Presented by Howie Harshaw - Email: harshaw@ualberta.ca
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Presented by Howie Harshaw - Email: harshaw@ualberta.ca
Abstract TBPPresented by Nicholas Cole - Email: ncole@contractor.usgs.gov
Beginning in 2012, the North American Waterfowl Management Plan called for a fundamental shift in perspective by seeking to explicitly addressing the connections between ecological and social systems within broad scale management of waterfowl and wet...Presented by David C. Fulton - Email: dcfulton@umn.edu
Wildlife management agencies are facing increasing social conflict and unprecedented scrutiny. The agencies are challenged by issues such as decline in hunting participation, public controversy with management actions and policies, disagreement abou...Presented by Anastasia Krainyk - Email: akrainyk@usgs.gov
Waterfowl population management and habitat conservation compose one of the oldest and most successful adaptive management frameworks in the world. Since its inception, NAWMP has emphasized strategically targeted conservation investments in r...Presented by Michael L. Schummer - Email: mlschumm@esf.edu
Waterfowl hunter numbers and waterfowl populations were closely correlated until the past two decades when hunter numbers declined despite near record duck breeding population estimates in North America. This apparent decoupling of waterfowl numbers...Presented by David W. Howerter - Email: d_howerter@ducks.ca
"The 2012 revision of the North American Waterfowl Management Plan (NAWMP) and subsequent 2018 update confirmed that waterfowl management is now striving explicitly to affect social-ecological systems, not just ducks and wetland habitat. This s...Presented by John M. Eadie - Email: jmeadie@ucdavis.edu
Agriculture and protection of natural resources were paramount in the vision of the Morrill Act of 1862 and many of the nations top wildlife programs were hatched in those land-grant institutions. Our constitutional responsibility is to prepare our n...Presented by J. Drew Lanham - Email: lanhamj@clemson.edu
Who will mind the marsh? Welcoming and diversifying new participants in waterfowl and wetlands conservation The mainstream conservation movement in North America, of which waterfowl and wetlands were original foci, has attracted primarily white ma...Presented by J. Drew Lanham - Email: lanhamj@clemson.edu
Who will mind the marsh? Welcoming and diversifying new participants in waterfowl and wetlands conservation The mainstream conservation movement in North America, of which waterfowl and wetlands were original foci, has attracted primarily white ma...Presented by Kevin M. Ringelman - Email: kringelman@agcenter.lsu.edu
Perpetuation and advancement of North American waterfowl research and conservation require continual recruitment of new scientists and managers. However, our education and training capacity of waterfowl professionals at the university level is threa...Presented by Lauren H.R. Senn - Email: lhsenn@g.clemson.edu
Online courses offer an opportunity for students who are unable to take an on campus course to gain knowledge in a topic or meet an academic requirement. Clemson University is, to our knowledge the only US institution offering an online course in Wat...Presented by Karla Guyn - Email: k_guyn@ducks.ca
Since the 1930s and the emergence of waterfowl management as a profession, non-profits, government and academic institutions have partnered to advance its success. Initially these partnerships often focused on basic waterfowl life history then follow...Presented by Ethan R. Massey - Email: emassey@ducks.org
Midcontinent winter populations of arctic nesting geese Anser sp. (hereafter, arctic geese), specifically greater white-fronted geese Anser albifrons frontalis, lesser snow geese Anser caerulescens caerulescens, and Ross’s geese Anser rossii have inc...Presented by Heath M. Hagy - Email: heath_hagy@fws.gov
Energy acquisition and storage are important during resource-limited periods for survival, migration, and subsequent physiological events of migratory birds. Plasma-lipid metabolites (i.e. triglyceride [TRIG], -hydroxybutyrate [BOHB]) have been used...Presented by Heath M. Hagy - Email: heath_hagy@fws.gov
Wetland loss and degradation on stopover areas for migratory waterfowl can lead to food shortages and reduced refueling efficiency. The spring condition hypothesis states that migratory stopover areas are vital for acquiring nutrients necessary for ...Presented by Michael J. Anteau - Email: manteau@usgs.gov
With mounting concerns over wetland habitat loss and degradation is the need to understand those impacts on duck populations. However, concerns about habitat quality often manifest at small spatial scales and population dynamics are a lagging indica...Presented by Jacob McPherson - Email: jmcpherson@ducks.org
American black duck (Anas rubripes) and lesser scaup (Aythya affinis) are species of concern within North American Waterfowl Management Plan goals. Historic declines in these populations may be the result of multiple factors including resource availa...Presented by Alicia Wells-Berlin - Email: aberlin@usgs.gov
As diving foragers, sea ducks are vulnerable to underwater anthropogenic activities, including naval sonar activity and gillnet fisheries. Bycatch in gillnets is a principle driver of mortality for sea ducks, killing hundreds of thousands of seabird...Presented by Michael K. Johnson - Email: joh07575@umn.edu
Although numerous studies have demonstrated that lethal predator management improves nesting success of upland nesting waterfowl, less is known about its potential effect on over-water nesting species. We assessed daily nest survival rates of over-wa...Presented by David Johns - Email: david.johns@usask.ca
Northern pintail populations continue to remain below management objectives despite favorable habitat conditions in the Prairie Pothole Region; a result of low reproductive success due to agricultural intensification and higher nest predation in modi...Presented by Charles W. Gallman - - Email: charles.gallman@sdstate.edu
The Prairie Pothole Region is the primary breeding ground for North American waterfowl. This landscape was historically dominated by mixed and tallgrass prairies interspersed with wetlands, but >70% of native grassland area has been lost due to wides...