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MLI Webinars
A creek in Kansas. Photo credit: Kansas Department of Parks and Wildlife
The Midwest Landscape Initiative is pleased to offer virtual workshops and webinars. Find recordings of our sessions here, after the event.
Upcoming Events
Throughout the spring and summer of 2025, the MLI is hosting webinars on a variety of topics. All are welcomed and encouraged to attend. Please register using the links below.
Once you register, you will receive a confirmation email with the meeting link. Click on “Add to calendar” to add the meeting details to the calendar of your choice.
| Date | Time | Featured Topic | Registration Link |
| March 25 | 2-3:30 ET | Integrating Land-Water Planning in the Great Lakes Basin – Midwest Conservation Blueprint Overview and Great Lakes Process Discussion | View recording here |
| March 27 | 2-3 ET | Midwest Grasslands Summit: A Partner Focused Path Forward | View recording here |
| April 24 | 1-2 ET | Data and Research Needs of the Midwest Landscape Initiative | Register here |
| May 27 | 2-4 ET | Integrating the Great Lakes into the Midwest Conservation Blueprint – Indicators | Register here |
| June 9 | 1-2 ET | The Value of Collaborative Conservation: The Midwest Landscape Initiative as a Case Study | Register here |
| July 22 | 2-4 ET | Integrating the Great Lakes into the Midwest Conservation Blueprint – Spatial Data | Register here |
Recordings
Details: This webinar provides an overview of the results and takeaways from the first ever Midwest Grasslands Summit, including high-level themes and proposed actions moving foward.
Presenters: Lorisa Smith (Missouri Department of Conservation), Kelly VanBeek (USFWS)
Recorded: March 27, 2025
Duration: 23 minutes
Details: This webinar introduces the purpose and proposed process of expanding the Midwest Conservation Blueprint to include the nearshore waters of the Great Lakes.
Presenters: Claire Beck (MAFWA), Rachael Carlberg (USFWS), Alex Wright (USFWS)
Recorded: March 25, 2025
Duration: 46 minutes
Details: This webinar introduces the 2024 version of the Midwest Conservation Blueprint, including details about data and process improvements as well as potential uses of the tool.
Presenters: Claire Beck (MAFWA), Rachael Carlberg (USFWS), Alex Wright (USFWS)
Recorded: November 21, 2024
Duration: 48 minutes
Details: This series of presentations covers projects and resources from the MLI related to Species of Greatest Conservation Need and State Wildlife Action Plans.
Presenters: Claire Beck (MAFWA), Tracy Rice (Terwilliger Consulting, Inc.), Tom Bonnot (USFWS), Alex Wright (USFWS), Jennylyn Redner (Redbo Science)
Recorded: August 22, 2024
Duration: 57 minutes
Details: This special workshop focuses on how land trusts can use the Midwest Conservation Blueprint.
Presenters: Rachael Carlberg (USFWS)
Recorded: June 20, 2024
Duration: 26 minutes
Details: Throughout the summer of 2024, the Midwest Landscape Initiative plans to update and refine the blueprint. At this workshop learn more about our planned updates.
Presenters: Rachael Carlberg (USFWS)
Recorded: May 23, 2024
Duration: 25 minutes
Details: See how your peers have used the blueprint in their work and hear about ongoing projects including enhancing fish passage, prioritizing land parcels for restoration, collaborating on funding proposals, and more! We hope these shared stories will spark ideas on new and creative ways to use the blueprint.
Presenters: Rachael Carlberg (USFWS), Gerry Steinauer (Nebraska Game and Parks Commission), Nate Muenks (Missouri Department of Conservation), and Jason Jungwirth (South Dakota Game Fish and Parks)
Recorded: April 25, 2024
Duration: 53 minutes
Details: You’ve seen the blueprint and overlaid data using our online map viewer–now what? See how MLI staff can assist you in further spatial analysis and learn how we can clip and tailor the blueprint to your needs.
Presenters: Rachael Carlberg (USFWS)
Recorded: March 28, 2024
Duration: 22 minutes
Details: In this session, we focus on how we incorporate your feedback to inform and shape the Midwest Conservation Blueprint.
Presenters: Rachael Carlberg (USFWS) and Alex Wright (USFWS)
Recorded: February 22, 2024
Duration: 26 minutes
Details: In this workshop we provide step-by-step instructions on using the blueprint to support your grant proposals. The Midwest Conservation Blueprint is a basemap of priority lands and waters for conservation.
Presenters: Rachael Carlberg (USFWS)
Recorded: January 25, 2024
Duration: 14 minutes
Details: This webinar serves as the original launch of the Midwest Conservation Blueprint and covers the development process and basics of the Blueprint.
Presenters: Alex Wright (USFWS), Rachael Carlberg (USFWS)
Recorded: October 11, 2023
Duration: 51 minutes