Western Elk Summit
August 25, 2025 - August 27, 2025
Missoula, MT
The Western Elk Summit is an invite-only event.
This event was an invitation-only summit to allow for Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies’ (WAFWA) leadership and leading elk managers to share challenges and triumphs that are uniquely relevant to managing western elk. As a species, elk have taken on new management needs and challenges in recent years for many states. Elk ecology still forms the foundation of our management programs and human wildlife conflicts, disease, and a diversity of human values relevant to elk pose new questions to be considered. WAFWA has worked very closely with leadership, deer and elk biologists, and Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation to identify topics that are most pressing towards wildlife agencies’ needs and interests. The Western Elk Summit is hosted by WAFWA at the newly-renovated Elk Country Visitor Center at the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation headquarters in Missoula, Montana
If you are leadership in a Western state fish and wildlife agency, and have not received an invitation. Please contact cortney.mycroft@wafwa.org.
Summit Details & Agenda
This summit is by invitation only.
Schedule Overview
Monday, August 25, 2025
Evening welcome reception.
Tuesday, August 26, 2025:
Full day meeting. Lunch and dinner provided.
Wednesday, August 27, 2025:
Morning meeting, lunch provided then depart.
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Meeting Location
Elk Country Visitor Center at Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation’s headquarters 5705 Grant Creek Road, Missoula, Montana.
Hotel & Travel
C’mon Inn Hotel
2775 Expo Parkway
Missoula, MT
WAFWA has a room block set aside for this group at $169.99/night. Call reservations at 888-989-5569 and mention “WAFWA Elk” room block for this rate. The room block ends on Thursday, July 24, 2025 at which time rooms are no longer held for the group, and reduced room rate is not guaranteed. Rooms are in high demand during the summer, so we have had it recommended that you take advantage of the room block. If you need to contact the Missoula location, their phone number is 406-543-4600.
C’mon Inn Hotel is 3.5 miles (8 minutes) from the Missoula, Montana Airport (MSO). There is a shuttle available from the airport to the hotel.
– C’mon Inn Hotel has a free shuttle you can reserve by calling 406-880-7433 at least 24 hours in advance.
– Another (paid) option is the Missoula Airport Shuttle (406) 880-7433, msoshuttle.com.
– Other rideshare options are available, too.
The hotel is 1/2 mile from RMEF Headquarters, an easy walk.
If you do plan on reserving a car, do so early because demand will be high as it will be tourist season in Missoula.
Plan to arrive on Monday, August 25, 2025 by 5pm MT. The meeting will wrap up after provided lunch on Wednesday, August 27, and participants will be departing to head to the airport at that time.
Registration
Participant registration is $300 per person if registered by July 25, 2025. After July 25, the registration rate is $350.
Please register by August 11, so we can have a head count for planning purposes.
This rate includes the hors d’oeuvres reception on Monday, full lunch, and dinner on Tuesday, and boxed lunch on Wednesday. Breakfast is included with your rate at the C’mon Inn Hotel.
Point of Contact: If you have any issues with getting a hotel room reserved or with registration, please contact Cortney (cortney.mycroft@wafwa.org).