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1 Great Lakes Waterfowl Symposium: Final Program Monday, 23 August :00-19:00 Registration The registration desk will also be open August from 7:00-15:00 19:00-22:00 Opening Reception (in Bristol C) 22:00- Hospitality Suite Tuesday, 24 August 2004 (presentations in Balmoral Room) 6:30 8:00 Breakfast (in Bristol C) 8:00 Welcome to the GLWS Scott Petrie (on behalf of the GLWS Organizing Committee) 8:05 Opening remarks CWS, MNR & DUC Representatives 8:20 8:50 9:10 9:30 9:50 Plenary Status of Waterfowl Science and Management Programs in United States and Canadian Universities Rick Kaminski Breeding Ecology Session Chair: Tina Yerkes Mallard Duckling Survival in the Great Lakes Region: Relationships with Hatch Date and Habitat John Simpson & Tina Yerkes Mallard Breeding Ecology and Hydrophyte Communities in Managed Wetlands in New York Matthew Kaminski & Guy Baldassarre Furthering Our Understanding of Mallard Breeding Ecology to Enhance DUC Conservation Programs in Southern Ontario Michel Gendron & Shane Gabor Evaluation of Blue-winged Teal Production on Private Lands in Wisconsin: Pilot Study Results Ronald Gatti & Tim Grunewald 10:10-10:30 Coffee Break 10:30 10:50 11:10 11:30 Evaluation of Mallard Production on Private Lands in Wisconsin Ronald Gatti, Tim Grunewald & Tina Yerkes A Proposed Mechanism for Linking Nutrient Availability and Clutch Size in Waterfowl Michael Eichholz Nesting Success, Gosling Growth, and Adult Body Condition of Giant Canada Geese in Southern Illinois Michael Sertle & Michael Eichholz Developing a Method to Estimate Breeding Probability of Mallards Using Postovulatory Follicles Eric Lindstrom, Michael Eichholz & John Eadie 11:50 HEN: Turning Science into Habitat in the Great Lakes States Tina Yerkes 12:10-13:20 Lunch (in Bristol C)

2 13:20 Tuesday, 24 August 2004 (continued). Population Ecology Session Chair: Michel Gendron Assessing the Importance of the Great Lakes States to Waterfowl Populations in the Southern Atlantic Flyway Walter Rhodes, Richard Malecki, Susan Shaeffer, & Tommy Strange 13:40 Derivation of the Mallard Harvest in Wisconsin Ronald Gatti & Jon Bergquist 14:00 14:20 Past and Present Management of Giant Canada Geese in the Great Lakes Watershed of Southern Ontario Norm North Modeling the Great Lakes Mallard Population John Coluccy, Tina Yerkes & Rebecca Walling 14:40-15:00 Coffee Break 15:00 15:20 15:40 16:00 16:20 Waterfowl Surveys Session Chair: Ken Ross Waterfowl Surveys during Spring and Fall Migration Along the Lower Great Lakes Coast: A Summary of Recent and Historical Counts Kenyon Ross & Michel Gendron Breeding Waterfowl Surveys in Southern Ontario, Gary McCullough, Darrell Dennis, Norm North & Kenyon Ross Post-season Banding of American Black Ducks Paul Ashley, Norm North & Scott Petrie The WILDSPACE Decision Support System: A Geo-Spatial Integration of Diverse Wildlife Survey Data Donald McNicol & Richard Russell Three Years of the Lower Great Lakes January Waterfowl Inventory Preliminary Results and Suggestions Michael Schummer & Scott Petrie 16:40-17:30 Waterfowl Surveys Workshop Facilitator: Norm North 20:00- Hospitality Suite

3 Wednesday, 25 August 2004 (Presentations in Bristol A & B) 6:30-8:00 Breakfast (in Bristol C) 8:30 Plenary - Foods of Ducks, Ducks as Food: Community Ecological Perspectives on the Question of Population Limitation in Waterfowl - Tom Nudds Threats Session Chair: Francine MacDonald 9:00 Invasive Species in the Great Lakes Basin - Francine MacDonald 9:20 9:40 10:00 Rapid Increase in the Lower Great Lakes Population of Feral Mute Swans: A Review and a Recommendation - Scott Petrie & Charles Francis Historical Distribution and Abundance of Phragmites australis at Long Point, Lake Erie, Ontario - Kerrie Wilcox, Scott Petrie, Laurie Maynard & Shawn Meyer Annual Lake Erie Water Bird Die-offs at Long Point, Ontario: Will these Botulism Events Continue? Steve Timmermans, Eoin Craigie, & Jeff Robinson 10:20-10:40 Coffee Break 10:40 11:00 11:20 11:40 Oil Spills: A Threat to Waterfowl and the Benefits of Pre-Planning - Thomas Dunbar, Eileen Gilbert & Heidi Stout Changing Scaup Populations on the Great Lakes and Northeast Atlantic Coast - John Barclay & Patricia Hollay Contaminant Burdens in Lesser and Greater Scaup Staging on the Lower Great Lakes - Scott Petrie Post-ban Incidence of Lead Shot Ingestion by Waterfowl on the Lower Great Lakes - Jenna Bowen, Melinda Demendi & Scott Petrie 12:00-13:20 Lunch (Barbeque, Location TBA)

