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Wednesday, Mar. 16 — Plenary   Location - West Assembly

A Climate for Change-- Moderator — Steve Adams, KS Dept of Wildlife and Parks

8:00 a.m. Welcome — Chris Larson, Iowa DNR, Conference Planning Committee Chair
8:10 a.m. Mike Hayden, Secretary, KS Dept of Wildlife and Parks
8:20 a.m. Michael Thabault , Assistant Regional Director, Region 6, USFWS
8:30 a.m. An Overview — Brigadier General, John R. McMahon, Northwestern Division, USACE
9:00 a.m. 1990-2010: Twenty Years of the Endangered Species Act and US
                    Army Corps of Engineers on the Missouri River: A Review of the
                        Litigation, Management Policies and Science Advances — John
                            Seeronen, USACE, Erik Blechinger, USACE, Casey D. Kruse, USACE
10:00 a.m. BREAK
10:20 a.m. Global Climate Change Impacts in the U.S. and Application to the
                        Missouri River — Michael J. Brewer, NOAA
11:00 a.m. Climate Change Policy and Legislation: What does it Mean for the MRNRC? — John L.

                        Cooper
11:45 p.m. Lunch/ MRNRC Missouri River Champion Award (West Assembly)

Wednesday, Mar. 17 — Afternoon, Concurrent Session A, Location – Steinhart A/B
Session 1A: Missouri River BiOP Actions, Analyses, and Technical Review Moderator — Michael George,    USACE

1:00 p.m. Gap Analysis for the Missouri River Recovery Program — Brad Thompson/John Shelman,

                  USACE
1:20 p.m. Missouri River Ecosystem Restoration Plan: Innovative Methods of Integrating Conservation

                     Planning Methods, Conceptual Ecological Models, USACE Planning Requirements, and NEPA

                         to Develop a Comprehensive Plan — Wayne Nelson-Stastny, USFWS
1:40 p.m. Collaboration: It’s Not for Sissies - The Storming, Norming, and Performing of the Missouri River

                     Recovery Implementation Committee (MRRIC) — Mary Roth, USACE
2:00 p.m. Effective Approach to Missouri River Ecosystem Restoration and Protection with Wetlands

                     Reserve Enhancement Program Partnerships — Verlon Barnes, USDA
2:20 p.m. Independent External Peer Reviews (IEPR) of Decision Documents, Implications & Lessons

                     Learned for Missouri River Recovery Program Projects — Cynthia Upah, USACE
2:40 p.m. BREAK

Session 2A: Missouri River BiOP Actions, Analyses, and Technical Review, Moderator — Craig Fleming,

                        USACE

3:00 p.m. Techniques for Scientific Peer Review - A Perspective on Several Government Agencies and

                     Professional Organizations — Richard Wilson, USGS
3:20 p.m. Missouri River Basin Water Mgmt — Joel Knofczynski, USACE
3:40 p.m. Missouri River Spring Pulse: 2009 Drainage Impact Evaluation — Jennifer Davis, USACE
4:00 p.m. Comparison of Spring Rise Impacts on Interior Drainage in 2008 and 2009 — Roy McAllister,

                     USACE
4:20 p.m. Missouri River Spring Pulse: 2008 and 2009 Observed Attenuation — Jennifer Davis, USACE
4:40 p.m. Comparison of Spring Rise Impacts on Groundwater Levels in 2008 and 2009 — Roy McAllister,

                     USACE

Wednesday, Mar. 17 — Afternoon, Concurrent Session B         Location – Steinhart C
Session 1B: Pallid Sturgeon, Moderator — Timothy Welker, USACE

1:00 p.m. Ecological Requirements for Pallid Sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus) Reproduction and

                     Recruitment in the Lower Missouri River — Aaron DeLonay, USGS
1:20 p.m. Geographic Differences in Reproductive Synchrony of Scaphirhynchus: An Interpretation of the

                     Data Relative to Genetics, Cues and Reproductive Behavior — Diana Papoulias, USGS
1:40 p.m. Linking River Morphology to Larval Drift of an Endangered Sturgeon — Robert Jacobson, USGS
2:00 p.m. New Genetic Markers Provide an Efficient Tool for Identifying Missouri River Pallid Sturgeon

                     Larvae — Edward Heist, Southern Illinois University
2:20 p.m. Laboratory Examination of Juvenile Pallid Sturgeon Habitat Preferences with Focus on Predation

