2025 Midwest Fish & Wildlife Conference

2025 Midwest Fish & Wildlife Conference

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P-01: Efficacy of Trapping Programs to Control Raccoon Populations TBAJennifer Schultze P-02: Zoonotic disease and diet surveys of raccoons (Procyon lotor) across urban-rural gradients in St. Louis and Kansas City, Missouri. TBAYonah Bennett P-03: Exploring Variation in Immune Physiology and Movement in White-Tailed Deer TBAHolly Redmond P-04: Impacts of Targeted Removals on White-tailed Deer Behavior TBAKristine Cotten P-05: Analysis of Trap Design Characteristics of Fisher Monitoring Stations TBAErik Holterman P-06: Effect of Prairie Dog Burrow Density on Intensity of Ticks on Small Mammals in South Dakota TBAZack Wilson P-07: Using Camera Traps to Explore Coyote Presence Across an Urbanization Gradient in St. Louis TBAJacob Meyer P-08: Examining the Intraspecies and Interspecies Communication Between Canid Species in Central Wisconsin TBAAdrienne Cohoon P-09: Survey of mammal biodiversity in a midwestern urban natural area using trail cameras: a collaboration between Missouri Western State University (MWSU) and Snapshot USA (2022-2024) TBACary Chevalier P-10: Predicting habitat suitability for endangered Indiana bats using niche-based distribution modeling TBAElizabeth Biro P-11: Bat Communities along an Urbanization Gradient in St. Louis, MO TBAElizabeth Biro P-12: Comparing Pre and Post White-nose Syndrome Distributions of Three Bat Species in Eastern Nebraska TBADaniel Peacock P-13: Exploring Fecal and Environmental DNA Detection of Bat Species of Greatest Conservation Need via Nanopore Adaptive Sampling TBAThomas Raad P-14: Tracking Black-crowned Night-herons Across Chicagoland TBASarah Slayton P-15: Optimizing Density Estimation Methods Using Passive Acoustic Monitoring for Eastern-Whip-poor-wills (Antrostromus vociferus) TBAHaley Holiman P-16: Activity patterns of Eastern Whip-poor-wills across different Midwestern forest management regimes TBAHolly Coates P-17: Nestling fecal metabarcoding provides insights into the diet and habitat quality of a declining grassland passerine TBAJoshua Angell P-18: Long-term Dynamics of Seasonal Tree Phenology and Forest Songbird Populations Across the Central Hardwoods (Preliminary Findings) TBABenjamin Tjepkes P-19: Is there a shift in Migration Timing of Northern Saw-whet Owls (Aegolius acadicus)? TBARuby Valadez P-20: Assessing Bird-Window Strike Collisions: Patterns of Avian Mortality and Mitigation Strategies at Ball State University TBAAshley Fitch P-21: Role of acorns in Red-headed Woodpecker overwintering in northeastern Illinois TBAAdrianna Yoder P-22: Investigating Wild Turkey Poult and Hen Diets Across Kansas: Landscape Influences on Arthropod and Plant Diversity TBACy Marchese P-23: Functional Connectivity of Blanding’s Turtle Habitat in Central Michigan TBAMirabai Moseley P-24: Spatial Ecology of Blanding’s turtle (Emydoidea blandingii) on Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge, Northwest Missouri TBAGrace Allen P-25: Demographics of Two Spotted Turtle Populations in Clark County, Ohio TBANeil Boyles P-26: Assessment of Spotted Turtle Populations in Southwestern Ohio TBAShayne Harris P-27: Metapopulation Dynamics of Urban Turtles: Why Did the Turtle Leave Campus? TBAMark Mills P-28: Spatial and temporal patterns in Galapagos giant tortoise nesting activity TBAEmily Donovan P-29: The Incubation Duration of Loggerhead (Caretta caretta) Nests Located on Cape Lookout National Shoreline TBAClaire Sullivan P-30: Indirect Monitoring of Burmese Python (Python Bivittatus) Populations Through Cause-Specific Mortality of Virginia Opossums (Didelphis Virginiana) In Key Largo, Florida, USA TBAArya Sanjar P-31: On The Overwintering Temperatures Of Eastern Copperheads (Agkistrodon contortrix) in East-Central Missouri And The Influence Of Substrate And Shaded Air Temperature On Emergence, Egress, And Ingress TBABen Jellen P-32: Herpetofauna and Tarantula Avoidance: A Missouri Glades Location Survey TBAZach Pfeiffer