Guest Speakers
Keynote Presentation
Craig Stover, Nebraska Game & Parks Commission, Law Enforcement Division Chief
Wednesday Night Banquet
A pheasant researcher notebook
TJ Fontaine, Nebraska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Welcome to Nebraska
Keith Hurley, Nebraska Game & Parks Commission
Iowa Master Angler Program – diving into Agile software development head first
Jeff Kopaska, Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Tools for Tool Selection: Choosing hardware/software to meet Fish & Wildlife Project Needs
Kristin Rogers, Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission
Collector: Making life easier for GIS professionals
Lynn Barrett, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
Student Scholarship Presentations
Estimating Density of Bobcats with Capture-Mark-Recapture Data from Camera Traps
Tim Swearingen, Western Illinois University
A tool for identifying potential threats to species on a landscape level: An example geared towards endangered freshwater mussels in Missouri
Kayla Key, University of Missouri Columbia
Mapping Lake Sturgeon Spawning Habitat in the Upper Tennessee River using Side Scan Sonar
Daniel Walker, University of Tennessee
America’s Inventory of Public Parks and Protected Areas: An Overview of the PAD-US System
Lisa Johnson, USGS Gap Analysis Program – Boise State University
Introducing the Peninsular Florida Conservation Planning Atlas
Beth Stys, Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission
MIT App Inventor – Create Your Own Mobile Data Collection App using simple Drag and Drop Technology
CarolAnne Feehan, North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission
How Deep Can Minds Go with the Computer Science Internships in Conservation Research: From Android Apps to Artificial Intelligence…and Solving Differential Equations Too
Joel Sartwell, Missouri Department of Conservation
Temperature monitoring of Nebraska’s coolwater streams and implications for future management
Brett Roberg, Nebraska Game & Parks Commission
Online environmental review for protected species: One state’s system and lessons learned during its development
Rachel Simpson, Nebraska Game & Parks Commission
Texas Parks and Wildlife Drawn Hunts Program
Jon Purvis, Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
Waterfowl Hunting Daily Harvest Data Collection
Joe Kirby, Missouri Department of Conservation
Using Business Analytical Software in Natural Resource Management: How Tableau can be used in Fisheries Science
Andrew Treble, Colorado Park & Wildlife
Multitasking Myth Busting
Keith Hurley, Nebraska Game & Parks Commission
Factors Affecting Fishing License Purchase Patterns and Angler Retention Strategies in Iowa
Jeff Kopaska, Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Mobile Mapping Options – Considerations for the Geo-Geek and non-Geo-Geek
Chris Gerecke, Timmons Group
Are Mail and Online Survey Respondents Representative of the Population?
Jon Purvis, Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
Findings from a Search for R Spatial Analysis Support
Don Schrupp, Colorado Division of Wildlife (retired)