South Okanagan Bighorn Sheep Disease Symposium: Managing Sheep Health in the Face of Multiple Diseases – From Disease to Resiliency …
Date: Thursday, February 22nd, 2024 – 8:30 AM Start
Location: Penticton Trade & Convention Centre – Room 1, 2, 3
273 Power Street, Penticton, BC
Please not pre-registration is required. This event is now full.
Agenda
South Okanagan Bighorn Sheep Disease Symposium: Managing Sheep Health in the Face of Multiple Diseases – From Disease to Resiliency …
The Wild Sheep Society of BC (WSSBC) is sponsoring the South Okanagan Bighorn Sheep Disease Symposium on Thursday, February 22nd, 2024, during the WSSBC Salute to Conservation, and Annual General Meeting from February 22nd – 25th, 2024 hosted at the Penticton Trade and Convention Centre, Penticton, British Columbia (BC).
The symposium will follow up on a commitment made by the WSSBC at the 2022 BC Wild Sheep Summit (in Prince George). The South Okanagan Bighorn Sheep Disease Symposium will be collaborative, bringing wild sheep researchers, First Nations, wildlife professionals, knowledge holders, hunters, outfitters, guides, government staff, and wild sheep advocates together. The goal being to promote the use of science in the management of wild sheep health in general, and for South Okanagan bighorn sheep specifically. Sharing and building on all ways of knowledge, methods, results, and lessons learned here in BC and elsewhere are the recipes to recovery and conservation of wild sheep in BC.
Workshop Goal
The goal of the symposium is to have invited speakers present, discuss, and share information among attendees. The symposium will create a shared knowledge base and identify opportunities for cooperation in addressing BC’s most critical wild sheep health challenges, strengthening the collaborative approach that continues to support wild sheep management and conservation in the South Okanagan and across British Columbia. Our goal is to take these sheep populations from Disease to Resiliency.
Come and join us after the Symposium on February 22, 2024 at our Salute to Conservation and Mountain Hunting Expo. You can register HERE for that event separately. https://www.wildsheepsociety.com/salute2conservation/
Hotel Accommodation Details
Penticton Lakeside Resort
21 Lakeshore Drive W
Penticton, BC, V2A 7M5
Hotel Web-site: https://www.pentictonlakesideresort.com/
Hotel Phone #: (250) 493-8221