Dates: March 10-11, 2027

Location: Fort Frances, ON

Abstract Deadline: December 17, 2026. Please get your abstracts in early!

Please submit the following to Teika Newton, teikanewton@lowwsf.com

  • Presenter Information:  Name, Research Organization or Agency, Mailing Address, Telephone, Email, Brief Bio.
  • Submittal Information:  Title, Author(s), Author(s) agency affiliaion, Abstract, Location of study (i.e., lake name, river name, or GPS coordinate etc.).

Two days of presentations will be organized into themed sessions. We encourage submissions on any aspect of research and management related to the Rainy-Lake of the Woods watershed ecosystem, but especially invite valuable inisghts on the following 2027 Special Sessions:

  1. Examples of cross-cultural collaborations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous partners in watershed science, management or governance
  2. Impacts of climate change in boreal lakes
  3. Progress toward achieving international nutrient reduction and phosphorus management goals 

As always, we welcome presentations on many other topics, including:

  • Invasive species
  • Fish and fisheries
  • Monitoring and remote sensing
  • Paleolimnology
  • Modelling and mapping
  • Watershed governance
  • Adaptive management
  • Habitats, wetlands and ecology
  • