2025 CO-WY TWS Annual Meeting: Fire and Ice

Joint Meeting With Wyoming Chapter!

This year we are excited to provide you with an opportunity to meet and/or get reacquainted with our Wyoming colleagues!

  • The Colorado Chapter of the Wildlife Society will hold our annual conference at the Hilton on Prospect Road in Fort Collins, Colorado March 4th- March 7th 2025.  We are excited that this year’s meeting will be held jointly with the Wyoming Chapter of the Wildlife Society.  The  theme of  this year’s meeting is “Fire and Ice: wildlife in a changing west.” However, Oral or poster presentations on any pertinent wildlife or habitat-related topic will be considered. In addition to all presentations aligning with the conference theme, we are interested in submissions related to Conservation Stories. Specifically, presentations in this category need not be research-oriented, but will tell stories about wildlife conservation challenges and how folks tackled them through management solutions, collaboration, outreach and communication, planning, etc.

  • Conference registration will open on January 1st, 2025.  Early bird registration closes February 5th 2025.

    INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMITTING AN ABSTRACT:  Colorado members, please submit your abstracts via email to casey.setash@state.co.us by December 15, 2024. Decisions will be made and sent via email by January 31, 2025. The following information is required for an abstract submission:

    • Name of presenting author
    • Is the presenting author a student (yes or no)
    • If the presenter is a student, the degree being pursued (undergraduate, MS, or PhD)
    • Email address of presenting author
    • Preferred presentation format (Oral or Poster)
    • Title of Presentation (IN ALL CAPS)
    • Names of all coauthors
    • Affiliations of all authors
    • Body of abstract

    Guidance for abstract composition: Abstracts should concisely convey the what, why, where, when, and how of the work to be presented. Work in progress should be presented as a poster.

    NOTE: if you are a Wyoming TWS member, please use their submission system to submit your abstract.

    ORAL PRESENTATIONS will be 15 minutes including Q & A (i.e., 13 minutes + 2 minutes for questions).

    POSTER PRESENTATIONS can be up to 4 feet wide by 3 feet tall. Individuals developing a research project or presenting preliminary data are strongly encouraged to present a poster rather than a talk.

    STUDENT PRESENTATION AWARDS: Students at all stages (undergraduate, MS, PhD) will be eligible for evaluation for presentation awards (traditional-length talks and posters, but NOT lightning talks) at the conference. Feedback from judges will be provided to students at the end of the conference

CONFERENCE AGENDA

A full agenda will be available in January when registration opens.

Please check back then to see everything that the conference has to offer!

TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 2025

Half Day and Full Day Workshops / Field Trips
6:00 - 9:00 PM - Poster Session and Opening Reception

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 2025

Climate Justice Plenary
Talks Sessions
Student-Professional Luncheon
Evening on Your Own

THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 2025

Climate Change Plenary
Talks Sessions
Business Meeting Luncheon
Evening Social & Banquet - Photo Contest, Awards, Silent Auction

FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 2025

Morning Field Trip

REGISTRATION

Registration will open January 1, 2025. For planning purposes, registration costs will be:

CO-TWS Members

REGULAR REGISTRATION – January 1 – February 5, 2025

Professional – $250

Graduate Student – $150

Undergraduate Student – $50

LATE REGISTRATION – February 6 – 15, 2025

Professional – $300

Graduate Student – $200

Undergraduate Student – $100

Non Members – This price comes with an annual membership, so if you need to renew you can do that by buying a non-member registration 

REGULAR REGISTRATION -January 1 – February 5, 2025

Professional – $265

Graduate Student – $165

Undergraduate Student – $65

LATE REGISTRATION – February 6 – 15, 2025

Professional – $315

Graduate Student – $215

Undergraduate Student – $115

Conference Venue

& Lodging

Hilton Fort Collins

Fort Collins, CO

425 West Prospect Road, Fort Collins, CO 80526

833-372-3984

Book your room USING THIS LINK by February 7, 2025 to receive the $139/ night conference rate (Group Code 951).

Conference Venue Parking – $5/ day

Thanks to this year’s sponsors!
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