P-33: St. Louis Wildlife Project TBAElizabeth Biro P-34: Testing for Tick-borne Disease Pathogens in the Lone Star Tick in St. Louis TBAWhitney Anthonysamy P-35: Measuring welfare of wild tarantulas during field surveys using heart rate. TBATim Lopez P-36: Conservation Status Assessments and Surveys of Cambarus monongalensis and Lacunicambarus thomai Within Western Pennsylvania TBAJaden Rusnak P-37: A Survey of Crayfishes of the Upper Cumberland & Kentucky River Watersheds in Southeastern Kentucky TBAKaleb Norris P-38: Effects of Environmental Variables on Crayfish Occupancy in Shallow Eutrophic Lakes and Wetlands TBADalton Clayton P-39: Freshwater Mussel Diversity and Restoration in Cub Creek, Nebraska TBAAlexis Oetterer P-40: Integrating eDNA Techniques in Freshwater Biomonitoring of Fish and Macroinvertebrates TBAMadison Suttman P-41: Quantifying Avian Predation Rates of the Colorado Pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus lucius) TBARandall Wilson P-42: Assessment of Fish Guilds in the Lower Wabash River Using Standardized Long-Term Monitoring TBAOlivia Wertman P-43: Understanding our past and forecasting our future: discovering associations among hydrogeomorphology, water chemistry, and the distribution and abundance of biota in the Upper Mississippi River System TBAJulia Hampton P-44: Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) Aquatic Life Monitoring in the Illinois River and Kaskaskia River Basins TBABilly Nixon P-45: A Comparison of Gear Efficacy for Sampling Fishes Occupying Near-Shore, Off-Channel Riverine Habitats TBADevon Oliver P-46: Planning for Resiliency: Identifying Aquatic Conservation Priorities TBAJosh Bruegge P-47: Fishing for recovery: Assessing stream fish and macroinvertebrate community response post-fertilizer spill into an Illinois creek. TBAShaley Klumker P-48: Life History of Skipjack Herring in the Mississippi River TBATheodore Goetz P-49: Thermal Ecology of Salmonids in Northern Japan: Predicting Co-existence Among Competitors in a Warming World TBALucas Fischer P-50: Spatial Extent of Fish Community Change in an Indiana Stream Following Reconnection to the Mississippi River Basin TBAAlexander Searfoss P-51: Assessing Differences in Reproductive Potential in Two Shovelnose Sturgeon Populations TBALydia Flinders P-52: From the cradle: genetic diversity of the central Missouri endemic Niangua darter (Etheostoma nianguae) TBALeah Berkman P-53: Distributional Survey of the Fishes of the Lower St. Francis River Watershed TBADavid Ostendorf P-54: Assessing Fish Passage Barriers in Wyoming and Montana TBAStephanie Webster P-55: Investigating the sublethal responses of Smallmouth Bass to environmentally relevant concentrations of PFOS TBAErin Pulster P-56: Evidence of skin pigment mutations in Blue Catfish and their importance to a Midwestern fishery TBABrett Miller P-57: Assessment of Habitat Suitability in Maumee and Sandusky Rivers for Sauger (Sander canadensis) Reintroduction TBAElizabeth Anderson P-58: Stock-Contribution Comparisons for Walleye Over Time in Lake McConaughy, Nebraska TBARobert Allison P-59: Assessing Ogaa Mortality and Angling Practices in a Changing Climate TBAMac McPherson P-60: Diet composition and overlap of walleye and largemouth bass in northern Wisconsin lakes: implications for walleye recruitment and size structure of prey fish TBADaniel Dembkowski P-61: Building a case for holistic and conservative management of a genetically unique strain of Walleye in Southern Missouri TBADave Knuth P-62: Growth and Mortality of Devils Lake White Bass TBATodd Caspers P-63: Where the lake whitefish are in the upper Great Lakes TBAGwendolyn Phillips P-64: How will growth of warm-water and cool-water fish change with warming climate? TBAKaden Ball P-65: Big and Small, We Sample Them All: An Assessment of Missouri’s Flathead Catfish (Pylodictis olivaris) Fisheries to Guide Management and Sampling Efforts TBARobert Weber P-66: Examining Age-length Relationships across North Platte Channel Catfish (Ictalurus Punctatus) TBASarah Hayden P-67: Population