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SEAFWA 2018

The following schedule is from the 72nd Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies which was held October 21-24, 2018 in Mobile, Alabama.

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7:00am CDT

Directors’ Breakfast (invitation only) - Sponsored by NIC, Inc. Jubilee Suite Breakfast with Exhibitors 2nd Level Foyer Speaker Ready Room Open Baypointe Suite Conference Registration Desk Open 2nd Level Foyer Exhibits Open 2nd Level Foyer

8:00am CDT

Fisheries 2 Track: Catch and Harvest of Targeted Sportfishes at Marben Public Fishing Area in Middle Georgia Bon Secour Bay I SYMPOSIUM-03: Status Surveys for the Rattlesnake Master Borer Moth (Papaipema eryngii) in the Southeast Region Grand Bay I SYMPOSIUM-05: Introduction to Symposium Grand Bay II Wildlife 2 Track: Achievement-oriented Effects on Waterfowl-Hunt Quality at Mississippi Wildlife Management Areas Bon Secour Bay II Marketing, R3 & Communications 2 Track: Using Partnerships to Market Programs Riverboat Law Enforcement Track. Elements of Law Enforcement Recruiting Bon Secour Bay III Concurrent Technical Sessions & Symposia Multiple Locations

8:20am CDT

Fisheries 2 Track: Public Lake Partnerships: A Strategy for Continuing the Tradition of Good Alabama Fishing Bon Secour Bay I SYMPOSIUM-03: Overview of Recent Surveys for At-risk Species in Oklahoma Grand Bay I SYMPOSIUM-05: Biodiversity Information Serving Our Nation: The Largest and Most Comprehensive Resource for Invasive Species Data from Across the U.S. Grand Bay II Wildlife 2 Track: Changes in Waterfowl Abundance and Species Composition on Louisiana Coastal Wildlife Management Areas and Refuges 2004–2016 Bon Secour Bay II

8:30am CDT

SEAFWA Technical Committee Chairs Schooner

8:40am CDT

Fisheries 2 Track: Small Impoundment Management: Using Littoral Zone Habitat to Alter Traditional Fisheries Management Rates Bon Secour Bay I SYMPOSIUM-03: Going with the Flow: Multi-state Taxonomic Investigation and Conservation Assessment of Crayfishes Grand Bay I SYMPOSIUM-05: Fisheries Management in the Information Age: Lessons Learned and New Opportunities Grand Bay II Wildlife 2 Track: Factors Affecting Waterfowl use of National Wildlife Refuges in the Southeast Bon Secour Bay II Marketing, R3 & Communications 2 Track: R3 Successes through Marketing Riverboat

8:45am CDT

Law Enforcement Track. Panel Discussion with Colonels and Q&A Session Bon Secour Bay III

9:00am CDT

Fisheries 2 Track: Shoreline Rotenone Application to Control Largemouth Bass (Micropterus salmoides) Recruitment in Small Impoundments Bon Secour Bay I Legal Track. Participating in the Wildlife Violator Compact Windjammer SYMPOSIUM-03: Range and Status Updates for a Petitioned Endemic Species, the Carolina Pygmy Sunfish (Elassoma boehlkei), in Two States Grand Bay I SYMPOSIUM-05: Florida's Nonnative Fish and Wildlife Program: An Overview Grand Bay II (CANCELLED) Wildlife 2 Track: Evaluating Spatiotemporal Changes in Wintering Harvest Distribution of Midcontinent White-fronted Geese Bon Secour Bay II

9:15am CDT

Law Enforcement Track. Break Bon Secour Bay III

9:20am CDT

Fisheries 2 Track: Increasing Largemouth Bass Production Using Destratification: A Case Study Bon Secour Bay I SYMPOSIUM-03: Conserving a Southeastern Legacy: Status of the Alligator Snapping Turtle (Macrochelys temminckii) in South Mississippi Grand Bay I SYMPOSIUM-05: Florida’s Aquatic Invasive Plant Management: A Love-Hate Relationship Grand Bay II Wildlife 2 Track: Multi-scale Abundance and Distribution Trends of Double-crested Cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus) in the Mississippi Delta Bon Secour Bay II Marketing, R3 & Communications 2 Track: How R3 Changes Across Different Social Contexts Riverboat

