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Conference Schedule

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= Social event
Schedule last updated 3/3/2020 - subject to change
A schedule for the National Military Fish and Wildlife Association is available on their website at https://www.nmfwa.org.
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Sunday, March 8
Time Group Icon Title Sponsor Room
- Conference Registration Desk Open
2nd Floor Foyer
Monday, March 9
Time Group Icon Title Sponsor Room
- Conference Registration Desk Open
2nd Floor Foyer
- Sagebrush Executive Oversight Commitee
Saint Nicholas B
- AFWA Adaptive Leadership Working Group
Cozzens
- National Association of University Fisheries and Wildlife Programs
Murray
- NBCI Management Board
Merchants
- NAWMP Communications Committee Meeting (Invite Only)
Paxton
- PARC Joint National Steering Committe Meeting
Saint Nicholas B
- Women in Wildlife Conservation Network's Workshop: Creating a Welcoming Culture
Blackstone Ballroom B
- AFWA Bird & Fish Related Conflict Working Group
Cozzens
- National Pheasant Plan Management Board Meeting
Merchants
- National Flyway Council
Saint Nicholas A
- Private Lands Reception
Grand Central Foyer
Tuesday, March 10
Time Group Icon Title Sponsor Room
- Coffee Break
Ballroom Foyer
- Sponsored Breakfast hosted by the Recreational Boating & Fishing Foundation (Invite Only)
Blackstone Ballroom A
- Conference Registration Desk Open
2nd Floor Foyer
- AFWA Subcommittee on Water
Grand Central Ballroom A & B
- National R3 Implementation Workgroup (Invite Only)
Hill
- Workshop: Wildlife Conservation on Private Lands: A National Discussion
CHI Health Center Room 209
- American Wildlife Conservation Partners (Invite Only)
Grand Central Ballroom D
- Atlantic Flyway Council
Murray
- Central Flyway Council
Paxton
- Mississippi Flyway Council
Grand Central Ballroom C
- Pacific Flyway Council
Grand Central Ballroom E
- PARC Joint National Steering Committee Meeting
Saint Nicholas B
- Coffee Break
Ballroom Foyer
- How Human Dimensions Can Help Your Agency: Tales of Successes and Failures (open to all)
CHI Health Center Room 214
- AFWA Leadership & Professional Development Committee
Cozzens
- Monarch and Pollinator Conservation Updates
Grand Central Ballroom A & B
- AFWA Annual Meeting/Awards Committee
Merchants
- Sponsored Lunch hosted by the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation (Invite Only)
Blackstone Ballroom A
- USDA U.S. Forest Service Partners Meeting - CANCELLED
Blackstone Ballroom B
- American Fisheries Society Fisheries Administration
Saint Nicholas A
- Workshop: Neonicotinoid Insecticides: Exposure, Impacts and Management
CHI Health Center Room 209
- AFWA Directors Forum (Invite Only)
Grand Central Ballroom A & B
- Exhibitor Set Up
- Council to Advance Hunting & Shooting Sports Open House
CHI Health Center Room 208
- AFWA Wildlife Viewing & Nature Tourism Working Group
Merchants
- Coffee Break
Ballroom Foyer
- BLM Partners Meeting
Blackstone Ballroom B
- National Cooperators' Coalition Steering Committee Meeting
Hill
- CSU Alumni and CEMML Family and Friends Reception (offsite - Blatt Beer and Table, 610 N. 12th St)
Offsite
- University of Montana Alumni Reception
Cozzens
- AFWA Harvest Information Program Working Group
Merchants
- AFWA Directors' Meet & Greet Reception (Invite Only)
Blackstone Ballroom A
- Welcome Reception sponsored by Kalkomey - All welcome to attend!
CHI Health Center South Ballroom A
Wednesday, March 11
Time Group Icon Title Sponsor Room
- Coffee Break
Ballroom Foyer
- Sponsored Breakfast hosted by the National Wild Turkey Federation (Invite Only)
Blackstone Ballroom A
- Conference Registration Desk Open
2nd Floor Foyer
- Exhibits Open
Ballroom Foyer
- 84th North American Wildlife & Natural Resources Conference Plenary Session
Grand Central Ballrooms A-E
- Coffee Break sponsored by the Ruffed Grouse Society and the American Woodcock Society
Ballroom Foyer
- WMI 2020 Special Sessions
CHI Health Center Rooms 205-206, 208-209, 210-211 and 213
- Wildlife Management Institute's Conservation Administrator's Luncheon (Ticket required; non-transferable; Invite only)
Blackstone Ballroom A
- AFWA Finance Committee
Merchants
- National Deer Alliance Board Meeting
Murray
- AFWA Interagency Bat Conservation Forum Hosted by the AFWA Bat Working Group
Saint Nicholas A
- AFWA Outreach Working Group
Grand Central Ballroom A
- AFWA Science and Research Committee
Grand Central Ballroom E
- AFWA Bird Conservation Committee Part 1
CHI Health Center Rooms 215-216
- AFWA Conservation Reserve Program Working Group
CHI Health Center Room 207
- AFWA Legal Committee Working Group
Hill
- AFWA Executive Committee
Blackstone Ballroom B
- Prairie Pothole Joint Venture Management Board
Grand Central Ballroom C
- AFWA Angler & Boater R3 Committee
CHI Health Center Room 214
- Coffee Break sponsored by Izaak Walton League of America
Ballroom Foyer
- AFWA Whitenose Executive Steering Committee
