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. We are offering $150 awards to help students and non-student lichen enthusiasts with financial need and who are presenting either a talk or a poster. Check back here for details. You must also be registered with NWSA for the meeting to receive the award. Have your abstract ready before you apply for the award. For joint authorship, submit one application per abstract, making it clear who you are presenting with, regardless of whether the presentation is a talk or poster. Application link will be here. Deadline will be announced later, but it will probably be in mid February.
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.
Future years: We are eager to have YOU help to organize the lichen part of the annual meeting. The meeting is arranged on a year-by-year basis, depending on the location of the NWSA meeting. This usually happens in mid to late March. The annual meeting typically has four components: talks that present ongoing or completed research (we try to keep this as casual and informal as possible); a workshop on a particular topic, genus, or area; field trips to some local spots of interest; and evening socializing, usually at a local restaurant.
