{"id":144,"date":"2026-05-13T15:54:41","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T15:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test-uwsp-multi.pantheonsite.io\/wisconsin-center-for-wildlife\/?page_id=144"},"modified":"2026-05-15T18:21:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T18:21:47","slug":"2022-seminar-series","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wisconsin-center-for-wildlife\/seminar-series\/2022-seminar-series\/","title":{"rendered":"2022 Seminar Series"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"uwsp-horizontal-cards gold-hex blockspacetop blockspacebottom\"><div class=\"site-width\"><section class=\"hcard-container\" aria-label=\"Horizontal Card\"><div class=\"uwsp-horizontal-card-container\" aria-live=\"off\">\n<div class=\"uwsp-horiz-card-block\" id=\"hcard17783535110194094\"><div class=\"uwsp-horiz-card-individual split5050 hcard-imgright\"><div class=\"hcard-infocell\"><h3 class=\"hcard-title\">History, Successes, and Challenges in Natural Resources Decision-Making<\/h3><h4 class=\"hcard-subtitle\">2022 CNR Spring Seminar Series<\/h4><div class=\"hcard-content\"><p>All seminars held in Trainer Natural Resources Building Room 170<br \/>Wednesdays, 4 -5 pm<\/p>\n<p>In this 8th Annual CNR Spring Seminar Series, we are featuring seven speakers, each representing a different level of policy-setting in Wisconsin. This seminar series highlights the roles of the legislature, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, the Wisconsin Conservation Congress, the Tribal Government, Non-Governmental organizations, and citizens in making decisions affecting our natural resources in Wisconsin. We invite you to join us for these fascinating seminars detailing the challenges and successes of setting natural resources policy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Videos of all seminars are available below!<\/p><\/div><div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"hcard-mediacell\"><div class=\"hcard-images hcard-oneimg\"><div class=\"hcard-image\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wisconsin-center-for-wildlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2026\/05\/WCW-JumpRiver.jpg)\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"hslider-buttoncontainer\"><button class=\"hsliderBack horizontal-sliderbutton\" aria-label=\"previous slide\">\u276e<\/button><div class=\"single-card-nav\"><\/div><button class=\"hsliderForward horizontal-sliderbutton\" aria-label=\"next slide\">\u276f<\/button><\/div><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwsp-vtabs blockspacetop blockspacebottom\"><div class=\"vtab-thetabs\"><div class=\"accentlinetop\" role=\"none\"><\/div><div class=\"vtab-nav\"><\/div><div class=\"vtab-content\">\n<div class=\"uwsp-vtab-thetab\"><div class=\"vtab-tabtitle\">How Do We Get Back To Center?<i class=\"fa-solid fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"vtab-tabcontent\">\n<div class=\"vtab-content-column bgpurple\"><h2>Presented by:<\/h2><div>\n<p>Scott Walter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u200bFebruary 16, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Executive Director<br>Kickapoo Valley Reserve<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"vtab-content-column bgpurple\"><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How Do We Get Back to Center?  Depolarizing Discourse on Key Wildlife Issues\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aUXafl5Bcqw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How Do We Get Back to Center?  Depolarizing Discourse on Key Wildlife Issues (Part 2)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2tZZbOser7Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Note: Approximately 10 minutes of the end of the seminar are missing due to technical difficulties. The second video is the final 4 minutes of the talk.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwsp-vtab-thetab\"><div class=\"vtab-tabtitle\">Water Quality Policy in Wisconsin: How the Legislature Can Lead<i class=\"fa-solid fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"vtab-tabcontent\">\n<div class=\"vtab-content-column bgpurple\"><h2>Presented by:<\/h2><div>\n<p>Katrina Shankland<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>March 2, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>State Representative<br>Wisconsin&#8217;s 71st<br>Assembly District<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"vtab-content-column bgpurple\"><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;Water Quality Policy in Wisconsin: How the Legislature Can Lead&quot; - by State Rep. Katrina Shankland\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RgYX4dhEv7s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwsp-vtab-thetab\"><div class=\"vtab-tabtitle\">The Wisconsin Conservation Congress: Facilitating Public Participation<i class=\"fa-solid fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"vtab-tabcontent\">\n<div class=\"vtab-content-column bgpurple\"><h2>Presented by:<\/h2><div>\n<p>Tony Blattler<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>March 16, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chairman<br>Wisconsin Conservation Congress<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"vtab-content-column bgpurple\"><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"History, Successes, and Challenges in Natural Resources Decision-Making\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FGSdDDBT4YI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwsp-vtab-thetab\"><div class=\"vtab-tabtitle\">Citizen Involvement in Wisconsin Natural Resources Decision-Making<i class=\"fa-solid fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"vtab-tabcontent\">\n<div class=\"vtab-content-column bgpurple\"><h2>Presented by:<\/h2><div>\n<p>Christine Thomas<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>March 30, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dean Emerita and Professor Emerita<br>UW-Stevens Point<br>College of Natural Resources<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"vtab-content-column bgpurple\"><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Citizen Involvement in Wisconsin Natural Resource Decision-Making\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O5cHKvPLbVE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwsp-vtab-thetab\"><div class=\"vtab-tabtitle\">DNR&#8217;s Mission and What (Who) it Takes to Complete it<i class=\"fa-solid fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"vtab-tabcontent\">\n<div class=\"vtab-content-column bgpurple\"><h2>Presented by:<\/h2><div>\n<p>Dan Baumann<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>April 6, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Secretary&#8217;s Director, West Central<br>Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"vtab-content-column bgpurple\"><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"History, Successes, and Challenges in Natural Resources Decision-Making\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/m4IJBRYBCQk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwsp-vtab-thetab\"><div class=\"vtab-tabtitle\">Navigating the Politics of Natural Resource Management<i class=\"fa-solid fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"vtab-tabcontent\">\n<div class=\"vtab-content-column bgpurple\"><h2>Presented by:<\/h2><div>\n<p>Greg Kazmierski<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>April 20, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chair<br>Wisconsin Natural Resources Board President,<br>Buck Rub Outfitters, Ltd.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"vtab-content-column bgpurple\"><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Navigating the Politics of Natural Resource Management\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_jmptLmGA9c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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