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.
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Forest Preserves of Cook County (FPCC) has a mandate to restore 30,000 acres to the highest quality possible. Restoring land that has suffered anthropogenic degradation and countless other pressures from the globalizing world requires comprehensive land management, going beyond invasive species removal to ensure the reestablishment of native plant communities. To achieve this ambitious goal, FPCC and Chicago Botanic Garden have joined forces to lay the foundations of a native seed amplification program that will meet the FPCC’s native seed needs now and into the future. Come learn about how these two institutions are working together on this initiative and the progress made so far.
