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2023 OWRA conference is an annual conference for wildlife rehabilitation professionals, volunteers, and enthusiasts. This is FREE of charge online event.

The event will be held virtually over Zoom and you will need a Zoom account to attend. After you sign up at the following link, the organizers will send a video conference link to attendees one week prior to the event and another reminder the day before.

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*Please make sure to register through this Eventbrite page to receive the zoom link*

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<Saturday, November 4th, 2023>
· 8:30 am - 9:00 am: Morning Meet & Greet (join us with your coffee and chat with fellow conference attendees!)
· 9:00 am - 10:00 am: Agency Updates, Dr. Colin Gillin, ODFW
· 10:00 am - 11:00 am: Internship Panel: Maintaining Compliance, Finding Funding, and Building a Program; Panelists from Portland Audubon, Think Wild, Chintimini Wildlife Center, and more!
· 11:00 am - 12:00 pm: Agency Updates, Leslie Westerlund, USFWS
· 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm: Lunch & Networking
· 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm: Sick Beavers: leptospirosis in wildlife admitted to wildlife rehabilitators in Oregon, Dr. Bree Beechler, Carlson College of Veterinary Medicine

 

<Sunday, November 5th, 2023>
· 8:30 am - 9:00 am: Morning Meet & Greet (join us with your coffee and chat with fellow conference attendees!)
· 9 :00 am - 10:00 am: Best Practices in Euthanasia, Dr. Laura Acevedo, Think Wild
· 1 0:00 am - 11:00 am: Clinical Anatomy Review, Dr. Claire Peterson, Chintimini Wildlife Center
· 1 1:00 am - 12:00 pm: Fledgling to Freedom: Passerine Fundamentals, Veronica Bowers, Native Songbird Care & Conservation
· 1 2:00 pm - 12:30 pm: Lunch & Networking
· 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm: Tales of Wildlife Rehabilitation in Mexico, Dr. Benji Alcantar, Wildlife Safari

For permitted wildlife rehabilitators in the state of Oregon, this conference awards continuing education credits.