Held March 8 to 14, 2015 in Omaha, Nebraska
Contents
Plenary Session. 80th North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference
Welcome and Opening Remarks, Steve Williams
It Is Going To Take All Of Us To Do It: Reflections on Past Progress and its Lesson for the Future, Paul W. Hansen
The Elements of Success in Fish and Wildlife Management: Looking Back at the Successes and Failures of Wildlife Conservation to Guide the Profession Over the Next 100 Years, Paul W. Hansen, Rollie Sparrowe, and Mark Damian Duda
The Next 100 Years, Rollin D. Sparrowe
The Challenge: Conservation in the Dynamic Environmental Context of The 21st Century, Lynn Scarlett
Special Session One. Conservation Controversies: Avoiding a House Divided
Opening Remarks, Christian A. Smith
A Way of Working: How Partnerships Can Work in Real Life, Cynthia K. Dohner, Dan L. Forster, Jeffrey M. Fleming, and Jenifer Hancock
What We've Got Here is Failure to Communicate, Dave Chadwick
Wrapping Up Partnerships With a Bow: Beautiful Packages or Rewrapped Castoffs?, Rebecca A. Humphries
Avoiding a House Divided - Closing Remarks, Ronald J. Regan
Special Session Two. The Business of Conservation: Converting Consumers to Customers
Converting Consumers to Customers: Why We Should Consider a Different Approach, Ann Forstchen and Nick Wiley
Converting Consumers’ Interest in Wildlife into Conservation Funding, Rob Southwick
The Future of Wildlife: It Starts with Non-Sportsmen, Chris Clemens
Technology Imperatives for the Future of Hunting, Fishing, and Shooting, Eric Dinger
Special Session Three. Planning for Species Sustainability: Avoiding the Need to List Under the ESA
NRCS and the Sage Grouse Initiative: 21st Century Conservation that Works, Tim Griffiths, David Naugle, and Jeremy Maestas
Focusing on Effectiveness: Credit Systems as an Approach to Driving Conservation Outcomes, Jeremy Sokulsky
The Lesser Prairie-Chicken Range-Wide Conservation Plan: A New Paradigm in Wildlife Management, William E. Van Pelt
5 Attributes of a Successful Partnership: Evaluating Conservation Efforts for the New England Cottontail, Anthony Tur, Krishna Gifford, and Wendi Weber
Special Session Four. The Evolution of Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research
Opening Comments, Dale Hall and James T. Martin
The Cooperative Research Units Model: Enabling Past and Future Science-Based Conservation, Kevin G. Whalen and John D. Thompson
Meeting Cooperator Needs: Examples from the Oregon Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Carl B. Schreck, Daniel D. Roby, Katie Dugger, and Jim Peterson
Roles of Cooperative Research Units in Contemporary Conservation of Natural Resources, David A. Haukos, Clint W. Boal, Scott Carleton, and Blake Grisham
The Future of Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research, John F. Organ, Steven A. Williams, Jonathan R. Mawdsley, Eric M. Hallerman, Douglas J. Austen, Byron K. Williams, Paul Souza, and Anne Kinsinger
Closing Remarks: Cooperative Research Units: Getting Ready for the Future, James T. Martin
Workshop. Urban Wildlife Conservation in Cities and Suburbs: Pollinators, Agriculture, and the Great Midwest
Bees, Flowers, and People in Urban-Agricultural-Wildland Interfaces, Gordon Frankie, Sara Leon Guerrero, Jaime Pawelek, Robbin Thorp, Mary Schindler, Rollin Coville, Mark Rizzardi, Marylee Guinon, and Laura Ward
Urban Pollinator Conservation in the U.S. State Wildlife Action Plans, Jonathan R. Mawdsley and Kristal Stoner
Wildlife Management at the Urban-Agricultural Interface: Science You Can Use, Gary Bentrup
Planting Natives: A Preview of a New Mobile Tool, Naomi Edelson
Workshop. Women's Wildlife Conservation Network Workshop: Recruiting Female Natural Resource Leaders
Kara Teising, Jackie Mildner, Jodi Hilty, and Naomi Edelson