Selected Papers

Full name Workshop Title Date Timeslot Paper Presentation Title
Brittany Harried Fisheries I Friday 8:00 – 8:20 Trends in population status and range-wide geographic patterns of genetic variation for the federally petitioned Bluestripe Darter
Tom Boersig Fisheries I Friday 8:20 – 8:40 If you kill it, will they come back? Assessing fish communities in the lower Nishnabotna River, seven months after a large-scale fish kill
Brielle Thompson Fisheries I Friday 8:40 – 9:00 Informing early detection efforts for the next carp invasion in the Missouri River Basin
Christina M. Mackey Fisheries I Friday 9:00 – 9:20 Assessing behavioral responses of native fish to sound: Implications for grass carp management in the Sandusky River, OH
Levi Umland Fisheries I Friday 9:20 – 9:40 Lake Sturgeon Spawning Event in the Osage River
Robert Weber Fisheries I Friday 9:40 – 10:00 Big and Small, We Sample Them All: An Assessment of Missouri’s Flathead Catfish (Pylodictis olivaris) Fisheries to Guide Management and Sampling Efforts
Andrew Glen Fisheries II Friday 10:30 – 10:50 Summary of the 2024 Long Term Resource Monitoring Fish Component Sampling on the Mississippi River
Wesley Fitzsimmons Fisheries II Friday 10:50 – 11:10 Tracking of the Woodland Crayfish (Faxonius hylas) invasion in the upper St. Francis River drainage
Natalie Coash Fisheries II Friday 11:10 – 11:30 Characterizing Aquatic Biota and Habitat Across Thermal Gradients to Enhance Resource Management in Missouri Streams
Tyler Hessler Fisheries II Friday 11:30 – 11:50 Assessing Instream Habitat Through the Use of Sonar Technologies
Tyler Ham Fisheries II Friday 11:50 -12:10 Built to Last? Evaluating the Condition of Fish Habitat Structures in Missouri’s Ozark Reservoirs
John Gunn Fisheries II Friday 12:10 – 12:30 Phenotypic homogenization and potential fitness constraints in Ozark endemic Neosho Bass (Micropterus velox) following introgression of non-native Smallmouth Bass (M. dolomieu)
Vanna Christensen Presenter unable to attend Wildlife Friday 8:00 – 8:20 Acoustic bat surveying methods and results found on Big Muddy National Refuge in Missouri
Daniel M. Wolcott Wildlife Friday 8:20 – 8:40 Infrared insights: assessing small mammal species identification using cameras in variable environments
Nathan Roberts Wildlife Friday 8:40 – 9:00 River otter status in the United States.  Decades of otterly successful conservation
Samantha Maywald Wildlife Friday 9:00 – 9:20 Overview of Canine Distemper Virus Surveillance in Mesocarnivores in Missouri from 2023
Gabriela Carroll Wildlife Friday 9:20 – 9:40 Giant river cane and Swainson’s warblers: Implementing innovative monitoring techniques for species of conservation concern
Elias Mendenhall Wildlife Friday 9:40 – 10:00 Enhancing Molecular Detection of Tick-Borne Pathogens of Wildlife and Public Health Importance
Saaruj Khadka, PhD Forestry Friday 8:00 – 8:20 Exploring the Relationship between Stand Density of Declining White Oaks (Quercus alba L.) and Soil Properties across the Eastern United States
Sarah A. Malone Forestry Friday 8:20 – 8:40 Assessing the Impact of Greentree Reservoir Water Management on Red Oak Growth and Anatomy in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley
Jennifer Behnken Forestry Friday 8:40 – 9:00 Honoring History: [Saying Goodbye to the] State Champion American Beech Tree
Ryan Gross Forestry Friday 9:00 – 9:20 White oak (Quercus alba) advance reproduction under uneven-aged management in the Missouri Ozark Highlands: stem and root age distributions, establishment trends, and growth rates
Raelin Kronenberg Forestry Friday 9:20 – 9:40 Changes in Forest Understory Plant Communities in Response to the Establishment of a Forest Farm
Michael Stambaugh Forestry Friday 9:40 – 10:00 Fire and shortleaf pine historical ecology: increasing understanding from sites to a landscape-scale
David Nail Natural Resources I Friday 8:00 – 8:20 On Demand, Custom, Topographic Maps with topoBuilder
Jen Mittelhauser Natural Resources I Friday 8:20 – 8:40 Grazing and Microinvertebrates
Fiona Hosty Natural Resources I Friday 8:40 – 9:00 Women in Agriculture: Breaking the Stigma
Lacy Dolan Todt Natural Resources I Friday 9:00 – 9:20 Interactive tools for enhancing conservation: Landscape Recovery and SWAP Visualization Tools
Abigail Manners Natural Resources I Friday 9:20 – 9:40 Federal Hiring Authorities and Internships
Aidan David-Pennington Natural Resources I Friday 9:40 – 10:00 Truth In Advertising for Environmental Sustainability
Jhonathan Ordinola Natural Resources II Friday 10:30 – 10:50 Public Perceptions of the Nuclear Industry in Callaway County
Dave Woods Natural Resources II Friday 10:50 – 11:10 Planning Three-Dimensionally: Partnering to Protect Karst in a Growing Community
Kathleen M. Trauth, Ph.D., P.E. Natural Resources II Friday 11:10 – 11:30 Urban Trail Stormwater Management Utilizing Infiltech™ System of Devices
Cameron Gromek Natural Resources II Friday 11:30 – 11:50 The Impact of Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals in Plastics on Human Health
Dana Ripper Natural Resources II Friday 11:50 -12:10 Addressing the many facets of the plastic pollution crisis: a call to action
Christie Darby Natural Resources II Friday 12:10 – 12:30 Multimedia Campaign to Improve Awareness and Prevention of Tickborne Disease
Joni Harper & Sarah Higgins Natural Resources III Friday 10:30 – 10:50 Missouri Women Owning Woodland
Todd Higgins Natural Resources III Friday 10:50 – 11:10 Can Missouri Pheasants and Missouri Agriculture Coexist
Tyler Bradford Natural Resources III Friday 11:10 – 11:30 The effects of thinning on crown class and diameter growth in the Missouri Ozarks
Shelby Mead Natural Resources III Friday 11:30 – 11:50 Disturbance drives heterogeneity of temporal occupancy for a federally threatened plant species at Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield
Kayla May Natural Resources III Friday 11:50 -12:10 In-channel sediment deposition patterns along the Gasconade river
Daphne Miles Natural Resources III Friday 12:10 – 12:30 Spread of invasive Potamogeton crispus after drawdown in an Ozark spring-fed pond