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2025 OWMA Conference!

OPPORTUNITIES

  • OWMA will be seeking nominations for the 2025 president-elect and secretary. If you or someone you know has interest in future positions or opportunities, please email us at OWMA.Secretary@gmail.com.
  • The OMWA board will soon be soliciting nominations for the 2025 Annual Achievement Award. Please see the “Awards” tab to learn more. 

EVENTS

  • The 2025 Ohio Wildlife Management Conference will take place on Friday, January 17th at the Nationwide & Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center in Columbus, OH.
  • Stay tuned or register as a member to receive notification of upcoming conference details and invitations to submit poster and speaker abstracts.

MAFWA Fish and Wildlife Health Committee Meeting

OWMA is accepting registration for the upcoming MAFWA Fish and Wildlife Health Committee In-person Meeting. The meeting will take place from April 16th-18th, 2024 at Maumee Bay State Park Lodge in Oregon, Ohio. 

To register for this event, please pay the registration fee and then send the attendee’s name, affiliation, phone number, and email address to OWMA.Secretary@gmail.com. If using PayPal to pay for the conference, and the payment is being made from a PayPal account not associated with the attendee, please also include the email address associated with the PayPal account. This will allow us to associate the payment with the attendee.

Cost to attend the conference is $175. Credit and debit payments are being accepted via PayPal. To pay via PayPal, click the blue button below. Alternatively, checks can be addressed to OWMA and mailed to OWMA at 3514 Maize Road, Columbus, Ohio 43224.

Registration costs do not include lodging for the event. To arrange lodging, please contact Maumee Lodge and Conference Center directly at 800-282-7275 or 419-836-1466 and use the block rate code previously provided.

Issues with registration can be submitted to aprieur@pheasantsforever.org. Questions about the meeting should be directed to Mike Tonkovich at mike.tonkovich@dnr.ohio.gov.

BLOG

Check out the OWMA blog on Ohio wildlife species and research, started by OWMA intern Denise Blough, an Ohio State graduate student studying environment and natural resources.