grasshopper
beaver
croccodile

21st Wildlife Damage Management Conference

The Wildlife Damage Management Conference will be held at the Bost Extension Center, Mississippi State University on March 24-28, 2025.

This meeting serves the professional field of wildlife damage management and nuisance wildlife management.

Conference attendees represent research faculty, resources managers, and policy makers at U.S. and international universities, federal and state angencies responsible for wildlife damage management, and professional nuisance wildlife operators in private practice.

WDMC Logo

21st Wildlife Damage Management Conference

The meeting is organized by the Wildlife Damage Management Working Group of The Wildlife Society and hosted by the MSU Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Aquaculture; MSU College of Forest Resources; MSU Forest and Wildlife Research Center; MSU Extension Service; USDA/APHIS/Wildlife Services; Mississippi State Office; USDA/APHIS/Wildlife Services/National Wildlife Research Center; Mississippi Field Station.

Call for Papers / Posters

Abstracts are now being accepted for presentation as part of technical sessions at the 21st Wildlife Damage Management Conference (24-28 March 2025) at Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS. We invite submission of contributed oral and posters presentations on topics of wildlife damage management. Presentations may be submitted for publication in Proceedings of the 21st Wildlife Damage Management Conference after the meeting as either an extended abstract or manuscript. Abstract submissions must be received by December 10th, 2024 by 5:00 pm. Authors will be notified of acceptance by 20 January 2025.

For consideration, please submit abstracts electronically (i.e., email) as an MS Word or pdf document to Johnathan Walls (Johnathan.walls@usda.gov) Please 1) title the abstract document using the primary authors first and last name (e.g., Smith Mark.pdf), 2) specify in the first line of the abstract, in bold, whether it should be considered for an ORAL or POSTER PRESENTATION, 3) provide the email address of the presenting author, 4) limit abstract text to < 250 words, and 5) use 12 pt font according to the example abstract format below. Priority will be given to abstracts presenting results from completed studies.

View Sample Submission

Conference Sponsors

Coming Soon.

Agenda

Coming Soon.

Location

Coming Soon.

Lodging

The conference has a room block for March 24 – 28, 2025 of single king or double queen beds, as available at booking. The conference hotel is the Russell Inn & Suites (https://www.russellinnandsuites.com/) and is within walking distance of the conference site. The deadline for reservations is Thursday, January 23, 2025. However, we strongly encourage you to proceed with booking your room as soon as possible, as the block is likely to fill well before the deadline and adding additional rooms to the block is dependent upon availability and may be subject to market rates. Likewise, government rate rooms are not included in the block and may be booked only upon basis of availability. Individual reservations may be cancelled without penalty until 48 hours prior to scheduled arrival. After the 48-hour period, individuals will be charged a cancellation fee of $140.

There are two options for booking:

  1. Government employees booking at the government rate should call the Russell Inn & Suites (662-324-9595) directly and book a room, requesting the government rate. At booking, hotel personnel will advise regarding availability of rooms at government rate and documentation required at check in. Please do not use the conference block name, as that will get you the conference (not government) rate and will take rooms out of the block at the incorrect rate for government employees.
  2. The conference rate is $140.00/night (plus tax). Call the Russell Inn & Suites (662-324-9595) directly and request the 2025 Wildlife Damage Management Conference block rate.

Should the initial block fully book, there is an overflow block for March 24 - 28, 2025 at the Holiday Inn Express & Suites (https://www.ihg.com/holidayinnexpress/hotels/us/en/starkville/srkms/hoteldetail?cm_mmc=GoogleMaps-_-EX-_-US-_-SRKMS). This hotel is not within walking distance of the venue. The deadline for reservations is Sunday, March 9, 2025, after which the block will be released. Government rate rooms are not included in the block and may be booked only upon basis of availability and under the hotel’s terms for offering the government rate.

Two options for booking the overflow block are:

  1. Government employees booking at the government rate should call the Holiday Inn Express & Suites (662-324-0076) directly and book a room, requesting the government rate. At booking, hotel personnel will advise regarding availability of rooms at government rate and documentation required at check in.
  2. The conference rate is $145.00/night (plus tax). Call the Holiday Inn Express & Suites (662-324-0076) directly and request the 2025 Wildlife Damage Management Conference block rate.

Event Registration

Coming Soon.

Early bird registration pricing below is valid through February 15, 2025. After February 15, all registration fees will increase by $50.00.