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 – 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 8am – 10am 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
2025 MT TWS Annual Conference
Billings Hotel and Convention Center 1223 Mullowney Lane, Billings, MT, United StatesConservation Policy: Getting Involved, Staying Engaged, and How TWS Can Help March 4-7th, 2025 Billings Hotel and Convention Center, Billings, MT Change is coming fast and furious to the wildlife of Montana, be it from increasing human populations and associated development, to novel diseases and invasive species, to climate change. At the same time, funding ... Read more
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 – Conservation Policy
Billings Hotel and Convention Center 1223 Mullowney Lane, Billings, MT, United StatesConservation Policy Charlie Booher and Hannah Downey Wednesday, March 5th 8am – 12pm Cost: $35 regular/$15 students; Max capacity: 30 Many wildlife students still don’t have an opportunity to take a policy class at all. Those who do have the opportunity typically experience either a recitation of agency structure, enabling legislation, and treaties, or a ... Read more
Workshop – Montana’s 2025 State Wildlife Action Plan: Partner Input on Threats and Conservation Actions
Billings Hotel and Convention Center 1223 Mullowney Lane, Billings, MT, United StatesMontana’s 2025 State Wildlife Action Plan: Partner Input on Threats and Conservation Actions Kimberly Szcodronski and Kristina Smucker Wednesday, March 5th 9am – 12pm Cost: $10; Max Capacity: 50 Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is leading efforts to revise Montana’s State Wildlife Action Plan (SWAP), which is due to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ... Read more