9:25am CDT

Law Enforcement Track. Investigating Internet/Technology Crimes Bon Secour Bay III

9:30am CDT

Legal Track. Use of Drones: Overcoming Legal Hurdles Windjammer

9:40am CDT

Fisheries 2 Track: Evaluation of Supplemental Feeding and Threadfin Shad Addition as Pond Enhancements Using Stable Isotope Analysis Bon Secour Bay I SYMPOSIUM-03: Coordinated Surveys for Alligator Snapping Turtles in Louisiana Grand Bay I SYMPOSIUM-05: An Integrated Approach for the Development of a Statewide Management Plan for Invasive Burmese Pythons Grand Bay II Wildlife 2 Track: Predation Risk of Double-crested Cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus) on Commercial Catfish Production in the Mississippi Delta Bon Secour Bay II

9:55am CDT

Law Enforcement Track. Mobile Apps in Conservation Enforcement Bon Secour Bay III

10:00am CDT

Refreshment Break with Exhibitors 2nd Level Foyer

10:20am CDT

Fisheries 2 Track: Comparing Angler Effort Estimates on Alabama Reservoirs Across a Variety of Creel Survey Methods Bon Secour Bay I SYMPOSIUM-05: Wildlife Hosts and Tick Behavior Are Driving Expansion of Borrelia-infected Tick Populations into Southeastern States Grand Bay II Wildlife 2 Track: Foraging Ecology and Depredation Impact of Scaup on Commercial Baitfish and Sportfish Farms in Eastern Arkansas Bon Secour Bay II Marketing, R3 & Communications 2 Track: Alabama's Adult Mentored Hunting Program Riverboat SEAFWA Wildlife Diversity Committee Meeting Grand Bay I

10:25am CDT

Law Enforcement Track. Break Bon Secour Bay III

10:35am CDT

Law Enforcement Track. South Carolina Law Enforcement Assistance Program Bon Secour Bay III

10:40am CDT

Fisheries 2 Track: Economic Value of Recreational Fishing on Walter F. George Reservoir (aka Lake Eufaula), Alabama and Georgia Bon Secour Bay I SYMPOSIUM-05: Field Testing HogStopper® Feeders to Assess Non-Target Wildlife Bait Exposure Grand Bay II (CANCELLED) Wildlife 2 Track: Winter Philopatry of Midcontinent Mallards Derived from Hunter Harvested Band Recoveries Bon Secour Bay II

11:00am CDT

Fisheries 2 Track: Sociodemographic and Economic Characteristics of Black Bass Anglers Participating in Different Tournament Types on Lake Guntersville, Alabama Bon Secour Bay I Marketing, R3 & Communications 2 Track: Kentucky Wild: Marketing New Opportunities to Support Wildlife Conservation with the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources Riverboat SYMPOSIUM-05: Cooperative-based Feral Swine Control and Outreach Grand Bay II Wildlife 2 Track: Movement Variation of Overwintering Ring-necked Ducks in the Southern Atlantic Flyway Bon Secour Bay II Directors Committee Meeting Schooner

11:05am CDT

Law Enforcement Track. Recovering America’s Wildlife Act Bon Secour Bay III

11:20am CDT

(CANCELLED) Fisheries 2 Track: Florida Bass Tournament Permits, Characteristics, and Impacts Bon Secour Bay I SYMPOSIUM-05: Effects of Invasive Species on the Sportfish Community of Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley Grand Bay II Wildlife 2 Track: Wintering Dynamics of Gadwall in the Tennessee River Valley Bon Secour Bay II

11:30am CDT

Legal Track. Lunch Break Windjammer

11:35am CDT

Law Enforcement Awards Luncheon (invitation only) - Sponsored by Alabama Wildlife Federation Mobile Bay Ballroom

