SESSION DETAILS, PAGE 2: Friday, February 2

Special Session: Wetlands of the Upper Mississippi River Corridor (Part 1)
Friday, February 2, 8:40 - 10:20 am
Moderator: Gretchen Benjamin, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

TIME	AUTHORS	TITLE
8:40 - 9:00	Jon S. Hendrickson, US Army Corps of Engineers Kari L. Layman, US Army Corps of Engineers	Overview of Upper Mississippi River wetland habitat restoration projects and lessons learned
9:00 - 9:20	Jeff Janvrin, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	Examples of environmental response to Upper Mississippi River Environmental Management Program Habitat Rehabilitation and Enhancement Projects
9:20 - 9:40	Bill Thrune, US Fish and Wildlife Service	Waterfowl use response to habitat restoration projects on the Upper Mississippi River
9:40 - 10:00	Kurt Brownell, US Army Corps of Engineers Meredith Thomsen, Univ. of Wisconsin-La Crosse Jonathan Sobiech, US Army Corps of Engineers Randall Urich, St. Paul District US Army Corps of Engineers	Reestablishing bottomland forest in a site dominated by reed canary grass
10:00 - 10:20	Terry Dukerschein, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Andrew Bartels, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	Wisconsin state-listed fish collected in Pools 4 and 8, Upper Mississippi River 1991-2005

Restoration and Management of Riverine Wetlands: Watershed and Statewide Approaches
Friday, February 2, 8:40 - 10:20 am
Moderator: Travis Olson, Wisconsin Coastal Management Program

TIME	AUTHORS	TITLE
8:40 - 9:00	Cathy Whiting, Limno-Tech, Inc. Scott Bell, Limno-Tech, Inc.	Evaluating the potential of wetland restoration as a method of improving water quality
9:00 - 9:20	Elizabeth Nixon, Emmons & Olivier Resources, Inc. Jason Naber, Emmons & Olivier Resources, Inc. Melissa Arikian, Emmons & Olivier Resources, Inc.	Runoff and nutrient modeling for no net loss of wetland function on a watershed scale
9:20 - 9:40	Barry Drazkowski, Saint Mary’s Univ. of Minnesota Andy Robertson, Saint Mary’s Univ. of Minnesota Chris Ensminger, Iowa Department of Natural Resources	Mapping Surface Hydrology in Iowa Through National Wetland Inventory Updates: A GIS Based Approach
9:40 - 10:00	Ann Amelse, Earth Tech, Inc. Dale Katsma, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	Evaluating wetland restoration potential in the North Branch Milwaukee River Wildlife and Farming Heritage Area
10:00 - 10:20	Brynda Hatch, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Tom Bernthal, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	Statewide reed canary grass mapping of non-forested Wisconsin wetlands

Biodiversity of Riverine Wetlands: Habitat, Monitoring & Management (Part 2)
Friday, February 2, 8:40 - 10:20 am
Moderator: Becky Abel, Wisconsin Wetlands Association

TIME	AUTHORS	TITLE
8:40 - 9:00	Amanda Killian McLeese, Southern Illinois University Michael Eichholz, Southern Illinois University Jack Nawrot, Southern Illinois University Steven Kraft, Southern Illinois University	Determining cost effectiveness of active versus passive managed wetland systems
9:00 - 9:20	Dawn Marie Plattner, Southern Illinois University Michael Eichchoz, Southern Illinois University Tina Yerkes, Ducks Unlimited Inc.	Food availability for wintering and spring staging American Black Ducks
9:20 - 9:40	Richard D. Schultheis, Southern Illinois University Michael Eichchoz, Southern Illinois University Tina Yerkes, Ducks Unlimited Inc.	Invertebrate availability for waterfowl consumption during the spring migratory period
9:40 - 10:00	Peter David, Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission	Wild rice soup: An overview of the history, ecology and management of a special riverine resource
10:00 - 10:20	Brad Hutnik, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	Management considerations for bottomland hardwood stands along the Lower Wisconsin River

Special Session: Wetlands of the Upper Mississippi River Corridor (Part 2)
Friday, February 2, 10:40 am - 12:20 pm
Moderator: Randy Hines, US Geological Survey

TIME	AUTHORS	TITLE
10:40 - 11:00	Gretchen Benjamin, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	Small scale to large scale drawdowns on Upper Mississippi River: From planning to implementation
11:00 - 11:20	Kevin Kenow, US Geological Survey Larry R. Robinson, US Geological Survey James T. Rogala, S Geological Survey Randy K. Hines, S Geological Survey	Vegetation response to pool-wide drawdowns on the Upper Mississippi River
11:20 - 11:40	Yao Yin, US Geological Survey Larry R. Robinson, US Geological Survey Jim Rogala, US Geological Survey Jennifer Sauer, US Geological Survey Heidi Langrehr, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	Annual distribution maps of aquatic plant species in Pools 4, 8 and 13 of the Upper Mississippi River from 1998 to 2006
11:40 - 12:00	William Richardson, US Geological Survey Lynn Bartsch, US Geological Survey Jennifer Cavanaugh, Natural Resource and Conservation Service	Water level management and nitrogen cycling in the Upper Mississippi River
12:00 - 12:20	Michael D. Delong, Winona State University	Response of ecosystem processes to an experimental drawdown on the Upper Mississippi River: community metabolism

