Oral and Poster Sessions - Wednesday October 31, 2012


If the talk title appears in gray, the speaker did not give permission for his or her talk to be posted on the MIPN website.

 

Wetland and Aquatic Invasive Plant Management B

Purple Loosestrife Control with Herbicides: Multi-year Applications (Neha Rana, University of Nebraska, Lincoln)

Ecology and Management of Flowering Rush in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota (John Madsen*, Mississippi State University; Michelle Marko, Concordia College, Moorhead, MN.; John Skogerboe, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center; and Ryan Wersal, Mississippi State University)

Phenology and Ecology of Flowering Rush in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota (Michelle Marko*, Concordia College, Moorhead, MN.; John Madsen, Mississippi State University; Ryan Wersal, Mississippi State University; and Kale Hermanson, Nicole Lindor, Jane Tolkinen, Ryan Smith, Casey Olson, Concordia College, Moorhead, MN.)

 

Emerald Ash Borer's Future Impacts

Projecting Future Effects of Emerald Ash Borer on Upper Midwest Forest Composition (Ryan DeSantis*, University of Missouri Department of Forestry and U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Northern Research Station; W. Keith Moser, U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Northern Research Station; David Wear, U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Southern Research Station; Robert Huggett, Jr., and Ruhong Li, North Carolina State University, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources; and Patrick Miles, U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Northern Research Station)

Will Introduced Emerald Ash Borer Parasitoids Overwinter in the Upper Midwest? (Anthony Hanson*, University of Minnesota: Department of Entomology; Robert Venette, U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Northern Research Station)

Cold Tolerance of Emerald Ash Borer and Why It Matters (Robert Venette*, U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Northern Research Station; and Mark Abrahamson, Minnesota Department of Agriculture)

 

Communication and Partnership Tools

Aquatic Invasive Group Checks - Partnering with Wardens to Educate and Enforce (Christal Campbell, University of Wisconsin-Extension, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources)

Conservation Success through Prevention Partnerships (Pat Conzemius, Wildlife Forever)

Communicating among Diverse Stakeholders about Invasive Species Risk and Management: Learning from the Emerald Ash Borer in Minnesota (Eriks Dunens, Humphrey School of Public Affairs; Liz Erickson*, Minnesota Department of Agriculture; and Rachel Haase, Jennifer Kuzma, Kathryn Quick, Humphrey School of Public Affairs)

 

Invasive Vertebrates and Vertebrate Diseases

White-nose Syndrome: The Biology, Ecology and Spread of an Emerging Bat Disease (Richard Geboy*, and Jeremy Coleman, Christina Kocer, Ann Froschauer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources White Nose Syndrome (WNS) Surveillance and Response Implementation Strategy (Nicole Munkwitz, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Management, Wildlife Health Program; David Redell, Erin Crain, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Bureau of Endangered Resources; Tami Ryan, Lindsey Long, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Management, Wildlife Health Program; and Jennifer Schehr-Redell*, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Bureau of Endangered Resources)

Feral Pigs - A Growing Challenge (Brad Koele, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources)

 

Cooperative Weed Management Area Strategies

Managing Invasive Plants in Minnesota's Boreal Forest and Lake Superior's North Shore (Michael Lynch, Cook County Invasive Team)

How Non-funded Weed Co-ops Function (Ted Ritter, Wisconsin Headwaters Invasives Partnership (WHIP))

Pulling Together in Becker County Cooperative Weed Management Area 2006-2012 (Marsha Watland, Becker Soil and Water Conservation District)

 

Great Lakes Control Strategies

Aquatic Invader: Impact of Round Gobies in the Great Lakes (Erin Burkett*, and David Jude, University of Michigan-School of Natural Resources and Environment)

Early Detection of Non-Indigenous Fishes in Lake Superior (Joshua Schloesser*, Henry Quinlan, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Joel Hoffman, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Mid-Continent Ecology Division)

Aquatic Invasive Species Early Detection in the Great Lakes: Lessons Concerning Strategy (Anett Trebitz*, Joel Hoffman, John R. Kelly, Greg Peterson, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Mid-Continent Ecology Division; and Henry Quinlan, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ashland Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office)

 

Biology and Ecology of Snails and Snail Parasites

Faucet Snails (Bithynia tentaculata) in the Upper Midwest (Christine Herwig, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources)

Combining Empirical and Theoretical Approaches to Better Understand the Persistence of Waterfowl Disease in the Upper Mississippi River (Gregory Sandland*, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse, Department of Biology; James P. Peirce, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse, Department of Mathematics; and Roger J. Haro, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse, Department of Biology)

Life-history Responses of Invasive and Native Hosts after Exposure to a Parasite Associated with Waterfowl Die-Offs in the Upper Mississippi River (Gregory Sandland*, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse, Department of Biology; Stephen Houk, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse, Department of Mathematics; and Benjamin Walker, Roger J. Haro, Rick Gillis, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse, Department of Biology)

 

Thousand Cankers Disease: Surveys and Research

Thousand Cankers Disease: Prevention and Early Detection in the Upper Midwest (Kathryn Kromroy*, Minnesota Department of Agriculture; and Jennifer Juzwik, U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Northern Research Station)

Use of Trap Trees to Detect Invasive Pests and Pathogens of Walnut (Jennifer Juzwik*, U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Northern Research Station; Sharon Reed, University of Missouri, Columbia, Division of Plant Sciences; Mark Banik, U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Northern Research Station; and William Klingeman, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Plant Sciences Department)

Thousand Cankers Disease - High Priority Research Needs (Manfred Mielke, U.S. Forest Service-Forest Health Protection)

 

Invasives in Horticulture

Japanese Barberry Risk Assessment by the Minnesota Noxious Weed Advisory Committee (Anthony Cortilet*, Minnesota Department of Agriculture; Laura Van Riper, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources; Tim Power, Minnesota Nursery and Landscape Association; and Jim Calkins, Minnehaha Creek Watershed District)

Invasive Ornamental Plant Education and Outreach for Green Industry (Cathy McGlynn, Northeast Illinois Invasive Plant Partnership)

Seed Production and Viability of Euonymus alatus Cultivars in the Upper Midwest (Mark Renz, Laura Jull, and Brendon Panke*, University of Wisconsin, Madison)

 

Master Planning on State Lands

Forest Certification, Master Planning, Pesticide Use, Property Management Plans - Clearly Linked! (Thomas Boos, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and Invasive Plants Association of Wisconsin (IPAW))

Battle Tactics from Camp Ripley, the War on Invasive Species (Kayla Malone*, Saint Cloud State University, Department of Biological Sciences; Tim Notch, Camp Ripley Army Training Site, Environmental Department, Natural Resource Specialist)

State Forest Invasive Program: a Model for Success (Colleen Matula, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources)