MOU Paper Session Program Schedule, Saturday December 6th, JF Bell Museum Link and registration form at http://moumn.org/paper_2014.html
- - - 8:00-9:00 REGISTRATION 9:00-9:05 Welcome to Bell Museum Dr. Susan Weller, Director, Bell Museum; Professor of Entomology 9:05-9:25 Lessons from Loons: Dealing with Minnesota Winters and Fishing Tips Kevin Kenow, Research Wildlife Biologist with the U.S. Geological Survey 9:25-9:50 Outlook on the Future of Lowland Conifers in Minnesota — Key Habitat for Boreal Birds Maya Hamady, Regional Non-game Specialist, Minnesota DNR 9:50-10:20 Distribution, Migration Chronology, and Survival Rates of Eastern Population Sandhill Cranes Dave Fronczak, Wildlife Biologist, USFWS 10:20-10:40 BREAK 10:40-11:00 Our Climate. Our Birds. Our Choices Matthew Anderson, Executive Director, Audubon Minnesota 11:00-11:15 Bell Museum Update Susan Weller, Bell Museum Director and Lee Pfannmuller 11:15-12:05 From Billions to None, based on Joel Greenberg’s A Feathered Ribbon Across the Sky: The Passenger Pigeon's Flight To Extinction Introduced by Bob Russell, USFWS 12:05-1:05 LUNCH 1:05-1:55 MOU Business Meeting and Awards 1:55-2:10 Thirty-three years of Peregrine Falcon Recovery in the Midwest Jacquelyn Fallon, VP Field Operations/Midwest Peregrine Society 2:10-2:40 Recent Advances in Golden-winged Warbler Ecology Sean Peterson, M.S. Wildlife Ecology and Management, University of Minnesota 2:40-3:00 BREAK 3:00-3:30 The Double-crested Cormorant: Plight of a Feathered Pariah Linda Wires, USFWS 3:30-3:50 Non-feathered Reptiles of Minnesota – Everything You Wanted to Know About Watchable Turtles and Snakes John J. Moriarty, Senior Manager of Wildlife, Three Rivers Park District 3:50-4:10 Evaluating the Grasshopper Sparrow as a Potential Management Indicator Species Lisa Harn, Master’s Degree candidate in Conservation Biology, University of Minnesota 4:10-4:40 Harambee Birders Jennifer Eckman, Environmental Science teacher at Harambee Elementary School 4:40 ADJOURN Please extend your appreciation to the following persons and groups for the help they have given to make this session a success: Coffee and Refreshments — Minnesota River Valley Audubon Chapter Lunch and Exhibit Arrangements — Bob Bossert, MOU Vice President Bell Museum Staff — Dr. Susan Weller, Director The College of Food, Agricultural, and Natural Resources Sciences — Emma Allen, and the visitor services staff Paper Session Chair —Roy Zimmerman, MOU President Please take time to visit the MOU Book Sales tables in the lobby (to benefit the Savaloja Grant program), plus these exhibits on the upper level behind the refreshments Audubon Center of the North Woods: Bryan Wood Bell Museum Curator of Birds: Bob Zink “Bird Beer Labels”: Bob Russell and Laura Erickson Bob White Birder Murder Mysteries: Jan Dunlap Breeding Bird Atlas, Audubon Minnesota: Joanna Eckles Citizens Climate Lobby: Mike Menzel and Kathy Iverson Earl Orf Photos: Earl Orf Ely Field Naturalists: Bill Teft Minnesota Back Yard Birds: Judd Brink MOU Book Sales (in the lobby): John Moriarty MOU Education – Youth Mentor Program: Kevin Smith National Eagle Center: Scott Mehus Red-headed Woodpecker Recovery Project: Chet Myers University of Minnesota Press: Matt Smiley ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
