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The Wild Things Conference Returns Saturday, March 1, 2025 - SOLD OUT

We’re thrilled to welcome you again to learn and share your expertise with our community. We’ve put together an exciting lineup of workshops and sessions from regional and national experts, plus meet & greets, video content, exhibitors, and sponsors. With over 140 presentations and discussion panels to choose from, the in-person program engages a diverse range of topics, research, and skills, and plenty of opportunities to meet with friends, old and new.

Thank you as well to our sponsors, scholarship supporters, and exhibitors who are all helping to make this another tremendously successful Wild Things.

Tickets for Wild Things 2025 are sold out. For additional information on the 2025 conference, visit wildthingscommunity.org.

**PLEASE NOTE: Some details are subject to change.**

NOTICE: Please be advised that photos and videos will be taken during Wild Things 2025. By attending, you consent to be photographed, filmed, and/or otherwise recorded. Your attendance on this event constitutes your agreement to the use of any resulting media by Friends of Illinois Nature Preserves for promotional, marketing, or any other purpose in perpetuity, without further approval or any compensation. 
Saturday, March 1
 

9:00am CST

Opening Plenary: Ode to Joy - A life with dragonflies Rooms 21-25 & 30-34Marla Garrison

10:15am CST

Bat Conservation is Human Conservation. Room 48Lara Sviatko

11:15am CST

Restoring oak ecosystems: goals and techniques Rooms 30, 31Christos Economou

12:00pm CST

Lunch Break Rooms 21-23 & 32-34

12:30pm CST

Snake Road: Reshaping Attitudes Towards Snakes Through Landscape Management Room 27Johnny Baakliny

1:15pm CST

Pembroke Preservation Alliance Room 42Jacob Campbell • Kim Roman • Johari Cole-Kweli • Cassie Skaggs • Mihesha Gibbs

2:15pm CST

Birds and Biodiversity: Protecting and Restoring Habitat for Grassland Birds in the Tallgrass Prairie Region Room 44Jaron Cook

3:15pm CST

Prairies in the city? Conservation, Community Engagement and Stewardship Working Together for People and Nature Room 45Dr. Debra Williams • Karl Gnaedinger • Shane Tripp

4:15pm CST

Selecting Trees for Removal in Oak Savanna and Woodland Restorations Room 27Ben Davies Herping as the new birding: Connecting with our scaly friends, responsibly. Room 29Regina Witherell-Poe

5:00pm CST

Closing Plenary/Social Hour/Poster Session Rooms 21-23 & 32-34Joey Santore
 
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