Merchants
- AFWA Joint Working Group: Education, Outreach, & Diversity and Wildlife Diversity Conservation and Funding Committees
Grand Central Ballroom A
- NCLI Alumni Meeting
Cozzens
- USFWS: TRACS Preview
Grand Central Ballroom B
- AFWA Human Wildlife Conflict Working Group
Grand Central Ballroom D
- AFWA Lead and Fish & Wildlife Working Group
CHI Health Center Room 212
- AFWA Woodcock Task Force
Grand Central Ballroom E
- Adaptive Opportunities for State Fish & Wildlife Agencies (Invite Only)
Grand Central Ballroom A
- USDA APHIS WS & Forest Service Coordination Meeting - CANCELLED
Murray
- Reversing the Loss of 3 Billion Birds - Audubon Reception
Saint Nicholas A & B
- National Flyway Council
Grand Central Ballroom B
- Boone and Crockett Club Reception and Dinner (Invite Only)
Blackstone Ballroom A
- Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Presents Tall Ales & Tall Tales (offsite at The Old Mattress Factory)
Offsite: Old Mattress Factory
Thursday, March 12
Time Group Icon Title Sponsor Room
- Coffee Break
Ballroom Foyer
- Sponsored Breakfast hosted by Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever (Invite Only)
Blackstone Ballroom A
- Conference Registration Desk Open
2nd Floor Foyer
- AFWA Forestry Working Group
Grand Central Ballroom C
- AFWA Feral and Free Ranging Cat Working Group
Saint Nicholas B
- AFWA Fisheries & Water Resources Policy Committee
Blackstone Ballroom B
- AFWA Hunting & Shooting Sports Participation Committee
CHI Health Center Room 211
- AFWA Legal Committee Business Meeting
Hill
- AFWA Sustainable Use of Wildlife Committee
Grand Central Ballroom E
- AFWA Waterfowl Working Group
Saint Nicholas A
- AFWA Wildlife Diversity Conservation and Funding Committee
Grand Central Ballroom A
- Exhibits Open
Ballroom Foyer
- AFWA AFWA Regional Coordinators Meeting
Flatiron
- AFWA Federal & Tribal Relations Committee
Grand Central Ballroom D
- DOI Bison Working Group Meeting - CANCELLED
Washington City
- Coffee Break sponsored by the National Rifle Association
Ballroom Foyer
- AFWA EQIP and CSP Working Group
Grand Central Ballroom C
- CWD Alliance
Grand Central Ballroom B
- AFWA International Relations Committee
Saint Nicholas B
- AFWA National Grants Committee
Paxton
- AFWA Project Wild Subcommittee
Murray
- Sponsored Lunch hosted by the National Shooting Sports Foundation (Invtite Only)
Blackstone Ballroom A
- AFWA Migratory Shore & Upland Game Bird Working Group
Hill
- Partner in Flight Leadership Forum
Grand Central Ballroom E
- Taxidermists and Conservation: A History of Preservation (Invite Only) - CANCELLED
CHI Health Center Room 207
- AFWA Climate Adaptation Committee
Merchants
- AFWA Diversity & Inclusion Working Group
Grand Central Ballroom B
- AFWA Farm Bill Easements Working Group
Grand Central Ballroom C
- AFWA Legislative & Federal Budget Committee
Saint Nicholas B
- AFWA Human Dimensions and Social Science Subcommittee
Murray
- AFWA Energy & Wildlife Policy Committee
Saint Nicholas A
- AFWA Fish and Wildlife Health
Grand Central Ballroom A
- AFWA Executive Committee
Blackstone Ballroom B
- Coffee Break sponsored by iSportsman
Ballroom Foyer
- AFWA Grassland Working Group
Hill
- AFWA Education Working Group
Grand Central Ballroom B
- AFWA PIF Shorebird Waterbird Working Group
Saint Nicholas B
- AFWA Regional Conservation Partnership Program Working Group
Grand Central Ballroom C
- AFWA Resident Game Bird Working Group
Hill
- Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership Special Reception (Invite Only)
Grand Central Ballroom E
- National Fish & Wildlife Foundation/US Fish & Wildlife Service Awards Reception
Blackstone Ballroom A
- NCLI Reception
Upstream Brewing Company
Friday, March 13
Time Group Icon Title Sponsor Room
- Coffee Break
Ballroom Foyer
- Sponsored Breakfast hosted by Ducks Unlimited (Invite Only)
Blackstone Ballroom A
- Conference Registration Desk Open
- Midwest Landscape Initiative Steering Committee Meeting
Murray
- AFWA Amphibian & Reptile Conservation Committee
Grand Central Ballroom E
- AFWA Education, Outreach & Diversity Committee
Paxton
- AFWA Ocean Resources Policy Committee
Saint Nicholas B
- AFWA Wildlife Resources Policy Committee
Hill
- Exhibits Open
Ballroom Foyer
- AFWA Agriculture Conservation Committee
Grand Central Ballroom A
- AFWA Invasive Species
Grand Central Ballroom D
- AFWA Threatened & Endangered Species Policy Committee
Blackstone Ballroom B
- AFWA Bird Conservation Committee Part 2
Saint Nicholas A
- AFWA Fish and Wildlife Trust Funds Committee
Cozzens
- Coffee Break
Ballroom Foyer
- Midwest Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies Executive Committee Meeting
Paxton
- AFWA Technology & Data Committee
Hill
- Sponsored Lunch hosted by Sovereign Sportsmen's Solution (S3) (Invite Only)
Blackstone Ballroom A
- AFWA Business Meeting
Grand Central Ballroom C
- WMI Pub Night (offsite at The Old Mattress Factory) - All welcome to attend!
Offsite
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