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Purposeful Risk Taking: Making Decisions in Dynamic Times
February 3-5, 2010
Papers
FISHERIES & AQUATIC SESSION
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8:20-8:40
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CPUE: WHAT IT DOESN’T TELL YOU - Steven Sheriff and Robert Hrabik
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8:40-9:00
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COMPARISON OF FISH COMMUNITIES IN RECENTLY CONSTRUCTED SIDE-CHANNEL CHUTES WITH THE MAIN CHANNEL MISSOURI RIVER - Kasey Whiteman, Darrick Garner, and Vince Travnichek
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9:00-9:20
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PADDLEFISH MOVEMENT PAST A LOW-HEAD LOCK AND DAM IN THE LOWER OSAGE RIVER, MISSOURI - Joshua Lallaman and David Galat
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9:20-9:40
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TABLE ROCK LAKE AND THE NATIONAL FISH HABITAT INITIATIVE - Shane Bush and Mike Allen
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9:40-10:00
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CONDITION FACTOR CHANGES IN BIGHEAD AND SILVER CARP IN MIDWESTERN RIVERS: WHAT DO THEY TELL US? - Duane Chapman, Kevin Irons, Michael McClelland, Timothy O’Hara, Greg Sass, Jeff Thomas, and Mark Pearson
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10:00-10:20
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BREAK
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10:20-10:40
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A COMPARISON OF NUTRIENT-RICH AND NUTRIENT-POOR AQUATIC CAVE COMMUNITIES IN MISSOURI - Michael Sutton
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10:40-11:00
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OZARK CAVEFISH (Amblyopsis rosae) CONSERVATION IN MISSOURI: A PROACTIVE APPROACH TO RECOVERY - Blake Stephens and Rick Horton
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11:00-11:20
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THE WATERSHED EVALUATION AND COMPARISON TOOL - Christopher Barnett and Yan Barnett
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11:20-11:40
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GENERAL OBSERVATIONS OF CAPTIVE REARED OZARK HELLBENDERS RELEASED IN THE NORTH FORK OF THE WHITE RIVER, MISSOURI - Catherine Bodinof, Jeff Briggler, Randall Junge, Jeff Beringer, Mark Wanner, Chawna Schuette, and Joshua Millspaugh
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11:40-12:00
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KEEPING VOLUNTEERS INTERESTED AND ACTIVE: A RENEWED EMPHASIS ON MENTORING - Chris Riggert
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FORESTRY SESSION
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8:20-8:40
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NEW INCENTIVES TO APPEAL TO CONSERVATION MOTIVATIONS OF MISSOURI FOREST LANDOWNERS - Stuart Miller
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8:40-9:00
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ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT OF WOODY BIOMASS HARVESTING IN THE MISSOURI OZARKS - Adam Saunders, Francisco Aguilar, John Dwyer, and Hank Stelzer
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9:00-9:20
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SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF FIRE INJURIES FOLLOWING PRESCRIBED BURNING AT THREE SITES IN THE MISSOURI OZARKS - Aaron Stevenson and Elizabeth Ball
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9:20-9:40
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ACORN PRODUCTION IN THE MISSOURI OZARKS: PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF THE MOFEP HARDMAST STUDY - Carrie Steen, Randy Jensen, Steve Sheriff, and Larry Vangilder
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9:40-10:00
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WOODLAND GROUND FLORA RESPONSE TO TIMBER MANAGEMENT: MOFEP FINDINGS FROM 2009 - Susan Farrington
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SOIL & WATER SESSION
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8:20-8:40
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GREENING THE BLUE: WATER MANAGEMENT DECISIONS FOR THE NEW CENTURY - Loring Bullard
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8:40-9:00
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HINKSON CREEK WATERSHED: A TEACHING AND RESEARCH WATERSHED IMPROVING LAND MANAGEMENT DECISIONS IN DYNAMIC URBAN ECOSYSTEMS OF THE CENTRAL U.S. - Jason Hubbart and John Schulz
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9:00-9:20
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FACTORS AFFECTING ADOPTION OF BMPS FOR ANIMAL MANURE MANAGEMENT - Laura McCann, Haluk Gedikoglu, Bob Broz, John Lory, and Ray Massey
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9:20-9:40
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SPRING-FED WETLANDS ON THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FLOODPLAIN - Scott George
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9:40-10:00
