Two-day meeting of conservationists will foster regional collaboration in southeastern Wisconsin

Port Washington, WI, June 22, 2017 - The Western Great Lakes Bird and Bat Observatory is calling for abstracts of presentations for the first-ever Southeastern Wisconsin Conservation Summit, to be held in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, November 3-4, 2017.

Designed to foster regional collaboration, the two-day summit will focus on past, current, and future research and monitoring, conservation advocacy, and ecological restoration in southeastern Wisconsin. Presentations on all taxa and conservation issues are welcome.

Oral presentations will last 15 minutes. Conference organizers will group presentations by theme into sessions that will include time for questions. Posters will be displayed during a 120-minute poster session during which authors can discuss their work.

Abstracts of oral and poster presentations should be 300 words or less. Send abstracts to William Mueller, director of the Western Great Lakes Bird and Bat Observatory, at wmueller@wglbbo.org. Abstracts are due by August 1, 2017.

The Southeastern Wisconsin Conservation Summit will be held at beautiful Forest Beach Migratory Preserve, in Port Washington, Wisconsin. The preserve is a property of the Ozaukee Washington Land Trust and the headquarters of the Western Great Lakes Bird and Bat Observatory, the host of the summit.

The Western Great Lakes Bird and Bat Observatory is a research, education, and conservation advocacy organization focused on both birds and bats. The Observatory studies bird and bat populations in the Western Great Lakes Region, with the goal of supporting actions that sustain their long-term conservation.

For more information, go to https://wglbbo.org.

Contact:
William Mueller, Director, Western Great Lakes Bird and Bat Observatory
Email: wpmueller1947@gmail.com
Phone: (262) 285-3374
Web: https://wglbbo.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wglbbo