2025 Midwest Fish & Wildlife Conference

2025 Midwest Fish & Wildlife Conference

Joshua Cody Martin

About me

Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences student through Oregon State University. I have an interest in wetlands and similar habitats as well as creeks and streams and all the animals that rely on them.

5:00pm CST

Student Icebreaker Meet & Greet TBA

6:00pm CST

Welcome Networking Social - Sponsored by USFWS TBA

7:00am CST

Continental Breakast with Exhibitors - Sponsored by St. Louis Zoo WildCare Institute TBA

8:00am CST

Plenary Session 1 and Awards TBAJim Inglis • Ben Batten

10:05am CST

Coffee Break - Sponsored by Wildlife Management Institute TBA

12:00pm CST

Student & Professional Networking Luncheon (pre-registration required) TBA

1:40pm CST

Wildlife Track: 'On The Road Again' Native Species Seeding By Midwestern DOTs and Potential Improvements TBAWesley Bollinger

2:40pm CST

Wildlife Track: Monitoring tarantulas in Missouri glades: Conservation of a charismatic arachnid. TBABecky Hansis-O'Neill

3:20pm CST

S-01: A framework to facilitate habitat conservation for marsh birds in the Midwest and Great Lakes regions TBAMichael Monfils

3:40pm CST

Wildlife Track: Investigating the effects of habitat on the distribution and abundance of Chuck-will’s-widows (Antrostomus carolinensis) in central Texas, their diet across space and time, and insect availability... TBASonia Tomczyk

4:00pm CST

S-06: Renovating Duck Creek CA: An Integrated Approach TBAFrank Nelson

4:20pm CST

Wildlife Track: When, where, and how prey pair antipredator behaviors to natural and anthropogenic mortality risks TBAMichael Egan

4:40pm CST

S-05: The Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) Aquatic Life Monitoring Project in the Illinois River and Kaskaskia River basins, Illinois TBASarah Molinaro

5:00pm CST

Invasive Species Technical Committee Information and Interest Meeting TBAHannah Mulligan • Logan Zebro

7:00am CST

Continental Breakast with Exhibitors - Sponsored by PayIt TBA

8:00am CST

Plenary Session 2 and Awards TBARob Hunt • Roger Still

10:20am CST

S-08: Welcome to the MidwestPARC Symposium TBAMelissa Youngquist

10:40am CST

S-08: Conservation of Missouri’s State Endangered Amphibian and Reptile Species TBAJeff Briggler

11:00am CST

S-08: Conservation Initiatives of the Saint Louis Zoo's Herpetology Department TBAJustin Elden

11:20am CST

S-08: The Return of Alligator Snapping Turtles to Their Former Range in Kansas TBADaren Riedle

12:00pm CST

Lunch On Your Own TBA

1:20pm CST

S-10: Testing the Waters: A Foray Into Floating Wetlands TBAFrank Nelson

1:40pm CST

S-08: Effects of Prescribed Fire and Mowing on Smooth Greensnake Detection and Nesting Activity TBAAllison Sacerdote-Velat

2:00pm CST

S-11: Status survey for Banded Mudbug (Lacunicambarus freudensteini) and Lonesome Gravedigger (Lacunicambarus mobilensis) in Southeastern Mississippi TBACalvin Rezac

2:20pm CST

S-08: Discovering Landscape Connectivity Patterns of Wood Turtles in Northern Michigan TBAAutumn Straessle

3:00pm CST

Coffee Break TBA

3:20pm CST

S-08: Resurveying the Amphibians and Reptiles of Chicagoland Forest Preserves TBAMadelynn Sinclair

3:40pm CST

S-08: Ecology of an Urban Population of Common Snapping Turtles in Indiana TBAJean-Baptiste Johnson

4:00pm CST

S-11: Evaluation of Eye Stalk Microchemistry as a Potential Indicator of Crayfish Environmental History TBACameron Haeffner

4:20pm CST

S-08: Weather weirding and frog phenology: how some species may adapt to climate change TBAMelissa Youngquist

4:40pm CST

S-08: Population genetics of the crawfish frog (Rana areolata) in Oklahoma support a single taxon with little genetic differentiation TBANeil Balchan

7:00am CST

Continental Breakast with Exhibitors TBA

8:00am CST

S-08: Crawfish Frog Conservation in the Midwest TBANate Engbrecht

8:40am CST

S-11: Red Swamp Crayfish Home Range and Movement in an Invaded Lentic Ecosystem TBAWilliam Ota

10:40am CST

S-08: An Update on the Status and Conservation of Crawfish Frogs (Lithobates areolatus) in Indiana TBANate Engbrecht

11:00am CST

S-19: Southern Indiana Sentinel Landscape – Making Connectivity Progress in a Fragmented Landscape TBAMichael Spalding

11:20am CST

S-08: Future headstarting plans for Indiana’s endangered Crawfish frogs TBABlake Klocke

11:40am CST

S-08: Management of crawfish frogs (Lithobates areolatus) based on breeding pond manipulation, head starting, and disease implications at Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge in southeastern I TBAJoe Robb