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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

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

Cemetery Prairies: A Matter of Life and Death Rooms 24, 25Jack Shouba

12:00pm CST

Lunch Break Rooms 21-23 & 32-34

1:15pm CST

Chicago Black-crowned Night Heron Panel Discussion Rooms 52, 53 - Avian Collective presented by Illinois Audubon SocietyMike Ward • Henry Adams • Brad Semel • Sarah Slayton • Amy Lardner • Jo Fessett • Michael Avara

2:15pm CST

Nature's New Ally: Can AI (Artificial Intelligence) Fix What We Broke? Room 26Evan Barker • Philip Willink • Robb Telfer

3:15pm CST

Oak woodland restoration at Somme Woods: summer scything and seeds work make all the difference Room 44Eriko Kojima

4:15pm CST

Bird migration through urban landscapes: challenges and opportunities Rooms 52, 53 - Avian Collective presented by Illinois Audubon SocietyBenjamin Van Doren

5:00pm CST

Closing Plenary/Social Hour/Poster Session Rooms 21-23 & 32-34Joey Santore Anthropogenic impacts on painted turtles (Chrysemys picta): Effects of human-derived sounds on nesting and development Rooms 21-23 & 32-34Beth A. Reinke • Sara S Crow Determining the correlation between phenotype and carotenoids concentration in Painted turtles Rooms 21-23 & 32-34Cesilia Aguilar Interactions between Midwest flora & fauna Rooms 21-23 & 32-34Catherine Hu
 
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