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Conference Sessions

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