology and Pathogen Detection Through a Longitudinal Study in Central Illinois VETERANS MEETING ROOM A/B