Winter Wildlife Festival
January 25, 2025 – February 2, 2025
Join us in January for a celebration of coastal wildlife and nature featuring a flock of engaging programs to embrace our coastal beauty. There will be a keynote, presentations, workshops, vendors, photo contest, Mary Reid Barrow Wildlife Advocate Award, kids’ activities, and more. Registration for the 2025 Winter Wildlife Festival opens on Nov. 15. Join the Facebook group to stay up to date.
Saturday, 1/25/25, 10 am to 3 pm
Princess Ann Rec Center
Festival Kickoff
Visit the Exhibit Hall for free wildlife-related vendors, children’s activities, food truck and educational walk-up workshops. No pre-registration required.
Sunday, 1/26/25, 7 pm
Meyera E. Oberndorf Central Library
Keynote Address, Dr. Mamie Parker, “My Journey to Passion, Inspiration and Excellence to Birds and Conservation”
Free, no pre-registration required.
Dr. Mamie Parker spent a career as a fish and wildlife biologist and former Head of Fisheries for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Dr. Parker’s work building bridges with nontraditional partners in the conservation community and advocating for more women in Wild STEM careers.
Parker has earned her numerous industry board positions, leadership and lifetime achievement awards including the Arkansas Outdoor Hall of Fame and recognition in the Smithsonian Institute’s book, “Women, Environmentalism and Justice.
