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Southwest & Coastal Washington Summit: focused landscape connectivity for people and the environment

Location: Ridgefield, WA (hybrid event)

Southwest Washington is home to iconic mountains, majestic rivers, and expansive forests. These prized resources are at risk from impacts of climate change, development, landscape fragmentation, economic pressures, and shifting public values. Development and land conversion fragment the landscape, which increases the pressure on plants, fish, wildlife, and rural communities making it harder to thrive and move freely across the landscape. This lack of movement impedes species’ and communities’ abilities to find daily necessities and to adapt to climate change through spatial movement. 

We invite agencies, businesses, landowners, tribes, nonprofits and other stakeholders to our inaugural summit.  The first summit will be an introduction to the partners, science, and policy of landscape connectivity in southwest Washington.  We also see it as a springboard to more collaborative discussions at future summits where we can start to explore opportunities to work together on projects to help us adapt to a changing climate, create a more resilient landscape, and stem the loss and fragmentation of habitat for the benefit of fish, wildlife, and working lands in southwest Washington.

Registration is free and will open soon.

Please note at this time all in person WDFW venue events require the wearing of masks.  

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National Stream Restoration Conference

Nashville, Tennessee 

Be a part of the first National Stream Restoration Conference in 2022!  Conference sessions will focus on prior and current projects, specific examples, success stories, and lessons learned to advance stream and wetland restoration.  The 3-day conference will be held at the Gaylord Opryland Resort in Nashville, Tennessee.  Participant Rate $475.00

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American Fisheries Society Annual Conference

Spokane, Washington 

The American Fisheries Society, the AFS Western Division, and the Washington – British Columbia Chapter are excited to host the 152nd AFS Annual Meeting. The conference will bring together professionals from across North America and countries around the world under the theme of “What Do Fish Mean to Us?” In the spirit of exploring differing perspectives, we are soliciting symposia topics, collaborative efforts, contributed papers, and posters that exemplify the latest research in fisheries science and that will benefit a range of audiences with the aim of advancing the science of fisheries ecology, conservation, and management. Abstracts are due by April 8th. Proposal deadline is January 28, 2022.

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