MOU Paper Session Program Schedule, Saturday December 6th, 2014, JF Bell Museum

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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: Robert 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 Tefft

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