Shrub-steppe to Meadows to Peaks
Tru by Hilton Spokane Valley is located at 13509 E Mansfield Ave, Spokane Valley, WA 99216.
CenterPlace Regional Event Center is located at 2426 N. Discovery Place, Spokane Valley, WA 99216
CenterPlace Regional Event Center is located at 2426 N. Discovery Place, Spokane Valley, WA 99216
Friday evening, CenterPlace Event Center, Great Room
- Friday Field Trips
- 5 p.m. – 6 p.m. – Registration
- 5:30 – 6 p.m. – Social hour for all conference attendees. No-host bar and complimentary snacks will be available.
- 6 p.m. – Light Buffet Dinner. Yes, this year a light buffet dinner will be available. Sign up for this at registration. The cost will be $25.
- 7 p.m. – “Stump the Experts” with Dennis Paulson, assisted by Shep Thorp. Please join us all for this interesting, challenging and fun event! Dennis, a retired professor at the University of Puget Sound and former Director of the Slater Museum, is a fount of information in many areas of natural history, particularly birds and odonates (dragonflies and damselflies). Dr. Shep Thorp is a Master Birder and veterinarian from Tacoma.
Saturday evening, CenterPlace Event Center, Great Room
- Saturday Field Trips
- 5 p.m. – 6 p.m. – Registration
- 5:30 – 6 p.m. – Social hour for all conference attendees. No-host bar and complimentary snacks will be available.
- 6 p.m. – Banquet Dinner. This will be a full dinner, for which sign-ups and entree selections will be taken at registration. Meal choices are available on this website. The cost will be $45.
- 6:30 p.m. – WOS Annual Business Meeting and Awards. The no host bar and snacks will continue to be available.
- 7 p.m. – Keynote Talk: by Mike Munts,the Refuge Biologist at the Little Pend Oreille National Wildlife Refuge, will speak on The Great Gray Owl: Introduction to the Ghost of the Forest.