11:40am CDT

SYMPOSIUM-05: Break/Discussion Grand Bay II Wildlife 2 Track: Integrating Public Mobile Hunting and Fishing Applications with Agency Enforcement: The Missouri Story Bon Secour Bay II

12:00pm CDT

Attendee Lunch on Your Own N/A Directors’ Lunch (invitation only) - Sponsored by Ducks Unlimited Jubilee Suite

1:00pm CDT

Legal Track. Wind Farms: Legal Obstacles and Challenges Windjammer Aligning Priorities Across the South: SECAS, SWAP, and Forest Action Plan Integration (invitation only) Admiral Suite MINRC Students After Action Meeting and Teddy Roosevelt Award Presentation Clipper Directors’ Business Meeting Schooner

1:20pm CDT

Fisheries 3 Track: Pickwick Reservoir: A Silver Carp Update Bon Secour Bay I SYMPOSIUM-04: Species Distribution Models in Management and Conservation: Opportunities and Challenges Grand Bay I SYMPOSIUM-05: Implications of Silver Carp Invasion on the Food Web of a Freshwater Mussel Biodiversity Hotspot Grand Bay II Wildlife 3 Track: Dispersal of Small Mammals Among Islands of the Delta Island Complex in the Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge - Vian, OK Bon Secour Bay II Marketing, R3 & Communications 2 Track: Impacts of Hunting Clinics with College Students on Hunting Recruitment Riverboat Concurrent Technical Sessions & Symposia Multiple Locations

1:30pm CDT

Legal Track. CWD Update and Associated Legal Challenges Windjammer Law Enforcement Track. Operation Geronimo-Investigation Using Computer Forensics, Cell Site Data in Illegal Killing of Wildlife Bon Secour Bay III

1:40pm CDT

Fisheries 3 Track: Reconstructing Paddlefish (Polyodon spathula) Movement in a Southeastern U.S. River System Using Dentary Bone Microchemistry Bon Secour Bay I SYMPOSIUM-04: The Development and Delivery of Species Distribution Models to Inform Decision-making Grand Bay I SYMPOSIUM-05: Asian Carp Research Efforts in Western Kentucky Grand Bay II Wildlife 3 Track: High Resolution Dune Geomorphology to Inform Conservation Planning in the Northern Gulf of Mexico Bon Secour Bay II

2:00pm CDT

Fisheries 3 Track: Comparison of Angler Pressure Counts by Manned and Unmanned Aircraft on Beaver Tailwater, Arkansas Bon Secour Bay I Marketing, R3 & Communications 2 Track: Developing a Strategic Plan and Telling Our Story: Missouri’s Journey Riverboat SYMPOSIUM-04: Integration of Comprehensive R, T & E Species Distribution Models into Environmental Review in Virginia Grand Bay I SYMPOSIUM-05: Invasive Flathead Catfish in Coastal North Carolina: The Balance Between Angler Desires and Conservation Needs Grand Bay II Wildlife 3 Track: Educating North Carolina’s Trout Anglers to Help Conserve Eastern Hellbenders Bon Secour Bay II Law Enforcement Track. UAS and Wildlife Law Enforcement Bon Secour Bay III Legal Track. CWD update and Associated Legal Challenges Windjammer

2:20pm CDT

Fisheries 3 Track: Implementation of Alabama’s River Assessment and Monitoring Program Bon Secour Bay I SYMPOSIUM-04: Better Species Mapping, Better Conservation and Management Decisions Grand Bay I SYMPOSIUM-05: New Invasion Records of Trematode Parasites Carried by the Freshwater Invasive Snail (Melanoides tuberculata) in Florida Grand Bay II

2:30pm CDT

Law Enforcement Track. Break Bon Secour Bay III Legal Track. Louisiana’s CWD Response Plan Windjammer

