Name: Chapter Meeting and Program
Start: 2026-03-19T16:45:00-05:00
End: 2026-03-19T19:30:00-05:00
Location: Springfield Conservation Nature Center

Our programs are free and open to the public. We meet on the third Thursday of each month, from September to November and January to May, at the Springfield Conservation Nature Center. The meetings run from 5:30 pm to 7:45 pm. Refreshments and socializing start at 5:30 pm. The program begins at 6:15 pm, followed by the membership meeting at the Springfield Conservation Nature Center, located at 4601 South Nature Center Way, Springfield, MO 65807.
Born and raised in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Janet earned a Bachelor of Science in Animal Science from Middle Tennessee State University, a Master of Science in Wildlife Management from the University of Missouri–Columbia, and a Ph.D. in Wildlife Ecology from the University of Florida. She has worked with the U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, several nonprofit organizations, and Tuskegee University. Since 2008, she has served as an Avian Ecologist with the Missouri Department of Conservation in Jefferson City. Janet has traveled and worked extensively in Tanzania and Ghana, focusing on human–wildlife conflict in protected areas. Her passion for wildlife was sparked early in life by watching Marlin Perkins on Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom.
Program Title: Birds and Beyond: Where do we go from here? What do Missouri Ozark forests, Interior Least Terns, Tanzania, Bald Eagle nests, volunteers, bird–window collisions, and the wind industry have in common? More than you might think. Join the Greater Ozarks Audubon Society on March 19 at 6:00 p.m. at the Springfield Nature Center for a fun and informative presentation by Janet Haslerig, Avian Ecologist with the Missouri Department of Conservation, as she connects the dots between birds, people, and conservation—locally and around the world.