NWL Annual Spring Meeting, 2026, Field Trip, Workshop, Talks, and Posters

Annual general meeting (2026, Olympia, WA). Registration for the meeting is through the Northwest Scientific Association website:  https://www.northwestscience.org/ The meeting has talks, a workshop, and one or more field trips. See photos from past meetings. For information on giving a talk or poster and for the general schedule, see the NWSA link above. 

Schedule and summary of lichen activities for this year's meeting will be posted here. 

Support for students and lichen enthusiasts. 

To encourage broad engagement with lichenology research by students and non-student lichen enthusiasts, NWL is offering $150 awards to help offset the costs of travel and attendance to the upcoming NW Lichenologist meeting in conjunction with NW Scientific Association at The Evergreen State College in Olympia Washington, March 24-27, 2026. Awards will be offered to presenting authors of either posters or presentations. You may submit one application per poster or presentation, indicating the number of presenting authors. For two attending co-authors, each applicant will receive $150 dollars. For 3 or more attending authors, the $300 can be divided among the authors as they see fit. The stipend can be used to cover meeting registration fees or travel expenses and will be awarded based on the order received. Deadline for application: Feb. 16. Awards will be announced to applicants by March 9, 2026. Apply here. Questions? Email <kglew@uw.edu>

Please also check for opportunities with your college or university -- most of those have small grants for student travel to meetings.

Schedule 

Field trips: We will have field trips near the meeting, destinations described in the schedule (above). 

Workshop: TBD.

Lodging: On your own. Check here for suggestions later.

Further meeting details will appear here as they become available. This year's local host and organizer is Dr. Lalita Calabria at Evergreen State College.