Thanks to everyone who attended the 2019 Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species Research and Management Showcase! Below are presentations and posters that were featured at the event.

Presentations

Tools of the trade: Create your own AIS monitoring equipment (Megan Weber and Pat Mulcahy)

Phragmites: Effective strategies to reduce the statewide threat (Julia Bohnen)

The role of baitfish in the spread of AIS: Identifying hazards and quantifying risk (Meg McEachran)

Will property values cool as AIS heat up? (Jake Walsh)

Meta-analysis of treatment outcomes to advance starry stonewort management in Minnesota (Wes Glisson)

AIS values, perceptions, and willingness to pay: Lessons from summer lake surveys (Amit Pradhananga and Lucy Levers)

Direct and indirect effects of zebra mussel and spiny waterflea on walleye (Gretchen Hansen)

Using big data to inform local decisions: Optimizing the location of watercraft inspections (Bob Haight and Amy Kinsley)

Restoring native plants after curlyleaf and milfoil control: What's holding them back? (Mike Verhoeven)

The latest on hybrid watermilfoil in Minnesota (Ray Newman)

Cost-effective monitoring of lakes newly infested with zebra mussels (John Fieberg)

Suppressing microbial communication to mitigate the spread of AIS (Mikael Elias)

Posters

Assessing the response of Eurasian and hybrid watermilfoil to intensive herbicidal management in Minnesota (Jasmine Eltawely)

Mississippi River dams: How can we block invasive fish yet help native fish? (Anvar Gilmanov)

Examining motivations for risky bait behaviors: A survey of Minnesota anglers (Darcey Gans)

Engineered genetic incompatibility: A new paradigm for invasive species biocontrol via genetic engineering (Samuel Erickson)