In late April, Opening and Special Session topics, chairs and speakers will be considered for the 74th North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference. The 74th Conference will be held March 16-21, 2009, at the Marriott Crystal Gateway in Arlington, Virginia. Conference steering committee chair Dick McCabe, Wildlife Management Institute, invites program recommendations from the professional community.

"The steering committee welcomes input on special sessions and workshop topics," said McCabe. "The four current, two-hour special sessions should emphasize topics of broad and timely interest to the natural resource management community in North America." He added that workshops can be relatively focused or specialized, full-day sessions.

The annual North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference meets in the Washington, DC area every fourth year, following the presidential election. The event next year, just across the Potomac River from DC, undoubtedly will consider conservation priorities of and opportunities for the new Administration.

Recommendations for the 74th North American Conference should be submitted by April 25, 2008, to: 74th Conference Steering Committee, c/o WMI, Post Office Box 33819, Washington, DC 20033-0819, or to rmccabe@wildlifemgt.org.