Events and Programs

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

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.

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