Header Photo Courtesy of Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks 

About The Organization

​The Conservation Enhancement Fund (“CEF”), is a Kansas not-for-profit corporation, organized for charitable, educational and scientific purposes and to assist the Midwest states in planning and hosting the annual Midwest Fish & Wildlife Conference (“Conference”), a scientific/educational conference hosted on a rotating basis by state members of Midwest Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies.  The current rotation schedule for the Conference is as follows beginning in 2019: Ohio, Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas, South Dakota, Missouri, Indiana, Michigan, Nebraska, and Wisconsin. 

​Officers:

• Colleen Callahan (IL), President
• Vacant, First Vice President
• Amanda Wuestefeld (IN), Second Vice President
• Sara Parker Pauley (MO), Member
• Pete Hildreth (IA), Member
• Kendra Wecker (OH), Member
• Dan Eichinger (MI), Member

About the Conference

The conference attracts up to 1,000 biologists and students from state, federal, and tribal natural resources agencies and universities from the Midwest, Great Plains and Canadian provinces for the purposes of sharing technical presentations, poster displays, plenary sessions, and networking opportunities for wildlife professionals. Attendees include professionals in the field of fisheries and wildlife, including; directors, assistant directors, program managers, wildlife and fisheries biologists, as well as college students.

Save These Dates!

January 28 - 31, 2024

The 84th Midwest Fish & Wildlife Conference will be hosted by South Dakota Game, Fish & Parks, and is scheduled to be held January 28 - 31, 2024 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota​. We hope to see you there! 

For information on our past conferences, including the 2023 event held February 12 - 15 in Overland Park, Kansas, please visit the Resources > Conference Program Archives section of this website.