Upcoming Events
Dr. Theodore Stankowich, California State: Long Beach, Associate Professor in Biological Sciences- Evolutionary Behavioral Ecology,“Spines, Sprays, and Shields: The Evolution of Prey Defenses and Aposematism in Mammals”
NREM Graduate Student IGNITE Talks!
In 2016 and 2017 there were over 250 attendees at the Iowa Aquaculture Conference each year! This is a great way to meet and mingle with other producers, learn about the research and extension activities going on in the Midwest, and learn something new to take home to your business.
Friday Conference: Business Planning
Saturday Workshop: Fish Health & Water Quality
Registration starts in February at supportfarmers.com
Priya Nanjappa, Director of Operations,Conservation Science Partners, Inc in Fort Collins, CO,Title: “ Influencing Science-based Policy, Management, and Funding Using Principles of Inclusivity, Equity, and Diversity”
Dr. Matthew Kauffman, University of Wyoming,Wyoming Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit,Title: TBA
Joint Seminar with ENT: Dr. Todd Hubbard, University of Iowa, State Hygienic Laboratory, “Caddisflies of Iowa: Biogeography and Biomonitoring”
Dr. Dan Dauwalter, Trout Unlimited, Fisheries Science Director in Boise, Idaho,“Remote Sensing, Population Viability Analysis, and the Next Generation of Native Trout Conservation”
Joint Seminar with ENT: Dr. David Bowles, National Park Service, Heartland Inventory & Monitoring Network,“High magnitude springs of the Missouri Ozarks and their influence on river invertebrate communities"
Dr. Don Orth, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Professor in Fish and Wildlife Conservation, “Science and Messaging of the Invasive Blue Catfish Ictalurus furcatus in Chesapeake Bay”
Dr. Brett Furnas, California Department of Fish and Wildlife,
Wildlife Investigations Laboratory, Title: “Biodiversity Monitoring in California for Informing Conservation Planning: Methods and Initial Results”
Dr. Christopher Wilmers, University of California, Santa Cruz
Wildlife Ecology and Global Change Lab,
Title: "How fear and energetics structure the ecology of large terrestrial predators"