"Managing Wild Trout in a Changing Environment"
Abstract submission deadline extended to May 1, 2026
(Abstract submissions are by Google Form)
Abstracts are limited to 2000 characters (including spaces), which is typically about 300 words. Please submit your abstracts online using the above link.
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 rapidly changing physical and socio-political environments.
The following topics are of particular interest to the organizing committee and may be developed as entire sessions, given sufficient interest. We especially encourage submissions on the first two topics, to further the discussion of ideas presented by the plenary speakers. However, presentations on all aspects of wild trout research, management, conservation, education, and recreation are welcome and will be considered in the call for papers..
Proposed session topics:
- Strategies for managing wild trout and increasing resiliency in a changing physical environment
- Strategies for managing wild trout in an ever-changing socio-political environment
- Wild trout: worldwide perspectives
- Molecular studies to support wild trout conservation
- Special regulations: have we gone full circle or have some issues never gone away?
- Wild trout socioeconomics: understanding a diverse group of users and values
- Wild trout population monitoring techniques - including further understanding of impacts of changing climate, population dynamics, and evolutionary ecology
- Brook trout research and management across the species' historic and introduced range
- Cold, clean, complex, and connected: understanding and restoring wild trout habitat to prepare for a changing world
Additional session topics will be added based on the papers that are submitted. Presentations will be accepted in oral or poster format. Please note the authors who are selected for oral presentations at the symposium must submit a complete manuscript ready for Symposium Proceedings publication by August 1, 2026. Successful applicants will receive further information upon acceptance of their paper. We anticipate providing notification to authors by the third week of May.
Authors are asked to consult the Publication FAQ for guidelines for abstract, poster, and manuscript preparation.
For additional information and inquiries, contact the Program Committee Co-chairs:
Emma Lundberg
Email: program@wildtroutsymposium.com
Rob Van Kirk
Henry's Fork Foundation
Email: program@wildtroutsymposium.com