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Funding the Future of Conservation
54th Annual Winter Meeting
Feb 11-13, 2025
Stevens Point, Wisconsin
Hotel Information
The meeting will be held at the Stevens Point Holiday Inn Hotel and Convention Center, 1001 Amber Ave, Stevens Point, WI 54482
Hotel reservations can be made by calling toll-free to 715-344-0200 and pressing #1. Ask for the "Wisconsin Chapter of the Wildlife Society Conference 2025" room block to receive the group rate. The room block code is WWS. Reservations can also be made online here.
Please make reservations before January 25, 2025. After that time the group rate will no longer be available.
Plenary Speakers
Karl Malcolm Ph.D.
Karl Malcolm is a wildlife ecologist, public servant, and, along with his family, an avid participant in nature. He grew up in rural northern Michigan, where his formative experiences included lugging buckets full of maple sap, working in a local lumber mill, long days as a farm laborer, and sunrises as first mate on a Lake Michigan salmon boat. Karl is an alum of the UW-Madison Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology where he is thankful to have been a member of Professor Tim Van Deelen’s Lab. He has served for the U.S. Forest Service in positions at local, regional, and national levels, and taught internationally on conservation, fish and wildlife management, and wilderness stewardship. Karl’s writing, photography, and public appearances have been featured in a variety of outlets including Natural History Magazine, The Backcountry Journal, Bugle Magazine, The Pope and Young Ethic, The Black Range Naturalist, Trout Magazine, MeatEater, and Animal Planet. Karl resides with his wife, daughter, and son in Cedarburg, Wisconsin, and now serves as the assistant regional director of Renewable Resources for the Eastern Region of the U.S. Forest Service.
David Clutter M.S.
David Clutter, M.S., currently serves as Executive Director of the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin (NRF), where he provides strategic leadership, overseeing philanthropy, operations, and programs that support public land stewardship and environmental education statewide. Previously, David led the Driftless Area Land Conservancy for 9 years, growing its capacity and conserving nearly 5,000 acres, including the development of Southwest Wisconsin’s Driftless Trail. Earlier roles include directing the Natural Resources Foundation’s Lands Programs; program director for The Conservation Fund, a national nonprofit conservation organization; program staff and research assistant with Gathering Waters, Wisconsin’s Alliance for Land Trusts; and land protection specialist and conservation director for the Natural Land Institute, an Illinois based land trust. David started his career as a seasonal wildlife tech for the US Fish and Wildlife service in southern Texas and Alaska, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison in New Mexico. David holds an M.S. in Environment & Resources from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and has expertise in conservation policy, planning, and implementation. He is a committed conservation leader with decades of experience building partnerships to protect Wisconsin’s natural heritage.
Symposia Topics and General Schedule
Deer Management | Pollinators |
Detailed Symposia and General Session Information
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