Four faculty members and 18 students from Emporia State biology attended the Kansas Natural Resources Conference in Wichita.
After the conference, ESU biology alumnus Stan Roth, who received the prestigious Kansas Conservation Champion award at the conference, accompanied a group of students from the ESU Student Chapter of The Wildlife Society and Dr. Bill Jensen on a field trip to the Red Hills region of Kansas. The trip served as data collection for a undergrad student's project as well as being an enjoyable outing in a unique region of Kansas.
Also at the conference, the ESU Student Chapter of The Wildlife Society held a fundraising raffle jointly with the Kansas State Student Chapter of TWS that raised over $1,000 in proceeds for these student organizations.
The students who attended the conference, and the three who presented research co-written with faculty, are:
| Chase | Beyer | Burlington | Kansas | |
| William | Blair | Shawnee | Kansas | |
| Cutris | Defore | Wellington | Kansas | |
| Rocky | Hill | Prairie Village | Kansas | |
| Chelsey | Kohman | Salina | Kansas | |
| Bekah | Lane | Wichita | Kansas | |
| Erin | Lingenfelteer | Emporia | Kansas | presented research co-written with biology faculty — "Management Implications on the Growth and Reproductive Capacity of an Invasive Legume, Sericea Lespedeza." |
| Alison | Meeth | Wichita | Kansas | |
| Milan | Piva | Parsons | Kansas | presented research co-written with biology faculty — "Control of Sericea Lespedeza: Impact of Fuel Load, Burn Season, and Fire Frequency on Plant Density." |
| Kelsey | Porter | Independence | Kansas | |
| Marcus | Portofee | Shawnee | Kansas | |
| Logan | Sleezer | Olpe | Kansas | |
| Tyler | Thomsen | Thurston | Kansas | |
| Mallen | Trull | Paola | Kansas | |
| Sarah | Webb | Sedan | Kansas | |
| Eric | Wilson | Columbia | South Carolina | presented research co-written with biology faculty — "Habitat Use by Secretive Marsh Birds in Moist-Soil Managed Wetlands in Eastern Kansas." |