4 Wednesday, 25 August 2004 (continued). Staging & Wintering Ecology Session Chair: Michael Eichholz 13:20 Spring Migration, the Redheaded Stepchild of the Annual Cycle - Michael Eichholz 13:40 14:00 14:20 Mallard and Lesser Scaup Food Selection during Spring Migration on Swan Lake, Illinois - Randolph Smith & Michael Eichholz Nutrient Reserve Dynamics of Lesser Scaup during Spring Migration on the Canadian Lower Great Lakes - Shannon Badzinski & Scott Petrie Availability of Benthic Macroinvertebrates to Diving Ducks during Winter on Northeastern Lake Ontario - Michael Schummer, Scott Petrie, & Robert C. Bailey 14:40-15:00 Coffee break 15:00 15:20 15:40 Migration Chronology of Eastern Population Tundra Swans - Scott Petrie & Kerrie Wilcox Feeding Activity of Tundra Swans and Effects on Aquatic Vegetation at Long Point, Ontario - Shannon Badzinski, Dave Ankney & Scott Petrie Diel Wetland Use Patterns for Waterfowl during Autumn and Spring Migration in Ohio - Michael Brasher, Robert Gates & Jason Steckel 16:00-17:30 Staging Waterfowl Discussion Facilitator: Michael Eichholz 19:30-21:30 GLWS Poster Session (in Bristol C) 20:30 Student Awards Presentation (Bristol C) 21:30- Hospitality Suite

5 Thursday, 26 August (presentations in Bristol A & B) 6:30-8:00 Breakfast (in Bristol C) 8:30 9:00 9:20 Habitat Conservation & Management Session Chair: Bruce Pollard DUC and DU Inc. Conservation Programs in the Great Lakes Basin - Ron Maher & Tina Yerkes Waterfowl Habitat Management: Accommodating for Shorebirds in the Southwest Lake Erie Marsh Region - Tara VanWyck & Robert Gates Hydrologic Associations of Marsh Bird Abundance in Great Lakes Coastal Wetlands - Steve Timmermans, Shannon Badzinski & Joel Ingram 9:40 Lake Smith Marsh Project: Rebuilding an Important Wildlife Resource - John Russel 10:00-10:20 Coffee break 10:20 10:40 11:00 Use of Phragmites Australis, Typha, and Marsh Meadow by Marsh Birds at Long Point, Ontario - Shawn Meyer, Scott Petrie & Dave Ankney Association of Habitat and Macroinvertebrate Productivity in a Restored Illinois River Backwater During Spring Migration - Darin Grulkowski, Mike Eichholz & Matt Whiles Waterfowl Habitat Restoration, as if Prothonotary Warblers Mattered: Assessing and Adjusting Wetland Enhancement Projects to Benefit an Endangered Species - Mark Stabb & Jon McCracken 11:20 Waterfowl Hunters and Conservation in Ontario - Robert Pineo 12:00-13:20 Lunch (in Bristol C) Conservation Program Planning & Public Policy- Session Chair: Robert Gates 13:20 13:40 14:10 14:40 A Bioenergetics Approach for Establishing Habitat Objectives in the Mid-migratory Region of the Great Lakes - Michael Eichholz Using a NABCI Planning Framework to Guide Waterfowl Habitat Program Delivery: The BCR 13 Experience - Bruce Pollard, Dave Odell, Brigitte Collins, Chuck Hayes, Luc Bélanger, Gary McCullough, Kevin Loftus, & Andrew Milliken Alternative Land Use Services (ALUS): The Farmer s Conservation Plan - Robert O. Bailey & Dave Reid DUC Activities in Ontario: Turning Public Policy into Habitat Conservation - Jim Anderson 15:00-15:10 GLWS Closing Remarks Bruce Pollard (on behalf of GLWS Organizing Committee)

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