NWSA 2025 Annual Meeting!
Eugene, OR
The 2020 Annual Meeting in Eugene, OR, was thwarted by COVID-19. In 2025 we will make up for lost time with a fabulous line-up of plenary speakers, so join us at the University of Oregon in Eugene from March 17th - 20th, 2025!
Annual Meeting: latest updates
- Plenary talks: we have a fantastic line-up of plenary talks on diverse subject matter.
- Tuesday March 18th - Dr. Katharine Cashman, Research Professor in Vulcanology at the University of Oregon kicks off the Annual Meeting with her talk, "The Onset and Impacts of the c.7700 ybp eruption of Mount Mazama (Crater Lake), OR”.
- Tuesday March 18th - Dr. David G. Lewis, Assistant Professor in Anthropology at the University of Oregon discusses and leads a special session on Native American natural resource management.
- Wednesday March 19th - Dr. Jerry Franklin, Professor Emeritus, School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington, concludes the plenaries with his talk, "Reflections on Forest Science and Policy in the Past and Future".
- Registration for the 2025 annual meeting is now open! Tickets for the annual meeting are now available on our registration page on Eventbrite. Early registration closes on February 28th, and tickets will remain on sale until March 14th. Our 2025 annual meeting page contains more details on the schedule and will be updated as we approach the event.
- Abstract submissions are now open! Please visit the 2025 Abstract Submissions page for more details and to submit your abstracts for poster and oral presentations. Submission deadline: February 21st, 2025!
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Mission Statement: We are a network of professional and amateur scientists from diverse disciplines that provides support and a forum for research and education relevant to the environment and resource management of northwestern North America. To accomplish our mission, the association publishes a quarterly journal, convenes an annual scientific meeting, and awards student research grants.
Since 1923, the NWSA has existed for the purpose of promoting scientific research and disseminating scientific knowledge. Our annual meetings are held throughout the Pacific Northwest and provide an opportunity to share recent findings and foster collaborative interactions.
NWSA publishes four issues of Northwest Science each year. A peer reviewed journal, Northwest Science is an outlet for original papers on wide ranging topics in the natural sciences, including anthropology, aquatic biology, botany, ecology, fisheries, forestry, geology, geography, hydrology, soils, wildlife biology, and zoology. The geographic scope of Northwest Science is the northwestern United States and western Canada.
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Click here to access abstracts of “Accepted articles in press” for the upcoming issue of Northwest Science.
Northwest Science 97 (4) (In Progress)
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Articles
Assessing the Efficacy of a Large-Scale Habitat Conservation Plan in Western Washington, USA Joshua S. Halofsky, Daniel C. Donato
Elevational Distributions of Forest Floor Mosses and a Test of Competition at Two Elevations in Western Oregon Bruce McCune, Jeff Diez, Joseph LaManna, Matthew G. Betts
Lake Surface Temperatures: Influencing Factors and Their Effects on Columbia River Basin Reservoirs Sanchit Minocha, Pei-Hsin Wang, Shahzaib Khan, Faisal Hossain
Habitat Use and Distribution of a Recently Discovered Population of Humboldt Martens Holly E. L. Gamblin, Keith M. Slauson, Micaela Szykman Gunther
Tree Seedling Regeneration in Canada's Southern Rocky Mountains: Contrasting Recently Burned and Unburned Areas David Musk, Jed I. Lloren, J.L. McCune
Exploring Oregon Rivers David Marshal
Comment/Reply
Creating An Endangered Subspecies: A Comment on Smith et al. (2024) Antoinette J. Piaggio, James R. Heffelfinger, Paul M. Meyers, Matthew W. Hopken
Acknowledging An Allopatric, Genetically Isolated Endemic Population: A Response to Piaggio et al. (2024) Winston P. Smith, Leslie N. Carraway, Thomas A. Gavin, Jonathan A. Jenks