Demographics of Three Major Catfish Species on the Wabash River TBACade Naughton P-68: Maintaining Trophy Potential of Riverine Smallmouth Bass Populations in the Menominee River TBASamantha Embersits P-69: Evaluating Natural Recruitment of Largemouth Bass, Bluegill, and Black Crappie in Two Community Fishing Ponds in Southeastern South Dakota TBAJason Uden P-70: Abundance and growth rates of Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens) from Lake Michigan and connected tributary habitats TBAMallory Wagner P-71: Factors Affecting Detection Efficiencies of Acoustic Transmitters in a Large Midwestern Reservoir TBAHannah Thomas P-72: Sanding or Sectioning: how does otolith preparation method affect reader agreement? TBAAmelia Finnell P-73: Temporal Replication of Assigned Ages for Silver Carp Otoliths TBABrendon Tran P-74: Evaluating Flood-Induced Habitat Connections Using Remotely Sensed Data TBANatalie Liberati P-75: Natal Origin and Movement of Invasive Carp in the Missouri River Basin TBAHannah Mulligan P-76: Investigating Bigheaded Carp Migratory Behavior in a Large Lotic System TBALogan Zebro P-77: Temporal Occupancy of Silver Carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) within Tributaries of the Ohio River TBAPatrick Padilla P-78: Community Sampling Gears Affect Silver Carp Density Estimates Derived from Hydroacoustic Surveys TBAGarrett Johnson P-79: Spatial and Temporal Trends of Silver Carp Body Condition in the Ohio River TBAAdam Musolf P-80: Tracking Movement and Habitat Utilization of Invasive Carp Within the Presence Front of the Ohio River TBAAndrew Peters P-81: Evaluating Conspecific Feeding Sounds as an Attractant for Invasive Carp TBAAdam McFall P-82: Genetic control of grass carp through RNA interference TBAChris Merkes P-83: Determining hybridization of bighead and silver carp by analyzing body shape with geometric morphometric techniques TBAAlexandra Johnson P-84: Impacts of Spatiotemporal Variation of Hydrological Conditions on Native and Invasive Ichthyoplankton Communities in the Lower Wabash River Basin TBAAlexis Gerber P-85: Quantifying the Impacts of Invasive Carp through Monitoring Native, Planktivorous Gizzard Shad in the Open River Reach TBAKamryn Wittkop P-86: How invasive carp removal affects fish community size spectra. TBACharles McDunn P-87: EcoPath with Ecosim: Application in the lower Mississippi River for Invasive Bighead and Silver Carp Management TBAKassidy Frame P-88: Invasive Silver Carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) and the impact on native fish communities throughout the Mississippi River basin TBAJustin Harms P-89: Effects of Embryonic Exposure to Predation Cues on Embryo and Larval Behavior in Fathead Minnows (Pimephales promelas) TBAAbby Yake P-90: Density and community composition of aquatic invertebrates in interdunal wetland ponds at Ludington State Park, MI, USA TBARowan Faust P-91: Comparisons of Zooplankton Communities Before and After Chemical Renovation in Lake Ogallala, Nebraska TBATheo Huber P-92: Angler use and satisfaction of South Dakota urban and community fisheries following supplemental stocking of adult Largemouth Bass and Hybrid Sunfish TBAAysah Dondlinger P-93: Fishy Business: How to Market the Outdoors TBABenjamin Poli P-94: Urban Wildlife Management success: Eleven years of Canada goose (Branta Canadensis) population management on Missouri Western State University campus. TBACary Chevalier P-95: Subject Matter Focus of State Fish and Wildlife Conservation Magazines TBAAshley Hrdina P-96: Development and Cloud Implementation of the New Annual National Land Cover Database for the United States TBAJesslyn Brown P-97: Impact of L-Dopa on the growth and development of Brassica: Insights from velvet bean (Mucuna pruriens) seed metabolomics TBASonja Weber P-98: Velvet bean soil inclusions enhance tomatoes' growth, biomass, and photosynthetic assimilation efficiency TBASonja Weber P-99: The Next Frontier: Development of a Lake Fish Biogeographical Model in the Canadian Shield, Minnesota TBAJessica Massure