2025 Midwest Fish & Wildlife Conference

2025 Midwest Fish & Wildlife Conference

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10:20am CST

Fisheries Track: Apples and Oranges? Using radio and acoustic telemetry to evaluate restoration success. TBASeth Fopma Fisheries Track: Determination and Comparison of Morphometrics and Meristics Used to Identify River and Shorthead Redhorse TBADevon Oliver

10:40am CST

Fisheries Track: Enhancing the science of age estimation: the creation of fishage.org TBAMark Pegg Fisheries Track: Using GPS and Side Scan Sonar Data to Track Yearly Electrofishing Path Variation and Fish Community Assemblages TBADrew Holloway

11:00am CST

Fisheries Track: A Wide Net: Identifying Habitat Across Species and Age Groups of Fish for a Holistic View of the Ecosystem TBAKayla Lenz Fisheries Track: Big River Bluegill: How and why bluegill population dynamics vary along a large river gradient TBAKristen Bouska

11:20am CST

Fisheries Track: Long-Term Angling for Black Bass During the Spawning Season Reduces Nest Defense and Responsiveness to Lures TBAJustin Lombardo Fisheries Track: Microplastic Abundance in Fish Species with Differing Feeding Habits in a Large Midwestern River TBAMichael Louison

11:40am CST

Fisheries Track: Flow and temperature impacts on catfish populations in two Missouri River tributaries TBABJ Schall Fisheries Track: Thermal Tolerances and Heat Shock Protein Regulation of Bigmouth Shiners TBAElla Humphrey

1:20pm CST

Fisheries Track: Age and Growth Analyses on a Stunted vs. Non-Stunted Population of White Perch in Southeastern Nebraska Reservoirs TBACali Engel Fisheries Track: Impacts of Habitat Enhancement on Fish Assemblage Integrity in Several Midwestern Streams TBARyan Skowronski

1:40pm CST

Fisheries Track: Response of Fish Communities to Backwater Restoration in the Upper Mississippi River TBAHannah Lenning Fisheries Track: Smallmouth Bass Demographics in the Kaskaskia and Vermilion Rivers TBAEthan Scott

2:00pm CST

Fisheries Track: Characterizing Riverine Habitat through the Use of UAS and Side-Scan Sonar TBATyler Hessler Fisheries Track: Exploring Assessment Techniques for Minnesota's Newest Sport Fish: the Burbot TBAKristen Patterson

2:20pm CST

Fisheries Track: Built to Last? Evaluating the Condition of Fish Habitat Structures in Missouri’s Ozark Reservoirs TBATyler Ham Fisheries Track: Recruitment of Channel Catfish stocked as advanced fingerlings and yearlings in Ohio reservoirs TBAStephen Tyszko

2:40pm CST

Fisheries Track: Assessment of Channel Catfish Population Demographics in Illinois Impoundments and Evaluation of Spawning Boxes TBADanielle Shubat Fisheries Track: Trends in Population Status and Range-Wide Geographic Patterns of Genetic Variation for the Federally Petitioned Bluestripe Darter TBABrittany Harried

3:20pm CST

Fisheries Track: Identifying potential sources of natural recruitment of muskellunge in Green Bay, Lake Michigan TBARyan Eastman Fisheries Track: Linking Stream Fish Thermal Ecology and Adaptive Capacity to Prioritize Watershed Areas with Greatest Value for Conservation TBABrittany Harried

3:40pm CST

Fisheries Track: Examining stunted Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens) population in River Reservoir TBAKaden Ball Fisheries Track: Navigating the Currents: Investigating Environmental Cues for Pallid Sturgeon Immigration and Emigration for a Missouri River Tributary TBAJenna Ruoss

4:00pm CST

Fisheries Track: Applications of Environmental DNA Metabarcoding to Fish Biodiversity Assessments of Missouri Ozark Stream and Mississippi River Lowland Habitats TBADavid Duvernell Fisheries Track: Dispersal of Juvenile Lake Sturgeon Stocked in the Saginaw River Basin TBAMaxwell Majinska

4:20pm CST

Fisheries Track: Benefits and pitfalls of using time-lapse-photography to collect urban angler information TBALewis Bruce Fisheries Track: Reproductive Characteristics of a Vulnerable Riverine Specialist in the Unchannelized Missouri River TBABJ Schall

4:40pm CST

Fisheries Track: Lessons and advice on the development of a mobile-entry platform TBAKeith Hurley Fisheries Track: Native Rough Fish Management Progress in Minnesota TBAShannon Fisher