The 68^th Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference was held December 9 – 12, 2007 at the Monona Terrace Convention Center in Madison, WI.  This conference is held annually with the 9 midwest states, Wisconsin, Ohio, Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Indiana, Michigan and Nebraska, and Ontario, Canada, taking turns hosting the event.  2007 was Wisconsin’s turn and the planning committee with members from the Wisconsin chapters of the American Fisheries Society and The Wildlife Society along with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources as host did its part to make this conference a success. 

Fishery biologist Glenn Miller from the Ashland NFWCO was part of the planning committee.  Glenn and John Noble, fishery biologist – Fort McCoy, US Army, were co-chairs for the Tradeshow and Exhibit Hall.  With twenty five commercial and non-commercial vendors the Tradeshow conference participants were able to view many items useful in their various fields of work.  USFWS Region 3 was a participant in the Tradeshow area, along with other government agencies such as the US Forest Service and the WDNR.  The Tradeshow area also hosted the poster session, breaks and the infamous Big Game Social Night and raffle.

Committee members were quite happy with this years turn out, with over 1400 attendees from the Midwest, Canada and other parts of the country attending, along with attendance from 4 other nations.