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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

Buffalo Grove Prairie: 35 years of TLC for a Small Remnant in Suburbia Room 41Jeff Weiss • David Bart

11:15am CST

In Plain Site: Lessons from Working with Municipalities to Establish Native Plants at Scale Room 48Catherine Bryla • Mary Ann Lema

12:00pm CST

Lunch Break Rooms 21-23 & 32-34

12:30pm CST

gROWing Chicago: How Rights-of-Way Can Create and Connect Pollinator Habitat in the Chicago Wilderness Region and Beyond Room 46Catherine O’Reilly

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

Quit Herbiciding Thistles (in Natural Area Restorations) Rooms 30, 31Julianne Mason

3:15pm CST

Brush pile burn scar recovery trajectories and techniques for speeding recovery Rooms 30, 31Emma Leavens • Meghan Midgley • Tony Del Vallé

4:15pm CST

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

5:00pm CST

Closing Plenary/Social Hour/Poster Session Rooms 21-23 & 32-34Joey Santore Capture Rates of Four Species of Snakes Utilizing Plywood vs Rubber Artificial Cover Objects at The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL Rooms 21-23 & 32-34Jasmine Dwyer • Susan Lawrence Ditch Maintenance With a Conscience Rooms 21-23 & 32-34Janice Aull • Grace Reilly • Elizabeth Friday Invasional Meltdown of Plant Communities in Illinois Wetlands Rooms 21-23 & 32-34Coleman Earnest Seasonal Variations in Urban Wetlands Rooms 21-23 & 32-34Riley Coomer Stewardship and Creating Rooms 21-23 & 32-34Sima Shah Tiny Remnants Rooms 21-23 & 32-34Allison Hausladen
 
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