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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

Harnessing Passion and Collaboration: Elevating Community Engagement and Education to New Heights through Social Media Room 50Jennifer Rydzewski • Anamari Dorgan • Ashley Chex • Jonathan Mullen • Rianna Schwartz

11:15am CST

Engaging with Elected Officials on the Environment Room 29Bridget Degnen • Ann Williams • Laura Fine • Patricia Theresa Flynn Illinois' State Wildlife Action Plan Room 45Leon Hinz

12:00pm CST

Lunch Break Rooms 21-23 & 32-34

12:30pm CST

Enhancing the benefits of community gardens for pollinators and people in Chicago Room 45Andrea Flores Shifts in timing of spring and fall events over 29 years in an Illinois forest Room 26David Zaya

1:15pm CST

Insect Photography for Conservation: Going Beyond the Pretty Photo Room 28Susan Kirt Pollen Specialist Bees: Host Plants, Threats, Conservation Rooms 30, 31Heather Holm

2:15pm CST

Exploring floral networks for bees, beetles, flies, wasps, ants, and bugs Rooms 24, 25Angella Moorehouse • K.C. Carter

3:15pm CST

Natural History of Chicago Area Hunting Wasps and Parasitoids Room 50Terry Miesle • alan molumby

4:15pm CST

Monitoring Plant-Pollinator Networks to Inform Restoration Strategies Room 44Dan Sandacz The Dark Side of Habitat Restoration Room 26Valerie Blaine

5:00pm CST

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