A WAFWA Sanctioned Workshop

The Northern Wild Sheep & Goat Council’s Workshop is a biennial meeting held in even numbered years.  The workshop provides a forum where leading wild sheep and goat managers and researchers share research results, management strategies, and emerging issues in the realms of wild sheep and goat management throughout North America. Please visit http://www.nwsgc.net/

Schedule of Events

Monday, June 15:
Registration Check-in, Exhibitor setup, Hotel Check-in, and Social
Tuesday, June 16:
Symposium – Welcome, papers and workshop presentations
Wednesday, June 17:
Field Trip to Ruby Mountains and East Humboldt Range to view mountain goats, Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep, Himalayan snowcock partridge & beautiful vistas
Banquet/BBQ that evening at 7th Canyon Ranch
Thursday, June 18:
Symposium – Papers and Special session presentations
Link to the Mountain Sheep Movement Ecology Workshop Agenda– AfternoonSession

Call for Papers

Abstracts Due March 20, 2026
Presenters will be notified of acceptance
by May 5

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Registration

Early Full Registration $200
Retiree $100
Student $100
Virtual Two Day $140
Virtual One Day $80
Late registration pricing begins May 15
After May 14, prices increase 25%

**Includes Monday night Mixer/Social, all symposium sessions; Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday breakfasts; Tuesday, Wednesday lunches; Wednesday Banquet/BBQ dinner.

The Virtual meeting registration options include online attendance to the stream of the symposium presentations. Questions and comments can be made through the stream chat and live voice.

Participants will be emailed at a later date with a link and instructions on how to log in and participate (ask questions, provide comments, etc.) virtually in the symposium.

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Venues

Lodging:
The council has set up a room block with a negotiated rate for conferences attendees. The block consists of Deluxe queen and king rooms for $89 per night. Follow the link below to the lodging options and group rate.

Maverick Hotel & Casino
2065 Idaho Street
Elko, NV

Gold Country Inn & Casino:
2050 Idaho Street
Elko, NV

Social Mixer Monday Night:
Western Folklife Center
501 Railroad St.
(Shuttle Available at Hotel at 4:45pm)

Symposium & Meals:
Elko Convention Center
700 Moren Way
(15 min walk or shuttle available)

Lodging links

Transportation

• The nearest international airport is Salt Lake City Utah International Airport (SLC) (https://slcairport.com/); Delta Airlines does fly twice a day from SLC to the Elko Regional Airport.  Depending on your origin city, the overall price to fly into Elko thru SLC is reasonable.  NDOW can help shuttle folks to hotel from regional airport.
• For folks who are flying into Salt Lake City and looking at connector flights, Sky West-Delta Connection is the only airline into and out of Elko and is expensive and with limited flight times.  We have set aside funding to rent a Mini-Van for up to 5 people for the week of June 15 – 18 (driving Monday afternoon to Elko and driving back to SLC Friday morning; 3 hr 15 min one way).  If you are interested in driving or securing a spot in the Mini-Van, please contact Mike Cox at 775-240-1335 or mcox@ndow.org.   To accommodate folks to attend the Monday night social, we would need the mini-van to leave SLC no later than 1:30 pm.  For the trip back to SLC Airport after the Symposium, we would try to have folks leave Friday morning around 6:00 am to catch their flights out of SLC.

Awards

Consider nominating someone for the Outstanding Mountain Ungulate Professional Award!

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