FREES IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE 2024 SUMMIT APRIL 15-18, 2024 at the Elko Conference Center
One day registration is not Available
Sponsorship Opportunitites are also listed on the registration link.
8:30 am Summit Welcome
Monday, April 15th
5:00 pm Registration opens
6:00 pm Welcome Social, Elko Conference Center
Tuesday, April 16th, Elko Conference Center
FREES Wildlife & Habitat Ecology Symposium
"The critical importance of ecosystem and landscape health; providing sustainability for wildlife, horses, and everything else"
8:40 Opening Plenary
9:10 Horse Program and State Wildlife Agency Updates
10:45 Break- food and drink provided
11-noon Invited Symposia Talks
Lunch on your own
1:30 pm Fertility Control Field Activity
3:00 Break- food and drink provided
3:20-5:00 Invited Symposia Talks
5:30 Summit Dinner and Speaker
Wednesday, April 17th
FREES FIELD TOUR
"Seeing, touching, listening, and experiencing landscapes to increase understanding"
7:30 am Meet and Board Buses
7:45 Buses Depart
11:30 Lunch
2:00 Depart for Elko
4:00 Arrive Elk, NV
Dinner on your own
Thursday, April 18, Elko Conference Center
FREES Breakout Groups
"Finding common ground to move the herd forward"
8:00 am Ground rules and approach, Dan Adams
8:45 Break out Groups (Dan Adams)
10:00 Reports (Group Leads)
11:30 Groups Reconvene: wrap up and assignments
12:15 pm Closing Remarks
12:30 Adjourn, Lunch Provided
Our purpose is to develop stakeholder-based comprehensive communication strategies and processes to manage free-roaming equids in concert with other public lands multiple-use objectives to achieve western rangeland ecosystem sustainability. All of this information will be used to continue to develop action plans towards our goal of Healthy Herds on Healthy Rangelands.
FREES seeks to enhance communication and engage diverse stakeholder groups in meaningful dialogue as we work together.
Thanks to Our 2024 Summit Sponsors