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Calls and Guidelines
THEME: Ecosystem Resilience - Science in Action
Call for Presentations - Deadline is January 15, 2025!
We are accepting contributed paper and poster abstracts for a wide range of wildlife topics. Click HERE for guidelines and abstract submission details. Email ALL abstract submissions to: abstractsJAM2025@watws.org . We invite abstracts for presentations and posters on all wildlife research and management, habitat management, conservation programs and practices, and application of research findings to conservation and management practices, including both completed work and work in progress. This year’s accepted abstracts will be published in the journal Northwestern Naturalist following the meeting, the open access flagship publication for the Society for Northwest Vertebrate Biology!
* We strongly encourage students to present posters or oral presentations! All student presentations (full oral and poster) will be considered for “best presentation” and “best poster” awards.
Guidelines:
Contributed Paper Oral Presentations (Full Oral): Maximum 20 minute presentation. Plan approximately 15-18 minutes for the presentation and 2-3 minutes to answer audience questions. PowerPoint presentations are encouraged but are not required.
Poster Presentations: Topic is presented on a 3x4 foot or smaller poster. A formal poster session is provided for viewers and authors to ask and answer questions.
Abstracts for all oral presentations and posters must be submitted electronically as Microsoft Word documents by January 15, 2025.
Logo Design Contest - Deadline is February 9, 2025!
$100.00 prize to the selected design
We are soliciting logo design submissions for this year’s joint annual meeting! The contest will be open to WATWS, SNVB, or NW PARC members. Your artwork could grace the program as well as the coffee mugs, water bottles, and/or laptops of conference attendees and could win $100.00 if your design is selected.
Submission Guidelines:
Designs are encouraged to incorporate themes representative of our conference location (Tulalip) conference theme: “Ecosystem Resilience: Science in Action” and/or Washington at large.
Design Requirements:
➔ 1-4 colors or gray scale
➔ Include the name of the host city (Tulalip)
➔ Include the organizations’ names Washington State Chapter of The Wildlife Society, The Society for Northwestern Vertebrate Biology, and Northwest Partners in Amphibians and Reptile Conservation (or WATWS, SNVB, NW PARC)
➔ Include the year (2025)
➔ Include wildlife native to Washington
➔ Features must be clear
➔ Artist must hold exclusive rights to the entire artwork (individual elements of the artwork must not be copyrighted by any other individual, company or organization)
File Formats (in order of preference):
● Adobe Illustrator files that were originally created as vector files and end in .ai
● Vector files saved as a PDF and end in .pdf
● Vector files saved as Encapsulated Post Script files and end in .eps
Other formats that can work but must be at least 200 dpi (1 - 2 colors):
● .jpg and .jpeg
● .psd
● .gif
For additional questions about your display boards and/or poster size, please contact Teal Waterstrat (teal.waterstrat@gmail.com)
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