2025 Midwest Fish & Wildlife Conference

2025 Midwest Fish & Wildlife Conference

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Cydney Ross

Deep Roots KC

Outdoor Education Manager

Kansas City, Missouri

deeproots.org

8:00am CST

Conference Registration Desk Open Grand Coatroom (4th Floor)

12:00pm CST

W-09: Tour of the Hellbender Propagation Facility and Herpetarium at the St. Louis Zoo (CAPACITY FULL) Offsite

6:00pm CST

Welcome Networking Social - Sponsored by USFWS Grand Foyer (4th Floor)

7:00am CST

Continental Breakast with Exhibitors - Sponsored by St. Louis Zoo WildCare Institute Grand Foyer (4th Floor)

1:00pm CST

Conservation Philanthropy...it's not just about special events Mills 6 (4th Floor)Kevin Roper

1:40pm CST

Wildlife Track: 'On The Road Again' Native Species Seeding By Midwestern DOTs and Potential Improvements Regency F (2nd Floor)Wesley Bollinger S-06: Prairie Reconstruction: Prairie Fork CA Case Study and Lessons Learned Grand C (4th Floor)Chris Newbold

2:00pm CST

Wildlife Track: Effects of Landscape Characteristics on Occurrence and Density of Native Bumblebee Species. Fort Riley. Kansas Sterling 3 (2nd Floor)Cassidy Lathrom S-01: Bottomland Forest Birds along the Upper Mississippi River Sterling 9 (2nd Floor )Tara Hohman S-06: Woodland Management for Biodiversity at Shaw Nature Reserve Grand C (4th Floor)Calvin Maginel

2:20pm CST

S-06:Monitoring the Ecological Response to Restoration Treatments in the Missouri Pine-Oak Woodlands Restoration Project of the Mark Twain National Forest Grand C (4th Floor)Elizabeth Yohe

2:40pm CST

Wildlife Track: Protecting Remnant Prairies and Grassland Reconstruction/Restoration Success Across Missouri. Regency F (2nd Floor)Jerod Huebner S-06: Fire effects on plant communities in Ozark woodlands and glades Grand C (4th Floor)Carolyn Stephen

4:20pm CST

S-05: Engaging Private Landowners through Conservation Marketing Shoal Creek Woodlands for Wildlife Case-History Grand B (4th Floor)Rob Pulliam

5:00pm CST

S-05: The Nature Conservancy at Dog Tooth Bend Grand B (4th Floor)Tharran Hobson

6:00pm CST

Offsite Dinner and Social ($) - Sponsored by Missouri Conservation Heritage Foundation Anheuser-Busch Brewery

7:00am CST

Continental Breakast with Exhibitors - Sponsored by PayIt Grand Foyer (4th Floor)

8:00am CST

Plenary Session 2 and Awards Grand Ballroom (DEFGH)Rob Hunt • Roger Still

10:20am CST

S-12: Not Just Ducks...Reframing Wetland Conservation Sterling 3 (2nd Floor)Frank Nelson

10:40am CST

S-12: Tribal Wisdom on Nibi and Wetlands; Manoomin and the Circle of Life Sterling 3 (2nd Floor)Kathleen Smith

11:00am CST

Wildlife Track: Widespread pesticide exposure and plant damage in natural areas in Illinois Sterling 9 (2nd Floor )T.J. Benson

11:40am CST

Wildlife Track: Movement ecology of an urban community in Forest Park, Saint Louis Regency F (2nd Floor)Stephen Blake

1:20pm CST

S-10: Testing the Waters: A Foray Into Floating Wetlands Regency B (2nd Floor)Kara Tvedt

1:40pm CST

S-10: From Past Failures to Future Successes: Efforts to Establish Aquatic Vegetation in Arkansas Reservoirs. Regency B (2nd Floor)Jeremy Risley

1:50pm CST

S-12: Osage Culinary Traditions and Food Sovereignty Sterling 3 (2nd Floor)Veronica Pipestem

2:40pm CST

S-12: Native Landscapes: Engaging and Empowering Community Sterling 3 (2nd Floor)Cydney Ross

3:20pm CST

S-09: Anonymous Location Data Integrated with Intercept Surveys: A Powerful Combined Approach to Measuring Lake Recreation Mills 3 (4th Floor)Rebecca Krogman S-12: Growing native edible plants for food and wildlife in farms and gardens. Sterling 3 (2nd Floor)Nadia Navarrete-Tindall