Event Schedule

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Lodging & Travel

We will be staying at The Riverside Hotel in Boise.

Our room block is open until May 7, 2026 with a rate of $207 per night. Rooms are limited – so reserve early!

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Registration

Full Registration:
$575 until 3/15,
$595 until 5/29,
$625 – after 5/29
One Day: $300
Foundations Workshop ONLY: $300

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Please be aware of WAFWA’s sponsor policy.

Thank you, Sponsors!

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Welcome to WAFWA’s 2026 Summer Meeting

Video provided by Idaho Game & Fish (https://idfg.idaho.gov/)

Are you not sure how to participate in the WAFWA Summer Meeting?

The schedule below lines out who is meeting and what day. You can get more information about our Initiatives, Committees, & Working Groups by exploring our website. Please note sessions marked as “invite only” are closed to general attendees.

About a week before the conference, all registered attendees will get an invite to join the WAFWA 2026 Summer Meeting event on the Whova app to for easy access to agenda materials. This app will help you organize the sessions you wish to attend.

We look forward to seeing everyone in Boise! We are holding two professional workshops in addition to the Student Engagement Program Workshop this summer!

Fish & Wildlife Agency Partner Foundation Workshop

By invitation only.

This workshop is for agency foundations that are already established or interested in becoming established. For more information click here.

Leading with State Priorities on Working Lands Workshop

Open to all registered attendees.

Two-thirds of the land in the United States is privately owned, and these working farms, ranches, and forests account for much of the nation’s wildlife habitat and open space. Voluntary, incentive-based conservation of these working lands is essential for landscape conservation and carries enormous benefits for priorities such as wildlife habitat, landscape connectivity and riparian corridors. The Western U.S. is home to some of the Nation’s most globally unique, historic, and extensive intact ecosystems and endemic wildlife. A landscape composed of a blend of private, public, and tribal holdings, these rangelands and forests are defined as working lands that support vital ecologic, economic, and cultural values for the Nation. Coordination and planning of conservation actions across the landscape raises the net benefit of ecosystem services produced and provides for the unique life history requirements for wildlife that have specific seasonal habitat needs dispersed across multiple landownerships and jurisdictional boundaries.

This workshop will identify key Farm Bill-related resources available to conserve working lands on private lands and reveal important strategies needed to seamlessly align state-identified fish and wildlife-related priorities with program implementation.  Participants will hear directly from people on the front lines of conservation about how they have structured their partnerships to link diverse priorities, leverage resources and achieve landscape-scale outcomes. Opportunities to further expand working lands conservation through targeted WAFWA Initiatives and a strategic partnership with the USDA will set the table for meaningful open discussion and dialogue.