34th Biennial Meeting of the Prairie Grouse Technical Council
34th Biennial Meeting of the Prairie Grouse Technical Council October 3-6, 2022, Montana will host the 34th Conference of the Prairie Grouse Technical Council. During this 3.5-day conference, prairie grouse scientists and managers from across the continent will assemble in Lewistown to discuss contemporary research, management, and conservation issues of greater and lesser prairie-chickens, sharp-tailed ... Read more
Webinar: Managing Forests for Wildlife Habitat
Montana Foresters and Friends! Join us for The 2023 Montana Society of American Foresters Webinar: Managing Forests for Wildlife Habitat January 12, 2023 Register here! SAF members $20 Non-Members $30 5.5 CFE's available See Agenda Here This will be an online event!
2023 MTTWS Annual Conference
Delta Hotel, Helena MT 2301 Colonial Dr, Helena, MT, United States“Plants and Pollinators: Conserving all of the interdependent parts” February 13-17th, 2023 Delta Hotels Helena Colonial, Helena, MT As Recovering America’s Wildlife Act (RAWA) continues to gain traction in Congress, state and tribal fish and wildlife agencies across the nation are having conversations about jurisdictional roles for conserving plants and insects. Whose responsibility is it? ... Read more
Workshop Partnering with NRCS for Conservation
Delta Hotel, Helena MT 2301 Colonial Dr, Helena, MT, United StatesHunter VanDonsel, Pheasants Forever and Heather Brower, NRCS. Learn about the EQIP Targeted Implementation Plans and how to partner with NRCS. You’ll also learn how partners have helped with NRCS’s Montana Focused Conservation and how we can build better habitat together in the future. Breakfast refreshments are included in the cost of this workshop.
Workshop Structured Decision Making
Delta Hotel, Helena MT 2301 Colonial Dr, Helena, MT, United StatesSarah Sells, Assistant Unit Leader, USGS Montana Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit and University of Montana and Justin Gude, Research and Technical Services Bureau Chief, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks. This workshop will introduce participants to the field of Structured Decision Making (SDM). SDM is a formal process for making decisions and is used widely in the ... Read more
Workshop Navigating a Multi-generational Workplace
Delta Hotel, Helena MT 2301 Colonial Dr, Helena, MT, United StatesAdam Jespersen, Montana Nonprofit Association. Participants will learn about current and future demographic trends in the workplace, generational differences in work styles and approaches, and organizational strategies to build strong intergenerational teams.
Workshop Legislative Policy
Delta Hotel, Helena MT 2301 Colonial Dr, Helena, MT, United StatesAmy Seaman, Montana Audubon. The Montana State Legislature will be in session in 2023. With this workshop participants will learn the basics of the legislative process (i.e. how a bill becomes a law, etc.) and what bills are currently being proposed that may impact wildlife conservation in MT.
Workshop – Path Analysis & Structural Equation Models
Billings Hotel and Convention Center 1223 Mullowney Lane, Billings, MT, United StatesPath Analysis/Structural Equation Models Thomas Riecke Tuesday, March 4th 9am – 3pm (lunch provided) Cost: $35 regular/ $15 student & retiree; Max capacity: 50 Ecological systems are complex and interconnected. This often creates collinearity among covariates, leading to challenges in conservation decision making. As a specific example, peaks in abundance of a harvested species might ... Read more
Workshop – Nature Journaling
Billings Hotel and Convention Center 1223 Mullowney Lane, Billings, MT, United StatesNature Journaling Rebecca Newton Tuesday, March 4th 10am – 12pm Cost: $35 regular/ $15 student & retiree; Max capacity: 30 Nature journaling is a great way to enrich skills of observation, curiosity, and awareness. This practice has been employed for centuries by naturalists, scientists, and artists. Nature journaling is an accessible practice requiring only basic ... Read more
Workshop – Science-based Self-care
Billings Hotel and Convention Center 1223 Mullowney Lane, Billings, MT, United StatesScience-based self-care: How modern neuroscience informs whole-health practices to balance work, life, and relationships that won’t burn you out! Anna Rapson Tuesday, March 4th 3pm - 5pm Cost: $25 regular/ $10 student & retiree; Max capacity: 50 Learning to manage our stress and care for ourselves is essential to staying engaged with what we ... Read more