UMC Faculty and Students Assist with National Wildlife Meeting
The Ninth Annual National Conference of The Wildlife Society convened in Bismarck, North Dakota, on September 24-28. This was the Society's annual meeting of wildlife researchers, managers, professors, and administrators from across North America. Some 1500 attendees from as far away as New Zealand were present to hear the latest wildlife research findings and to engage in management discussions.
Dan Svedarsky and John Loegering of UMC’s Natural Resources Department played key roles in the program with Svedarsky chairing the overall committee. Loegering chaired the contributed papers subcommittee, which considered 286 paper proposals. Lisa Loegering of Crookston served as the staff assistant to the program committee. DNR wildlife manager and UMC adjunct faculty member Ross Hier presented a technical paper on the status of tallgrass prairie reconstruction in the Midwest.
Other highlights of the five-day program included poster presentations, workshops, and symposia.
UMC students Dan Oberg, Nico Bennett, and Jeremy Nguyen assisted with audio-visual coordination at presentations. They also represented UMC’s Student Chapter of The Wildlife Society at various student functions and informational sessions sponsored by The Wildlife Society. Chapter advisor John Loegering noted, “The students also provided a strong presence at the Wildlife Quiz Bowl, where they competed against wildlife students from across the nation. This was the first time that a student group from our wildlife program has attended this national meeting.”
“It was a great opportunity for the local sponsor, the North Dakota Chapter of The Wildlife Society, to showcase the Northern Great Plains to a group of this size and scope,” noted Svedarsky. “Attendees were a bit overcome by the prairie hospitality and the grandness of our countryside.
The 2003 national meeting of The Wildlife Society will be in Burlington, Vermont, followed by the 2004 meeting in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. For more information visit www.wildlife.org .
Posted 10/14/2002