2020 Nebraska Chapter of The Wildlife Society Annual Meeting and Conference

2020 ANNUAL MEETING OF THE NEBRASKA CHAPTER OF THE WILDLIFE SOCIETY The Nebraska Chapter of The Wildlife Society 2020 Annual Meeting is set for February 25th – 26th in Kearney, NE at the Holiday Inn Convention Center. The keynote speaker will be Noppadol Paothong from Columbia, Missouri.  He is a nature photographer with several books on grouse species and his work can be viewed at https://www.npnaturephotography.com/ [https://www.npnaturephotography.com/] A tentative agenda can be found at the bottom of this page.   Early registration cost is $100 for professionals and $30 for students.  The two-day meeting will include oral presentations, a student poster competition, lunch, business meeting, banquet, and auction.  This meeting will wrap up before lunch on Wednesday.  From February 7 up to the meeting date registration will be $120 for professionals and $40 for students. STUDENT/PROFESSIONAL WORKSHOP On the afternoon of Wednesday the 26th we will be hosting a workshop for training for the NEBRASKA BUMBLEBEE ATLAS.  The website for this project is https://www.nebraskabumblebeeatlas.org/ [https://www.nebraskabumblebeeatlas.org/] LODGING INFORMATION Please book your room by January 31 at either of the following hotels.  Blocks of rooms are being held until the end of January at a government rate, please ask for the "Wildlife Society" room block when reserving the room. Holiday Inn: 110 S 2nd Avenue, Kearney, NE  68847  (308)237-5971 Comfort Inn, 118 3rd Avenue, Kearney, NE  68847  (308)236-3400 AGENDA Nebraska Chapter of The Wildlife Society Holiday Inn Convention Center, Kearney, NE 25 – 26 February 2020   _Telling Your Wildlife Story_   24 February 1800: NETWS Board MEETING (_location TBD_) 25 February 1000: Late Registration and Check-In 1030: Simpler than it sounds: assessing influences on population growth of red grouse on a Scottish moor with Bayesian comparisons of alternate models. _Larkin Powell_. 1100: NEBRASKA’s Prairie Grouse: Abundance, Production and their Historical Drivers. _Danielle Berger*, John P. Carroll, Larkin A. Powell, and Jeffrey J. Lusk_. 1130: Identity Crisis in Wild Turkey: Genetic and Plumage Variation. _Brittaney L. Buchanan*, Robert M. Zink, Hernán Vázquez-Miranda, and Christopher J. Chizinski_ 1200 – Lunch 1300: Telling Your WILDLIFE STORY: Nature Photography. _Chris Helzer_ 1345: Telling Your WILDLIFE STORY: WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY. _Eric Fowler_ 1430: Telling Your WILDLIFE STORY: Nature Writing. _Gerry Steinauer_ 1515: NETWS Annual Business Meeting 1645: Awards 1730: Banquet 1800: Keynote Speaker: Noppadol Paothong, photographer Missouri Department of Conservation _Save the Last Dance_ 1900: Auction and Social     26 February 0800: Experimental Duck Hunting Regulations for NEBRASKA AND SOUTH DAKOTA. _Mark P. Vrtiska* and Rocco Murano_. 0830: Prioritization of private lands to optimize biodiversity conservation. _Andrew Little_. 0900: Making the Case for Undisturbed Residual Nesting. _Len McDaniel_. 0930: Effects of stated attribute importance on hunter satisfaction: Who gains satisfaction from waterfowl hunting? _Matthew P. Gruntorad*, Jeffrey J. Lusk, Mark P. Vrtiska, and Christopher J. Chizinski_. 1000: Seasonal Changes in White-tailed Deer Density and Habitat Selection Patterns in an Agricultural Dominated Landscape. _Miranda C. Reinson, Andrew Little, and Dustin H. Ranglack*_. 1030: Comparison of Road Counts and Circle Plots for Estimating the Abundance of American Kestrel and Red-tailed Hawk. _Thomas L. Freeman*, Logan Grose, and Casey W. Schoenebeck._ 1100 – 1200: Workshop for all Members: Introduction to the NEBRASKA BUMBLE BEE ATLAS_._ 1200: Lunch (on your own?) 1300 – 1600: Becoming a Participant in the Nebraska Bumble Bee Atlas   Posters Pattern of Fall Migration by Diurnal Birds of Prey in South Central Nebraska. _Thomas L. Freeman_ Tree Use by North American Beaver in the Great Bend Region of the Platte River. _Thomas L. Freeman_ Genetic confirmation and predictive antler metrics of match set cast antlers in white-tailed deer. _Zach Carter*, Brian C. Peterson, Casey W. Schoenebeck, Brandon E. Luedtke, Kim A. Carlson_ Effects of Rainfall and Cover-object Size and Material on Herpetofauna Detection in South-Central Nebraska _Mikalah M. Brown and Keith Geluso_ Use of soapweed yucca (Yucca glauca) by vertebrates in western Nebraska _Michael L. Rohde, Carter Kruse, and Keith Geluso_ Transect survey biases and correction methods in southern Africa _Erika Swenson_