The Wisconsin Center for Wildlife invites you to join us for the annual 2025 Spring Seminar Series titled The Art of Waterbird and Wetland Management. In this series, we explore the strong overlap between the love of wildlife art and the science of conserving waterfowl and shorebirds and their habitats. Numerous artists celebrate the beauty of wildlife with their creations - drawings, paintings, carving decoys, and more. Waterbird conservation is strongly tied to revenues generated from the US Fish and Wildlife Service's Federal Duck Stamp and state-level art contests. ​Join us to learn more about the history and art form of decoy carving, how decoys are used in science, how Duck Stamp funds are used at the federal and state level to protect water birds, and hear about the experience of an award-winning wildlife artist who regularly competes in the Federal Duck Stamp contest.

All Seminars are on Thursdays at 5 p.m.
Trainer Natural Resources Building, Room 170

Free and open to everyone!

Can't join in person? Check back here soon for a live-stream link to join us online!

​​​January 30

Ding's Darling - An American Conservation Hero
and the Federal Duck Stamp

 
Freelance Outdoor Writer and Photographer
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February 13

The Artform of Functional Hunting Decoys​


 
Waterfowler and Decoymaker


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February 27

Secrets of Secretive MarshBirds

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Director and Associate Research Scientist
Forbes Biological Station
Illinois Natural History Survey
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​​February 6​

Bird Decoys from the View of a Biologist

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​Waterfowl Scientist
Delta Waterfowl​​
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February 20

Managing Wetlands for Waterbirds
on the Horicon National Wildlife Refuge


Wildlife Biologist
Horicon National Wildlife Refuge Complex
US Fish and Wildlife Service
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March 6

Wisconsin Waterfowl Habitat Conservation Strategy
in Action

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Game Bird Specialist​
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources​

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​March​ 13

My Experience with​ the Federal Duck Stamp Contest



Wildlife Artist
2nd Place Runner-Up
2024 Federal Duck Stamp Contest