The Freshwater Mussels and the Green River: Conservation, Protection, and Management of a Vital Resource in North America

Monte McGregor, Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources
Bobby Carson
Ken Kern

8:40 AM

In Situ Survival and Performance of Juvenile Mussels in Streams and Correlations with Water and Sediment Quality Factors

Wendell Haag, United States Forest Service
Jacob Culp, Kentucky Division of Water
Monte McGregor, Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources
James Stoeckel, Auburn University
Robert Bringolf, University of Georgia

9:05 AM

Potential Evidence for Arsenic Mineralization in Mussel Shells in the Upper Green River Basin, Kentucky

Autumn Turner, Crawford Hydrology Laboratory, Western Kentucky University
Chris Groves, Crawford Hydrology Laboratory, Western Kentucky University
Aaron Celestian, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Albert Meier, Department of Biology, Western Kentucky University

9:30 AM

Host-Parasite Associations of Small Mammal Communities: Implications for the Spread of Lyme Disease

Matthew Buchholz, Department of Biology and Center for Biodiversity Studies, Western Kentucky University
Carl Dick, Department of Biology and Center for Biodiversity Studies, Western Kentucky University

10:10 AM

Amphibians and Reptiles of Mammoth Cave National Park: What Have We Learned After 13 Years of Monitoring

John MacGregor, Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources

10:35 AM

Over Half a Century of Mammoth Cave National Park Mid-winter Bird Count Data

Blaine Ferrell

11:00 AM

The Effects of Rainfall on Vernal Herbs

Janis LeMaster, Western Kentucky University
Albert Meier, Western Kentucky University

1:00 PM

Conducting a Biological Inventory of Sloan’s Crossing Pond

Miranda Thompson, Murray State University
Jason A. Matthews, Murray State University
Christy Soldo, Murray State University

1:25 PM

Video Presentation: Monitoring Cave Organisms, Cumberland Piedmont Inventory and Monitoring Network

Kurt Helf, Cumberland Peidmont Network Inventory & Monitoring Program
Steven Thomas, Cumberland Peidmont Network Inventory & Monitoring Program
Michael Durham, Durmphoto.com

1:50 PM

The Activity of Myotis sodalis and Myotis septentrionalis Changes on the Landscape of Mammoth Cave National Park Following the Arrival of White-nose Syndrome

Rachael Griffitts, Department of Biological Sciences, Eastern Kentucky University
Luke E. Dodd, Department of Biological Sciences, Eastern Kentucky University
Michael J. Lacki, Department of Forestry, University of Kentucky

2:25 PM

Summary of 2015 Winter Bat Monitoring at Mammoth Cave National Park

Laura Shultz, Student Conservation Association, Mammoth Cave National Park
Chris Clark, Student Conservation Association, Mammoth Cave National Park
Rick Toomey, Mammoth Cave International Center for Science and Learning, Mammoth Cave National Park
Shannon Trimboli, Mammoth Cave International Center for Science and Learning, Western Kentucky University

2:50 PM

Evaluating the Energetic Value of Lepidoptera Using Bomb Calorimetry

Shelby A. Fulton, Department of Biological Sciences, Eastern Kentucky University
Luke E. Dodd, Department of Biological Sciences, Eastern Kentucky University
Lynne K. Rieske, Department of Entomology, University of Kentucky

3:15 PM

Organization and Development of the Eyes of Ptomaphagus Hirtus, the Troglobitic Small Carrion Beetle of Mammoth Cave

Markus Friedrich, Wayne State University
Jasmina Kulacic, Wayne State University
Elke Buschbeck, University of Cincinnati

3:50 PM

Strip Adaptive Cluster Sampling with Application to Cave Crickets

Kurt Lewis Helf, I&M Division/NPS
Tom Philippi, I&M Division/NPS
Bill Moore, I&M Division/NPS
Lillian Scoggins, I&M Division/NPS

4:15 PM

Ongoing Geographic Documentation of the Mammoth Cave System and Related Caves

Pat Kambesis, Cave Research Foundation
Bob Osburn, Cave Research Foundation

4:40 PM

CRF Map Salon and Social (Held at Hamilton Valley)

Various Authors

7:30 PM