Tuesday, March 8 (1-5 PM)
| 1:00-1:15 | Welcome-President Jessica Jurzenski |
| 1:00-1:45 | Ken Williams or Gary Potts (Executive Director TWS or President TWS 2016) “Challenges/Opportunities for Wildlife Management” |
| 1:45-2:30 | History of NE Chapter-Evolution of Wildlife Profession from Past to Present – Carl Wolfe |
| 2:30-2:45 | Break |
Panel Discussion “Changing Times in the Wildlife Profession”
| 3:45-4:15 | The Land Ethic and Use Clayton Stalling |
| 4:15-4:45 | TBD |
| 4:45-5:30 | Panel Discussion |
| 2:45-3:15 | From Hook and Bullet to Wildlife Diversity Mark Humpert |
| 3:15-3:45 | TBD |
| 5:30-7:00 | Dinner |
| 7:00-10:00 | Quiz Bowl/Raffle Ticket Sales/Student-Professional Mixer |
Wednesday, March 9 (AM)
| 8:00-9:00 | Big River Science-Gerald Mestl |
| 9:00-9:30 | Overview of Instream Flows (featuring Long Pine/Niobrara) –Larry Hutchinson |
| 9:30-10:00 | Native Fishes of Nebraska –David Schumann |
| 10:00-10:30 | Native Mollusks of Nebraska-Steve Schainost |
| 10:30-11:00 | River Otters -Nathan Bieber |
| 11:00-11:30 | Wet Meadow Restoration –Bill Whitney |
| 11:30-12:00 | Cranes in Nebraska -Gary Krapu |
Wednesday, March 9 (PM)
| 12:00-1:00 | Lunch |
| 1:00-2:30 | Business Meeting and Installation of 2016-2017 Board Members |
| 2:30-2:45 | Break |
“Conflicts and Issues in the Northern Great Plains”
| 2:45-3:05 | Carnivores (mountain lions) in Nebraska-Sam Wilson |
| 3:05-3:25 | Sage Grouse/Prairie Chickens-Tom Christianson (Wyoming) |
| 3:25-3:45 | “Research and Reflections on Deer and Elk Damage and Disease”– Kurt VerCauteran |
| 3:45-4:05 | TBD |
| 4:05-4:25 | Status of Pollinators -Chris Helzer |
| 4:25-4:45 | TBD |
| 5:15-10:00 | Social, Banquet, Award, Auction-Silent and Live Banquet Speaker-TJ Fontaine-Climate Change and Wildlife |
Thursday, March 10 (AM)
| 5:00-8:00 | Crane Viewing–On Your Own |
| 8:00-8:25 | “Northern Saw-whet Owl Study” –Wayne Mollhoff |
| 8:25-8:50 | “History and Evolution of Wildlife Damage Management in Nebraska” –Chad Richardson |
| 8:50-9:15 | “Depredation of winter wheat and distribution of weed seed by pronghorn antelope in northwest Nebraska”–Rick Arnold |
| 9:15-9:40 | “Examining landscape heterogeneity and understanding ranchers’ perceptions of heterogeneity in the Northern Great Plains using an interdisciplinary approach” –Maggi Sliwinski |
| 9:40-10:05 | “Using cast antlers to assess the antler selectivity of white-tailed deer hunters” –Brian Peterson and Casey Schoenebeck |
| 10:05-10:20 | Break |
| 10:20-10:45 | “Assessment of effects of an existing wind energy facility on greater prairie-chickens in the Nebraska Sandhills” –Larkin A. Powell |
| 10:45-11:10 | “Pattern recognition using spatial statistics to identify African lion and leopard kills from GPS movement data” –Andrei Snyman |
| 11:10-11:35 | “Occupancy and Abundance of Kori Bustards (Ardeotis kori kori) and Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris) for Use in Landscape Conservation Planning in the Northern Tuli Game Reserve, Botswana” –Kathryn McCollum |
| 11:35-12:00 | “Estimation of Distribution and Abundance of the Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta) in the Northern Tuli Game Reserve, Botswana” –Jazmin Castillo |
Thursday, March 10 (PM)
| 1:00- 3:00 | Science Communication Workshop |