2:40pm CDT

Fisheries 3 Track: Development of SNP Panels for Population Genetics Analyses of Domestic and Wild White Bass (Morone chrysops) Bon Secour Bay I SYMPOSIUM-04: Using Maximum Entropy Modelling and Geographic Information Systems to Assist with Aquatic Species and Habitat Conservation Efforts in North Carolina Grand Bay I SYMPOSIUM-05: Discussion Grand Bay II

2:45pm CDT

Law Enforcement Track. Game Breeder Database and Skinner Case Review Bon Secour Bay III

3:00pm CDT

Refreshment Break with Exhibitors 2nd Level Foyer Southeastern Section of The Wildlife Society Annual Business Meeting Riverboat

3:20pm CDT

Fisheries 3 Track: Ability of Non-sport Fish Species to Deal with Declining Oxygen Concentrations as Temperatures Rise Bon Secour Bay I SYMPOSIUM-04: Using Species Habitat and Population Models Within a Strategic Conservation Framework to Inform Landscape Conservation Design Grand Bay I Wildlife 3 Track: Northern Bobwhite Nest Site Use and Survival on a Landscape Managed with Prescribed Fire in Oklahoma Grand Bay I Law Enforcement Track. Data Share for Conservation Enforcement Bon Secour Bay III

3:30pm CDT

Legal Track. Overview of Alabama’s CWD Plan Windjammer

3:40pm CDT

Fisheries 3 Track: River Herring Population Monitoring and Exploratory Occurrence Surveys in the Neuse River Basin, North Carolina Bon Secour Bay I SYMPOSIUM-04: Integrating At-risk and Range Restricted Species Models into the SALCC Conservation Blueprint Grand Bay I Wildlife 3 Track: Effects of a Milo Diet, Mineral Supplementation, and Native Seed Use in Pen-raised Northern Bobwhites Bon Secour Bay II

3:50pm CDT

Law Enforcement Track. Break Bon Secour Bay III

4:00pm CDT

Fisheries 3 Track: Relative Abundance, Habitat Use, and Diet of the Sickle Darter (Percina williamsi) Bon Secour Bay I SYMPOSIUM-04: Range-wide Status Modeling to Accelerate Conservation of At-Risk Species in the Longleaf System Grand Bay I Wildlife 3 Track: Meso-mammal Trapping on Properties Intensively Managed for Northern Bobwhites: The State of the Practice Bon Secour Bay II Law Enforcement Track. Vessel Monitoring and GPS Mapping for Oyster Fisheries Enforcement Bon Secour Bay III

4:10pm CDT

Legal Track. Update on Current Fish and Wildlife Issues Windjammer

4:20pm CDT

(CANCELLED) Fisheries 3 Track: Site-Occupancy Estimates for Saltmarsh Topminnows in Northwest Florida Bon Secour Bay I SYMPOSIUM-04: The Future of Model-based Decision Making: Seizing Opportunities and Overcoming Barriers Grand Bay I Wildlife 3 Track: Survey of Tennessee Landowners Participating in Conservation Reserve Program Focused on Restoring Native Grasslands and Northern Bobwhite in Tennessee Bon Secour Bay II

4:30pm CDT

Law Enforcement Track. Smuggling Alligator Meat to China Bon Secour Bay III

4:40pm CDT

(CANCELLED) Fisheries 3 Track: Demographic Histories of Atlantic Tarpon and Bonefish Based on Coalescent Analyses of Contemporaneous Genetic Polymorphism Bon Secour Bay I SYMPOSIUM-04: Discussion: Advance the application of species distribution models to conservation and management of rare, threatened and endangered southeastern flora and fauna Grand Bay I (CANCELLED) Wildlife 3 Track: Cost and Forage Production of Food Plots, Prescribed Fire, and Roller Chopping for Northern Bobwhite at Babcock-Webb Wildlife Management Area, Florida Bon Secour Bay II

4:50pm CDT

Legal Track. Business Meeting Windjammer

6:00pm CDT

Networking Reception with Exhibitors & Sponsors 2nd Level Foyer

7:00pm CDT

Awards Banquet Bon Secour Bay Ballroom