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SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL PATTERNS OF SELECT LONG-TERM WATER QUALITY PARAMETERS IN MAIN AND SIDE CHANNELS FROM THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, 1993-2007 - Robert Hrabik and Laura Mills
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10:00-10:20
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BREAK
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10:20-10:40
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THE RELATIVE ROLE OF CLIMATE AND LAND-USE CHANGES IN STREAMFLOW TRENDS ACROSS THE PRAIRIE PENINSULA STATES OF THE MIDWEST - John Kochendorfer and Jason Hubbart
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10:40-11:00
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COMPARISON OF HYDROLOGIC AND WATER-QUALITY CHARACTERISTICS OF TWO NATIVE TALLGRASS PRAIRIE STREAMS WITH AGRICULTURAL STREAMS IN MISSOURI AND KANSAS - David Heimann
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11:00-11:20
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FOREST SOIL HYDROLOGIC PROCESS ALTERATIONS AFTER 60 YEARS OF PRESCRIBED BURNING - Jason Hubbart and Kirsten Stephan
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11:20-11:40
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INFLUENCE OF FOREST HARVEST ON SOIL NUTRIENTS IN THE MISSOURI OZARK FOREST ECOSYSTEM PROJECT - Meredith Albers, Keith Goyne, John Kabrick, Peter Motavalli, and David Gwaze
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11:40-12:00
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EFFECTS OF LONG-TERM PRESCRIBED BURNING ON SOIL CHEMICAL PROPERTIES IN THE MISSOURI OZARKS - Kirsten Stephan and Jason Hubbart
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WILDLIFE SESSION
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8:00-8:20
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A GENETIC APPROACH TO DETERMINE RIVER OTTER (Lontra canadensis) ABUNDANCE AND EFFECTS ON FISH POPULATIONS IN MISSOURI Rebecca Mowry, Lori Eggert, Matthew Gompper, and Jeff Beringer
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8:20-8:40
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TESTING MANAGER’S MENTAL MODELS OF BOBWHITE QUAIL HABITAT - Steven Noll, Sam Amerman, and Beth Emmerich
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8:40-9:00
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INTEGRATING NORTHERN BOBWHITE (Colinus virginianus) HABITAT ENHANCEMENT PRACTICES ON MU AGRICULTURE EXPERIMENT STATIONS: AN EDUCATIONAL MODEL THAT PUTS KNOWLEDGE INTO ACTION THROUGH THE USE OF DEMONSTRATIONS - Tim Reinbott, Robert Pierce II, Ray Wright, and Bill White
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9:00-9:20
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CUMULATIVE EFFECTS OF IMPOUNDMENTS ON THE HYDROLOGY OF RIPARIAN WETLANDS ALONG THE MARMATON RIVER, WEST-CENTRAL MISSOURI - David Heimann and Heather Krempa
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9:20-9:40
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EFFECTS OF PROPOSED IMPOUNDMENTS WITHIN THE MARMATON RIVER BASIN ON BREEDING AMPHIBIAN COMMUNITIES AT THREE SEASONALLY FLOODED WETLANDS - Heather Krempa, Stefan Cairns, and David Heimann
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9:40-10:00
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THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF ALTERED HYDROLOGY ON RIPARIAN WETLAND VEGETATION ALONG THE MARMATON RIVER IN WEST-CENTRAL MISSOURI - Joseph Ely, Paige Mettler-Cherry, and David Heimann
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10:00-10:20
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BREAK
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10:20-10:40
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AFTER 25 YEARS OF PRESCRIBED FIRE: WOODLAND BIRD POPULATIONS IN THE HA HA TONKA OAK WOODLAND NATURAL AREA - Allison Vaughn
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10:40-11:00
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AN ECOLOGICAL POTENTIAL MODEL FOR CENTRAL HARDWOODS FORESTS AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR REGIONAL AVIAN CONSERVATION PLANNING - D. Todd Jones-Farrand, Lee O’Brien, and Jane Fitzgerald
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11:00-11:20
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EFFECTS OF LEAF LITTER SPECIES ON GROWTH AND SURVIVAL OF AMPHIBIAN TADPOLES - Julia Earl, Kara Cohagen, and Raymond Semlitsch
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11:20-11:40
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RESPONSE OF ABOVE-GROUND ARTHROPODS TO RESTORATION OF NATIVE WARM SEASON GRASSLANDS - Adrian Andrei, Emily Magrowski, and Larry Mechlin
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11:40-12:00
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BIOTIC HOMOGENIZATION: MISSOURI’S NATURAL COMMUNITIES IN THE ASSIMILATION BLENDER - Paul Nelson
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Conference Sponsors
Missouri Society of American Foresters
Missouri Chapter of the Soil and Water Conservation Society
Missouri Chapter of the Wildlife Society
Missouri Chapter of the American Fisheries Society
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