Managing Wild Trout in a Changing Environment

October 13-16, 2026
Holiday Inn Conference Center
West Yellowstone, Montana

Welcome Reception: Tuesday Evening October 13, 2026
Conference Dates: Wednesday October 14 through Friday October 16, 2026

The Wild Trout Symposium brings together a broad and diverse audience of governmental agencies, non-profit conservation groups, media representatives, educators, anglers, fishing guides, and business interests associated with trout fisheries to exchange technical information and viewpoints on wild trout management and related public policy. Held every three to four years, each symposium has led to innovative wild trout management approaches.

Wild Trout XIV offers a unique forum for professionals and anglers to interact, and where participants are exposed to the latest wild trout science, technology and philosophies. This conference will equip participants to better manage, preserve, and restore these significant but declining resources.

The symposium plenary session will address challenges of and strategies for managing wild trout in a changing physical climate and a changing socio-political climate.

 Read about the history of the Wild Trout Symposium (Fisheries Magazine, Aug 2014)