                     — Tobias Rapp, South Dakota State University

2:40 p.m. BREAK
Session 2B: Pallid Sturgeon, Moderator — George Williams, USACE

3:00 p.m. Vulnerability to Predation in Juvenile Pallid Sturgeon Scaphirhynchus albus — William French,

                     South Dakota State University
3:20 p.m. Recaptures and Growth of Pallid Sturgeon Early Life History Stages in the Upper Missouri River,

                     Montana and North Dakota — Pat Braaten, USGS
3:40 p.m. Telemetry Inferred Survival Rates of Juvenile Pallid Sturgeon in RPMA2 — Dave Fuller, MT FWP
4:00 p.m. Resource Selection by Adult Pallid Sturgeon, Scaphirhynchus albus, in the Channelized Missouri

                     River, USA with Implications for Current and Planned Habitat Creation Projects — Justin Haas,

                     NE GPC
4:20 p.m. Trotline Use to Improve Confidence in the Survival Rates in the Upper Missouri River, MT —

                     Landon Holte, MT FWP
4:40 p.m. Population Characteristics of Pallid Sturgeon in the Lower Platte River, NE — Martin Hamel,

                     University of Nebraska, Lincoln
5:00 p.m. Generating Information from Large Volumes of Data: Development of a Sturgeon Information

                     Mgmt System (SIMS) — Kimberly Chojnacki, USGS

Thursday, Mar. 18 — Morning, Concurrent Session A, Location – Steinhart A/B
Session 1A: Monitoring the Progress of Restoration Moderator — Casey Kruse, USACE

8:00 a.m. Argument for a Systems Approach to Monitoring Missouri River Restoration Progress — Jim

                     Berkley, USEPA
8:20 a.m. Habitat Use and Population Demographics of Blue Sucker in the Middle Missouri River — Jerrod

                     Hall, NE GPC
8:40 a.m. Benthic Fishes Response to Chute Construction at Dalbey Bottoms: Results from Pre

                    Construction Monitoring — Clayton Ridenour, USFWS
9:00 a.m. An Initial Response of Pallid and Shovelnose Sturgeon — Adam Schapaugh, University of

                     Nebraska, Lincoln
9:20 a.m. Comparison of Fish Communities in Recently Constructed Side-Channel Chutes with the Main

                     Channel Missouri River — Kasey Whiteman, MDC
9:40 a.m. Missouri River Watershed Coalition - A Multi-State Model for Coordination of Invasive Species

                     Mgmt — Mitch Coffin, NE Dept. of Agriculture

10:00 a.m. BREAK
Session 2A: Tern and Plover — 1     Moderator — Galen Jons, USACE

10:20 a.m. 24 Years of Monitoring - What Have We Learned? — Gregory Pavelka, USACE
10:40 a.m. Emergent Sandbar Variability as Affected by Mechanical Habitat Creation, Discharge, Erosion,

                     and Plant Succession on 5 Segments of the Missouri River in 2006-2008 — Laurence Strong,

                     USGS
11:00 a.m. Factors Affecting Piping Plover Nest Success on Missouri River Sandbars — Joy Felio, Virginia

                     Tech
11:20 a.m. Evaluation of Vegetation Removal and Control Methods to Create Emergent Sandbar Habitat on

                     the Upper Missouri River — Jared Stirling, USACE
11:40 a.m. Effect of Owl Trapping and Removal on Piping Plover Hatchling Survival — Daniel Catlin,

                     Virginia Tech

12:00 p.m. LUNCH

Thursday, Mar. 18 — Morning, Concurrent Session B     Location – Steinhart C
Session 1B: Non-T&E Species Studies     Moderator — Gerald Mestl, NE GPC

8:00 a.m. Age and Growth Analyses of Flathead Catfish (Pylodictis olivaris) in the Missouri River from 2002

                    -2008 — Timothy Porter, NE GPC
8:20 a.m. Asian Carp in the Missouri River: Analysis from Multiple Missouri River Habitat and Fisheries

                     Programs — Greg Wanner, USFWS
8:40 a.m. Economic Impacts of Upper Missouri River Reservoir Fisheries — Jim Riis, SD GFP
9:00 a.m. Evaluating Paddlefish Sport Fishery Potential in Lake Francis Case, SD — Landon Pierce, South

                     Dakota State University
9:20 a.m. Seasonal Use of Tributaries by Missouri River Fishes in the Garrison Reach, ND — McLain

