Explore the future of wildlife management

On Tuesday, February 13, 2024, at 6:15 a.m. MT, join Y2Y’s president and chief scientist, Dr. Jodi Hilty at the Environmental Professionals Network Breakfast hosted by Ohio State University’s School of Environment and Natural Resources.

This session’s theme will focus on the Room to Roam: Y2Y Wildlife Movements (Room2Roam) project, a NASA-funded Ecological Forecasting Program that is accelerating data analysis and coordination to improve wildlife management efforts across borders.

Learn how this project links communities across this Yellowstone to Yukon region with wildlife managers, statisticians and modelers, and the data resources of NASA to improve wildlife management in the Rocky Mountains.

The event will feature a speaker panel, a Q&A segment, networking sessions, and extended educational sessions for in-person attendees.

Featured speakers:

• Jodi Hilty, PhD, president and chief scientist, Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative (virtual remarks)
• Sarah Davidson, data curator, Movebank; coordinator, Room2Roam project.
• Roland Kays, PhD, research professor, North Carolina State University’s Department of Forestry & Environmental Resources; lab head, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences.

Certain segments of the event will only be available in-person at the Nationwide and Ohio Farm Bureau 4H Center in Columbus, Ohio.

Tickets range between $5 to $25 and can be purchased online. Virtual attendance is free but requires registration.