About the Symposium:
Each year, PRRSUM hosts an annual symposium that focuses on bringing together regional stream restoration practitioners for networking and knowledge exchange. As the stream and river restoration field is inherently interdisciplinary, our stream restoration practitioners come with various backgrounds and professions - engineers, hydrologists, ecologists, government regulators, geomorphologists, etc. - and the goal of the annual UMSRS is to provide the opportunity for these varied perspectives/professions to interact and learn from each other.
UMSRS looks to provide a collaborative environment which will allow an interdisciplinary approach to stream restoration and other related watershed sciences, hence a broad range of speakers and topics are actively encouraged. We seek session proposals and abstracts for both oral and poster presentations that address any topic areas related to stream restoration, including design and related analyses, alternatives analysis, implementation, and monitoring, as well as the planning, regulatory, and funding context under which stream restoration occurs. Selected presentations will be grouped into topical sessions.
The UMSRS is composed of 2.5 days of single-track sessions, so all practitioners are listening to the same group of talks versus having concurrent sessions. All meals (including dinners) are covered through registration fees and frequent breaks during the program enable attendees to further interact and network.
Oral and Poster Presentations:
UMSRS will have invited speakers and oral presentations delivered in topical sessions. Oral presentations are 20 minutes in length and are given in a plenary format to an interdisciplinary audience. Hence, the content should be interesting to a diverse audience and clearly focused to deliver two or three key points.
The poster session is delivered during an hour-long session in the main body of the symposium. Poster presenters are expected to attend their posters to answer any questions from the attendees. Only posters that are reviewed through the abstract review process will be displayed at the conference, although some session conveners may request that an oral presentation abstract be made a poster if their oral session is full.
If you have any questions or if you need further information please contact: Anna Sundgaard at [email protected].
Upcoming Symposia
- UMSRS 2026 - February 22-25, 2026 at the Radisson in La Crosse, Wisconsin
- UMSRS 2027 - February 21-24, 2027 at the Confluence Hotel in Hastings, Minnesota
- UMSRS 2028 - February 27 - March 1, 2028 at the Jasper Hotel in Fargo, North Dakota