Caitlin Smith,^1,*,** Edward S. DeKeyser,^1,*** Cami Dixon,^2,**** Breanna Kobiela,^1,***** Amanda Little<sup>3,******

1</sup>1School of Natural Resource Sciences North Dakota State University Fargo, ND 58108
²2United States Fish and Wildlife Service Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge Woodworth, ND 58496
³3University of Wisconsin-Stout Menomonie, WI 54751

^* Corresponding author: caitlin_smith@fws.gov; (715) 246–7784
^**Caitlin Smith is a Private Lands Biologist for the US Fish and Wildlife Service in Wisconsin. Her work focuses on wetland and grassland restoration in a landscape level management context.
^***Edward S. DeKeyser is an Associate Professor and the Program Leader of the Natural Resources Management Program in the School of Natural Resource Sciences at North Dakota State University. He and his graduate students research rangeland and wetland sciences.
^****Cami Dixon coordinates research and monitoring for the US Fish and Wildlife Service across North Dakota and South Dakota. Her research interests focus on applied grassland and wetland ecology. She has lived in North Dakota for more than 15 years and has also worked for the US Geological Survey and the Natural Resources Conservation Service. Cami currently lives and works at Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Woodworth, North Dakota.
^*****Breanna Kobiela is a Research Specialist in the School of Natural Resource Sciences at North Dakota State University. Her research interests include prairie and wetland restoration, species invasion, and plant community ecology.
^******Amanda Little is Associate Professor of Biology at the University of Wisconsin-Stout. She received a PhD in Botany from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and did undergraduate work at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. Her current research focuses on metacommunity dynamics of ephemeral pond vegetation in northern Wisconsin.