Events

WMI 89th North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference/41st Annual NMFWA Meeting March 25-29, 2024 Amway Grand Plaza Hotel, Grand Rapids, MI These two events will be held jointly. Register now! Additionally, you can: Visit the WMI site for more details. Visit the NAFWA site for more details. Reserve a hotel room.

Nurturing Nature in New Ways to Manage Pests (with Janet Hurley) Monday, March 25, 2024 Starts at 1:00 PM CDT Register now! Pests are thieves. They can steal nutrients from plants, inject harmful viruses in to our systems and can destroy acres of crops in a single night. Insects can be beneficial! They can pollinate, …

The Nature-Positive Journey: Why Now is the Time for Your Company to Get Started Tuesday, March 26, 2024 11:00AM-12:00 PM CDT Register now! With the establishment of the global goal to become nature-positive by 2030, the private sector is increasingly discussing its role in meeting this goal. But the idea of nature positivity can seem …

Monarchs 101: Back to Basics Tuesday, March 26, 2024 1:00 PM CDT - 2:00 PM CDT Register now! Join MJV\'s Education Manager for a very basic, but thorough, introduction to monarch biology and ecology. If you\'re wanting to learn more, but don\'t know where to start, this webinar is for you! Or perhaps you just …

In the Life of the Bumble Bee Queen Thursday, March 28, 2024 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT Register now! Join Rich Hatfield, Xerces Senior Endangered Species Conservation Biologist, to take a deep dive into the reproductive females of bumble bees, including cuckoo bumble bees. We\'ll primarily look at the solitary phase of the lifecycle, …

34th Annual Environment Virginia Symposium Tuesday. April 9- Thursday, April 11, 2024 Marshall Hall, Virginia Military Institute (VMI), Lexington, VA Register now! The 34th Annual Environment Virginia Symposium is the Commonwealth’s premier environmental conference which brings together environmental professionals throughout Virginia from all sectors: government, non-profits, academia, and industry. Their joint efforts create better results for …

Crustivoltaics: Groundbreaking Biocrust Research at Solar Facilties in Arizona Thursday, April 18, 2024 Starts at 1:00PM CDT Register now! Biological soil crusts are essential features in arid ecosystems. These biocrusts provide various ecosystem services such as nutrient cycling and carbon fixation, soil stability and reduction of fugitive dust, water retention and holding capacity, and increasing …

Tri-National Monarch Butterfly Conservation Tuesday, April 23, 2024 1:00PM - 2:00PM CDT Register now! This webinar has three parts: Monarch butterfly conservation in Canada presented by Dr. Greg Mitchell, Environment and Climate Change Canada: Dr. Mitchell will discuss the current listing status of monarch butterflies in Canada as well as monitoring, research, and stewardship activities …

Invasive Plant Management on Rights-of-Way: Tackling Woody Species Thursday, May 2, 2024 1:00pm-2:00pm CDT Register now! Join us for the second in a series of webinars and roundtables on invasive plant management on rights-of-way. This session will focus on controlling woody plants and examine new resources for right-of-way land managers in relation to invasive plant …

Solar and Wind Energy Facility Decommissioning and Repowering Monday, May 6, 2024 Starts at 2:00PM CDT Register now! Join AFWA and American Clean Power for a webinar discussing solar and wind energy facility decommissioning and repowering. Speakers: Andrew Pinger, Scout Clean Energy Allie Peters, EDP Renewables Walker Adams, Leeward Energy

Ruminations of a Goat Herder on Invasive Species and Forest Stewardship Tuesday, May 14, 2024 Starts at 11:30AM CDT Register now! Presenter: Ron Rathfon, Purdue University Extension Forester Join us for a presentation on the suitability of prescribed grazing in forests informed by Ron\'s five-year experiment on the effects of prescribed grazing by goats on invasive …