©Micheal Paulbeck

Board Meetings are held in February, April, July and November of each year at a central location for the members to meet. Often we meet at the Brainerd Department of Natural Resources Office. The board meetings are where the majority of the chapter business decisions take place. The executive board, regional representatives, committee chairs and student chapter representatives all come together to work on chapter business at these meetings.

Annual Meetings and Summer Workshops are primarily held for education purposes with topics of interest to our membership and presentations from professionals. Our summer meetings generally include a field trip to look at ongoing management projects in addition to presented information. The annual meeting has a plenary session with focused topics for the speakers and concurrent technical sessions with shorter and more broadly based educational presentations. Elections, awards and change of officers all occur at the annual meeting as well as a business meeting to inform the membership of the work that the board has done over the past year.

Every other year we hold our annual meeting with another natural resource related professional organization. The interaction with other organizations broadens our perspectives of natural resources issues and hopefully makes us better professionals. Presenters in the technical program at meetings should read the appropriate Guide to Authors for Oral Presentations and Posters, as well as Scientically Speaking produced by the Oceanographic Society -- all are great resources for presenters.

Annual Meeting
2012 Annual Meeting
Doublewood Inn, Fargo, ND
February 7-9th, 2012
A Joint Meeting of
The ND Chapter of The Wildlife Society
&
The MN Chapter of The Wildlife Society
Learning from Crisis: 
Opportunities for Ecological Renaissance
The Joint Meeting of the NDTWS and MNTWS is being held at the Doublewood Inn, Fargo ND on February 7-9, 2012.  See the Doublewood Inn website (http://www.doublewoodinn.com/fdw_amenities.html) for directions, information about making reservations for lodging and activities in the area or call directly to reserve a room at 1-800-433-3235.  A block of rooms is being held under “The Wildlife Society” until January 23 at a rate of $70 per night.

The meeting will begin at 1:00 pm on Tues Feb. 7 and wrap-up at 12:00 pm on Thurs. Feb. 9.  Registration begins at 10:00 am on Tues Feb. 7.  Registration fees have not been determined yet, but an announcement regarding registration fees and an agenda will be sent out via the MN Chapter listserve later in December.  If you are not on the listserve make sure you sign up.  Planning is underway for another USFWS/MNDNR discussion session on Tuesday, February 7, prior to the start of the meeting.

TWS Meeting Theme:  “Learning from Crisis:  Opportunities for Ecological Renaissance”.  Our states and our profession face a wide range of crises - not simply stresses, but real and acute issues.  While at times disheartening, often crises provides new opportunities to make major changes in thinking and practices.  We need to embrace these challenges as an opportunity to revitalize and redirect conservation in new, more effective and exciting directions. 

Meeting Announcement -- Conference Program -- General Registration -- Student Registration

PLEASE Print and fill out a registration form PRIOR to arriving at the meeting!

 

 

Summer Meetings & Workshops

2011 Summer meeting: Topic to be determined

2010 Shallow Lakes Forum VII
2007 Summer Meeting Report
2006 Summer Workshop “Grazing Options for Grassland Managers”
2006 Summer Workshop “Brushland Management”

TWS Meeting 2004 by Stacy Salvevold

The Aspen Parkland Conference
The Minnesota Shallow Lakes Forum

  -  www.shallowlakes.info

Other Events

“Habitat and a Future for Tympanuchus”
Minnesot Praire-Chicken Society
Minnesot Sharp-tailed Grouse Society
15-16 April 2011
Best Western, Thief River Falls, MN
Meeting Agenda & Meeting Registration