Restoring, conserving, and understanding
the Central Platte River Valley from wet
meadows to Whooping Cranes: where we
have been, where we are now, and where
we are going.________________________________________
Please register at the Crane Trust Nature and
Visitor Center between 7am and 8am on
June 5th.
Late registration will be available throughout
the symposium.
$25 per professional or general public
entry $10 with student identification card
Food Included.
Tuesday,
June
5th_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Morning
Session
(Waterbird
Habitat)
7:00-­?
Registration
(coffee
and
light
breakfast)
8:00-­?
Opening
and
Welcome
8:10-­?
Habitat
use
of
Sandhill
Cranes
and
waterfowl
on
the
North
and
South
Platte
Rivers
in
Nebraska-­?
Dana
M.
Varner,
Rainwater
Basin
Joint
Venture
8:30-­?
Sandhill
Crane
Roosting
Habitat
and
River
Flows
–Patrick
Farrell,
Platte
River
Recovery
and
Implementation
Program
9:00-­?
Whooping
Crane
Migration
Corridor:
A
Shift
in
Time-­?
Matt
Rabbe,
US
Fish
and
Wildlife
Service
9:20-­?
Temporal
and
Spatial
Shifts:
The
effects
of
winter
temperatures
and
habitat
change
on
Sandhill
Crane
Roosting
Distributions
in
the
Central
Platte
River
Valley-­?
Andrew
J.
Caven,
Crane
Trust
9:50-­?
Short
Break
10:00-­?
Was
the
historic
central
Platte
River
hydrology
hostile
to
successful
nesting
on
sandbars?,
Jason
S.
Alexander,
University
of
Wyoming
10:30-­?
Whooping
Crane
Migration
Strategies
in
Central
Flyway
-­?
Aaron
T.
Pierse,
US
Geological
Survey
10:50-­?
Whooping
Crane
Habitat
along
the
Big
Bend
of
the
Platte
River-­?
Dave
Baasch,
Platte
River
Recovery
and
Implementation
Project
11:20-­?
Keynote:
Grassland
Crane
Habitat:
Comparing
Mongolia
and
the
Great
Plains-­?
George
Archibald,
International
Crane
Foundation
12:00-­?
Lunch
(grilled
on
patio
with
vegetarian
options)
Afternoon
Session
(Biodiversity
and
Hydrology)
1:00-­?
Biodiversity
and
animal
activity
associated
with
a
beaver
lodge
near
the
Platte
River,
Simon
Tye,
University
of
Nebraska-­?Kearney;
Platte
Basin
Timelapse
Project
1:20-­?
Climate
and
habitat
change
implications
for
a
declining
grassland
songbird-­?
Nicole
Arcilla,
Crane
Trust
1:40-­?
Least
Tern
and
Piping
Plover
nesting
ecology
in
off-­?channel
habitats,
Dave
Baasch,
Platte
River
Recovery
and
Implementation
Program
2:00-­?
Forty
years
of
Regal
Fritillary
data
at
Audubon’s
Rowe
Sanctuary-­?
Andrew
Pierson,
Audubon’s
Rowe
Sanctuary
2:20-­?
A
descriptive
analysis
of
Regal
Fritillary
(Speyeria
idalia)
habitat
utilizing
biological
monitoring
data
along
the
Big
Bend
of
the
Platte
River,
NE-­?
Joshua
D.
Wiese,
Crane
Trust
2:40-­?
Climate
Change
in
the
North
Platte
Headwaters,
Craig
Thompson,
Western
Wyoming
Community
College
3:10-­?
Short
Break
3:20-­?
Hydrologic
dynamics
of
a
wet
meadow
along
the
Platte
River-­?
Emma
M.
Brinley
Buckley,
Platte
Basin
Timlapse
Project;
University
of
Nebraska-­?Kearney
3:40-­?
Evolution
of
the
‘groundwater
mound’
beneath
the
Phelps
County
Canal,
Nebraska,
Erin.
M.
K.
Haacker,
University
of
Nebraska-­?Lincoln
4:00-­?
Tree-­?rings
stable
isotopes
show
different
adaptive
strategies
of
native
and
invasive
woody
species
to
streamflow
fluctuations
along
the
Republican
River
in
NE-­?
Tala
Awada,
University
of
Nebraska-­?Lincoln
4:30-­?
Habitat
restoration
history
along
the
Big
Bend
of
the
Platte
River,
Kirk
Schroeder,
US
Fish
and
Wildlife
Service
5:00-­?
Keynote:
My
Path
to
the
River,
Mike
Farrell,
Platte
Basin
Timelapse
Project
5:45-­?
hors
d’oeuvres
and
drinks
Wednesday,
June
6th___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Interactive
Workshop
(Conservation
Needs
and
Knowledge
Gaps)
8:00-­?
Light
breakfast
and
coffee
8:20-­?
Interactive
workshop
intended
to
further
develop
consensus
on
areas
of
conservation
need
in
the
Central
Platte
River
Valley
10:00-­?
Break
10:20-­?
Interactive
workshop
intended
to
identify
knowledge
gaps
in
our
understanding
of
the
Central
Platte
River
Valley
Ecosystem
12:00-­?
Closing
and
Thank
You.