2025 SCHEDULE 2026 COMING SOON
We look forward to seeing you for the 32nd edition of FRSES: FRSES 2026- Understand Your Planet! FRSES is proud to host the first Ecological Society of America Rocky Mountain Chapter Meeting following the chapter’s reestablishment in 2025. The chapter meeting will take place on Friday 2/27 at 11 am and we encourage all participants to join! Our program will be updated soon, but you can check the 2025 schedule below to see how the conference will be structured. Full presentation details can be found in the FRSES 2026 program – to be posted soon!
THURSDAY – FEB 13, 2025
| 3:30pm-6:30pm | Check-in Table | Warner (NR) Atrium |
| 3:30pm-4:00pm | Hearty Appetizers Served | Warner (NR) Atrium |
| 4:00pm-5:00pm | Keynote: Nancy Emery | Warner (NR) Room 345 |
| 5pm | Hearty Appetizers Served | Warner (NR) Atrium |
| 5:00pm-6:00pm | Poster Session | Warner (NR) Atrium |
| 5:00pm-5:30pm | Even Numbered Posters | |
| 5:30pm-6:00pm | Odd Numbered Posters | |
| 6:00pm-7:00pm | Social Hour | Warner (NR) Atrium |
FRIDAY – FEB 14, 2025
| 8:00am-3:00pm | Check-in | LSC Theater |
| 8:00am-4:00pm | Anytime Break Room: Coffee, Tea, & Snacks | LSC Theater |
| 8:30am-9:45am | Oral Presentations: Session 1 | |
| Behavioral & Evolutionary Ecology | LSC Room 304 – 306 | |
| Insect Ecology | LSC Room 308 – 310 | |
| Aquatic and Wetland Ecosystems | LSC Room 312 | |
| 9:45am-10:00am | Break | LSC Theater |
| 10:00am-11:00am | Oral Presentations: Session 2 | |
| Social-Ecological Systems | LSC Room 304 – 306 | |
| Fire Ecology & Restoration | LSC Room 308 – 310 | |
| Urban Ecology | LSC Room 312 | |
| 11:00am-12:00pm | Workshop Section 1 | |
| Stacy Coleman, J.D. | CO DNR Tribal Affairs – Approaches to the incorporation of traditional knowledge | LSC Room 304-306 | |
| Ann Hess | CSU Stats Lab – Generalized Linear Mixed Models, motivation and examples with ecological data | LSC Room 308-310 | |
| 12:00pm-1:00pm | Lunch | LSC Theater |
| 1:00pm-2:00pm | Workshop Section 2 | |
| Alissa Iverson | Denver Botanical Gardens – “Strategies for Building Trust through Science Communication and Outreach” | LSC Room 304-306 | |
| Kevin Worthington | CSU Geospatial Centroid – “Python: Enriching Geospatial Data with Google Earth Engine” | LSC Room 308-310 | |
| 2:00pm-2:15pm | Break | LSC Theater |
| 2:15pm-3:45pm | Oral Presentations: Session 3 | |
| Grassland & Restoration Ecology | LSC Room 304 – 306 | |
| Wildlife Ecology & Conservation | LSC Room 308 – 310 | |
| Global Change | LSC Room 312 | |
| 3:45pm-4:00pm | Break | LSC Theater |
| 4:00pm-5:00pm | Reception, Awards Ceremony & Hearty Appetizers Served | LSC Theater |
Front Range Student Ecology Symposium 