                     Johnson, South Dakota State University
9:40 a.m. Range-Wide Contribution of Paddlefish Nursery Areas in the Mississippi River Basin — Brenda

                     Pracheil, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

10:00 a.m. BREAK
Session 2B: Herp Monitoring and Macroinvertebrates     Moderator — Angi Bruce, IDNR

10:20 a.m. Spatial Patterns of Macroinvertebrate Abundance and Composition in the Missouri River

                     Downstream of Fort Randall and Gavins Point Dams, SD and NE — Kristen Grohs, USFWS
10:40 a.m. Habitat Use and Movement Patterns of Smooth Softshells, Apolone mutica, and False Map

                     Turtles, Graptemys pseudogeographica, within the 59-Mile Segment of the Missouri National

                     Recreational River — Aaron Gregor, University of South Dakota
11:00 a.m. Missouri River Mitigation, Wetland Restoration Functional Assessment — Luke Wallace,

                    USACE, Karen Kinkead, IDNR
11:20 a.m. Pilot Study and Plans for Herpetofauna Monitoring in Iowa — Tyler Grant, IDNR
11:40 a.m. Wetland Restoration Functional Assessment on Mitigation Sites in Kansas — Dan Drimmel,

                     Benedictine College
12:00 p.m. LUNCH

Thursday, Mar. 18 — Afternoon, Concurrent Session A     Location – Steinhart A/B
Session 3A: Tern and Plover — 2     Moderator — Greg Pavelka, USACE

1:00 p.m. Colonization of Engineered Sandbar Habitat by Piping Plovers on the Missouri River — Joy Felio,

                     Virginia Tech
1:20 p.m. Assessment of Least Tern Foraging Habitats and Small Fishes of Gavins Point Reach and Lewis

                     and Clark Lake — Jennifer Stucker, USGS
1:40 p.m. Survival of Least Tern and Piping Plover Nests on the Garrison reach of the Missouri River —

                     Terry Shaffer, USGS
2:00 p.m. Do Water-Level Fluctuations Drive Piping Plover Productivity and Available Habitat at Lake

                    Sakakawea? — Michael Anteau, USGS
2:20 p.m. The Effect of Flow on Fledging Time, Survival, and Growth of Piping Plover Chicks on the

                     Missouri River — Daniel Catlin, Virginia Tech
2:40 p.m. An Adaptive Mgmt Strategy for Endangered Species Habitat Restoration — Timothy Fleeger,

                     USACE

3:00 p.m. POSTER SESSION
Session 4A: Tern and Plover — 3     Moderator — Brad Thompson, USACE

4:00 p.m. Predictive Models for Adaptive Mgmt of Emergent Sandbar Habitat to Support Recovery of Least

                     Terns and Piping Plovers on the Missouri River — Kate Buenau, Pacific Northwest Laboratory

4:20 p.m. The Emergent Sandbar Habitat Program for the Recovery of Terns and Plovers: Model Results

                     and Validation — Tim Hiller, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
4:40 p.m. Using GIS Spatial Decision Support Systems in Ecosystems in Ecosystem Restoration Projects:

                     A Case Study on the Missouri River — Timothy Fleeger, USACE
5:00 p.m. Successful Floating Emergent Sandbar Applications for Shore Bird Habitat — Headwaters

                     Floating Island

Thursday, Mar. 18 — Afternoon, Concurrent Session B     Location – Steinhart C
Session 3B: Cottonwood     Moderator — Jason Skold, The Nature Conservancy

1:00 p.m. Historical Riparian Cover Types in the Missouri Breaks National Monument — Michael Scott,

                     USGS
1:20 p.m. Status and Trend of Cottonwood Forests Along the Missouri River from Kansas City to Montana

                     — Mark Dixon, University of South Dakota
1:40 p.m. Effects of Forest Type and Age Class on Songbird Populations across a Cottonwood

                     Successional Gradient within the Missouri National Recreational River — Adam Benson,

                     University of South Dakota
2:00 p.m. Using GIS to Prioritize Cottonwood Restoration Site Selection on the Missouri River — Lisa

                     Rabbe, USACE
2:20 p.m. The Cottonwood Mgmt Plan: Tools for Other Restoration Efforts — Suzanne Boltz, Engineering,

                     Science & Technology
2:40 p.m. Ecosystem Modeling for the Missouri River Cottonwood Mgmt Plan and It’s Potential Uses and

