Southeastern Wisconsin Invasive Species Consortium Annual Educational Symposium 2026

The symposium takes place at Havenwoods Environmental Awareness Center in Milwaukee.

It is most useful for land managers, restoration contractors and conservation volunteers in southeast Wisconsin, since the featured talk by Dan Salas of the University of Illinois Chicago covers how invasive plants affect native insect communities, and the sponsors are largely restoration and wetland service firms such as Heartland Ecological Group and Thompson & Associates Wetland Services. Researchers or managers working outside the region will find it narrower in scope than a national invasive species meeting, though it suits local volunteers, given the Sweat Equity Award presented there for regional volunteer work.

Attendees at regional conservation and ecology symposiums usually wear casual or business casual clothing, such as slacks or jeans with a sweater or fleece, which suits a Milwaukee nature center venue in November.