Michigan Wildlife Rehabilitators Association

We’re in the thick of setting up the 2010 annual conference, but I thought it might be fun to take a look back at 2009.

The Causeway Bay in Lansing left no doubt about just who was in town:

The pre-conference IWRA Basic Wildlife Rehabilitation course was held at the nearby Wildlife Disease Laboratory; is this not a great classroom?

The inimitable Robyn Grabowski was our instructor:

We had a full house for the Friday night roundtable session with the DNR.  Dennis Knapp and Dr. Dan O’Brien shared the latest happenings and fielded questions:

Saturday was busy, filled with both breakout and general sessions:

Oh, wait a minute.  That was down the hall.  Or was it?

Lots of laughs, for sure, but also lots of learning.  Nonda Surratt hosting a general session:

Carol Akerlof sharing her knowledge about raising songbirds:

Many thanks to both presenters and attendees!  This small taste can’t really convey how special you all made this conference.