                     Relationship to MRERP — Lisa Rabbe, USACE

3:00 p.m. POSTER SESSION
Session 4B: Energy     Moderator — Suzanne Gucciardo, NPS

4:00 p.m. Alternative Energy Projects in the Missouri River Basin and EPA’s Regulatory Role — Larry

                     Shepard, USEPA
4:20 p.m. Wind Energy Development and Challenges in the Upper Missouri River Basin — Timothy Modde,

                     USFWS
4:40 p.m. Hydrokinetics: What’s It All About? — Randy Thoreson, NPS
5:00 p.m. Oil Production and Associated Demand for Water in Western North Dakota — Robert Shaver, ND

                     SWC

Friday, Mar. 19 — Morning, Concurrent Session A     Location – Steinhart A/B
Session 1A: Consideration for Restoration Opportunities     Moderator — Ted LaGrange, NE GPC

8:00 a.m. Hydrologic and Geomorphic Considerations in Restoration of River- Floodplain Connectivity,

                     Lower Missouri River — Robert Jacobson, USGS
8:20 a.m. Simple and Practical Applications of Planning Tools Along the Missouri River in NE — Tyler

                     Janke, The Nature Conservancy
8:40 a.m. Applications of a GIS Floodplain Mapping Model - Valley Identification, Connectivity Indexing, and

                     Emergency Mgmt — Debra Baker, KS Biological Survey
9:00 a.m. Using Human Threat Indices to Prioritize Conservation Areas for Lotic Fishes — Jeffrey Fore,

                     University of Missouri
9:20 a.m. Yellowstone River-Intake Dam Modifications: Engineering Design — Curtis Miller and Chris J.

                     Svendsen, USACE

9:40 a.m. BREAK
Session 2A: Restoration Opportunities    Moderator — Paul Boyd, USACE

10:00 a.m. Intake Diversion Dam Modification, Collaborative Partnerships Lead to a Streamlined Process

                     — Tiffany Vanosdall, USACE
10:20 a.m. SWH Construction Activities and Design Update - Kansas City District — Michael Gossenauer,

                     USACE
10:40 a.m. SWH Construction Activities and Design Update - Omaha District — Daniel Pridal, USACE
11:00 a.m. Project Work Request Manager: How it Functions, Assists in Creating the Annual Work Plan and

                     Gets YOUR Project Funded — Jeremy Kellett, USACE
11:20 a.m. MRRP Website -Walkthrough — Chris Horihan, USACE

Friday, Mar. 19 — Morning, Concurrent Session B     Location – Steinhart C
Session 1B: Water Quality and Sedimentation     Moderator — Larry Shepard, USEPA

8:00 a.m. A Summary of On-going Water Quality and Ecological Investigations within the Missouri River

                     Basin for the U.S. Geological Survey’s National Water Quality Assessment Program — Jill

                     Frankforter, USGS
8:20 a.m. Monitoring Nutrient Contributions to the Lower Missouri and Upper Mississippi Rivers — Gary

                     Welker, USEPA
8:40 a.m. The Big Muddy: Do Sediments from Agriculturally Intense Tributary Watersheds Affect Water

                     Quality? — Marlo Sellin, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
9:00 a.m. Cross-Section Comparisons on the Lower Missouri River - Technique for Sediment Mgmt —

                     Michael Chapman and Tracy Brown, USACE
9:20 a.m. Sediment Distribution within Two Constructed Missouri River Chutes in NE — Brenda Woodward,

                     USGS

9:40 a.m. BREAK
Session 2B: Hydrology/Sediment     Moderator — Richard Wilson, USGS

10:00 a.m. Historic Changes and Water Quality Characteristics of Backwater Habitats on the 59-Mile

                     Segment of the Missouri National Recreational River — Lisa Yager, University of South Dakota,

                     Missouri River Institute
10:20 a.m. Concentrations of Selected Metals in Uncontaminated Alluvial Deposits of the Cheyenne and

                     Belle Fourche Rivers, SD — John Stamm, USGS
10:40 a.m. Proposed National Sediment and Water-Quality Monitoring Network Piloted in the Mississippi

                     River Basin - A Synopsis — David Rus, USGS
11:00 a.m. The Challenge of Identifying Sediment Sources in Superimposed Fluvial Channels: The Missouri

                     and James Rivers, SD — Mark Sweeney, University of South Dakota

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