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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
 

10:15am CST

Arena Birds: Saving the Uncommon Nighthawk Rooms 52, 53 - Avian Collective presented by Illinois Audubon SocietyStephanie Beilke • Mason Fidino • Edward Warden

11:15am CST

Birds in the Garden: Creating & Enjoying a Bird Oasis Room 44Pam Karlson

12:00pm CST

Lunch Break Rooms 21-23 & 32-34

12:30pm CST

Cook County Birding Big Year: A Story of Passion, Disappearing Birds, and How We Save What's Left Rooms 52, 53 - Avian Collective presented by Illinois Audubon SocietyTarik Shahzad

1:15pm CST

Bats: Why we need to conserve them and how you can help Rooms 24, 25Johnny Baakliny • Joy O'Keefe

2:15pm CST

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

3:15pm CST

The Chicago Region - A Critical Migratory Bird Corridor: Habitat Management Needs Room 46Eric Secker • BOB FISHER

4:15pm CST

Local Advocacy 101: Overcoming Conservation Challenges by Effectively Leveraging Public and Political Support Room 47Bridget Jakubiak • David Jakubiak

5:00pm CST

Native plants and pollinators in Chicagoland Rooms 21-23 & 32-34Rika Mizoguchi Remote sensing to evaluate environmental damage in inaccessible areas: A Gaza wetland case study Rooms 21-23 & 32-34Laura Shihadah
 
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