Public Protection of Riverine Wetlands: Citizen and Agency Led Efforts
Friday, February 2, 10:40 am - 12:20 pm
Moderator: Gail Epping Overholt, Univ. of Wisconsin Extension

TIME	AUTHORS	TITLE
10:40 - 11:00	Erin O'Brien, Wisconsin Wetlands Association	Defending process to defend wetlands: A West Bend airport case study
11:00 - 11:20	Travis Olson, Wisconsin Coastal Management Program Cathy Techtmann, Univ. of Wisconsin-Extension Becky Sapper, The Nature Conservancy Patrick Robinson, Univ. of Wisconsin-Extension	Wisconsin’s Estuarine Research and Education Initiative: Nominating a National Estuarine Research Reserve for Lake Superior
11:20 - 11:40	Patrick Robinson, Univ. of Wisconsin-Extension Robin Shepard, Univ. of Wisconsin-Extension	An Analysis of Wisconsin’s freshwater estuary outreach, applied research and management needs
11:40 - 12:00	Ashley Risler, Northland College Scott Wold, Northland College Julian Scott, Northland College Carolyn Weber, Northland College	Bay City Creek: Lake Superior riverine wetlands in urban settings
12:00 - 12:20	Chuck Lee, Univ. of Wisconsin-La Crosse	The La Crosse River Marsh Coalition: Civic activism in action

Invasive Species Monitoring & Management
Friday, February 2, 10:40 am - 12:20 pm
Moderator: Kelly Kearns, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

TIME	AUTHORS	TITLE
10:40 - 11:00	Kelly Kearns, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	Invasive plants coming to a riverine wetland near you: What is the latest research and the new species
11:00 - 11:20	Arthur Kitchen, US Fish and Wildlife Service Mike Healy, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison	Strategies for control of reed canarygrass (Phalaris arundinacea): Draft guidelines from the Wisconsin Reed Canarygrass Working Group
11:20 - 11:40	Mike Healy, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison Joy Zedler, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison	Response of invasive reed canarygrass (Phalaris arundinacea) to native wetland plant seeding and grass-specific herbicide application
11:40 - 12:00	Craig A. Annen, Michler & Brown Ecological Restoration, LLC	Short-circuiting rhizome apical dominance to enhance chemical control of reed canarygrass with sethoxydim
12:00 - 12:20	James Meeker, Northland College	A comparison of narrow and wide-leaf cattail dynamics along riverine portions of the Kakagon Sloughs complex, Lake Superior, 1998-2005

Poster Session
Thursday, February 1, 5:00 - 6:30 pm

AUTHORS	TITLE
Andy Bartels, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Jeff Janvrin, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	Upper Mississippi River backwaters as fish overwintering refugia: evidence of fish migration in late fall
Catherine L. Bonin, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison Joy B. Zedler, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison	Dominance in wetland plants: Comparing two strategies
Steven J, Hall, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison Joy B. Zedler, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison	Restoring sedge meadows in an urban setting: Potential and limitations
Jay Hitchcock, Southern Illinois University Michael Eichholz, Southern Illinois University Tina Yerkes, Ducks Unlmited, Inc.	Food selection of spring migratory waterfowl in the Upper Mississippi River/ Great Lakes region
Heidi Langrehr, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	Changes in aquatic vegetation between 1975, 1991, and 2004 near Stoddard, WI Pool 8, Upper Mississippi River system
Vince Mosca, Hey and Associates, Inc.	Natural habitat restoration on privately owned island in Lower Chippewa River basin, Dunn County, WI
Stacy Schaefer, Northland College Sara Domek, Northland College Carolyn Weber, Northland College Scott Wold, Northland College	A threat to riverine wetlands: Invasive plants and the emerald ash borer
Joseph Schubauer-Berigan, US Environmental Protection Agency William Richardson, US Geological Survey Peter Hughes, US Geological Survey Lynn Bartsch, US Geological Survey Jennifer Cavanaugh, US Geological Survey Matthew Morrison, US Environmental Protection Agency	The effectiveness of wetlands in reducing non-point source sediment and nutrient loads
Rick Schulte, UAP Distribution Doug DeWitt, Tall Grass Prairie Restoration	Assessment of six herbicides for control of reed canarygrass (Phalaris arundinacea)
Emily Stanley, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison	Leaching and microbial use of organic carbon from leaves of four floodplain trees in the Wisconsin River floodplain
Wisconsin Reed Canarygrass Working Group Matt Otto, Natural Resources Conservation Service Art Kitchen, US Fish and Wildlife Service Greg Kidd, Natural Resources Conservation Service	Strategies for control of reed canarygrass (Phalaris arundinacea): draft guidelines from the Wisconsin Reed Canarygrass Working Group