Scholarships

Scholarships are available and include a registration and a $750 travel stipend. Scholarship applications are due on January 31, 2025. 

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Hotel

Hotel: Hilton Vancouver Washington
Group Name:  SORP Visitor Use Mgt. Symposium
Arrival Date:  6/02/2025
Departure Date:  6/06/2025

Reservation Cutoff Date is Friday, May 12

   

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We are excited to be using the Whova app for this event! Attendees will be invited to the app closer to the event.

About

As we continue to welcome more people to public lands, finding ways to balance high quality visitor experiences with natural and cultural resource protection can feel daunting. The Visitor Use Management Training and Symposium is a great opportunity to connect with others from across the US and Canada who are developing innovative solutions and honoring tribal approaches and treaty rights to plan for and manage outdoor recreation in natural settings. 

Join us June 2-5, 2025, in Vancouver, WA, to:

  • Gain a foundational knowledge of the terminology and definitions associated with visitor use management
  • Understand and begin to apply the elements and steps of the Visitor Use Management Framework
  • Understand limitations of the Visitor Use Management Framework including perspectives of Indigenous knowledge systems.
  • Understand Tribal Treaty Rights in the context of recreation planning and visitor use management.
  • Understand resources available for visitor use management planning and implementation, network with other planners and practitioners, and feel part of the broader VUM community

Registration Rates

A full registration, over the course of 4 days, includes all training and symposium sessions, an evening social on Monday night (cash bar), breakfast on 2 days (Tuesday and Wednesday), lunch on 3 days (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday), and a dinner keynote on Tuesday night,

The Symposium + Field Workshop registration includes evening social on Tuesday (cash bar), breakfast and lunch on Wednesday, and a box lunch on Thursday,

*Please note that there are no single day registration options.

Full Visitor Use Management Training and Symposium (June 2 - 5)

  • Member: $600
  • Non-member: $750
  • Presenter: $450
  • Student: $250

Symposium + Field workshop only (June 4 - 5):

  • $450 member
  • $600 non-member

Sponsorship Opportunities 

This is a great opportunity to get your organization seen by attendees who work in the outdoor recreation space from the United States and Canada. Help us build better ways to work together by attending, sponsoring, and developing a conference providing premier learning and networking opportunities for all within the outdoor recreation field.

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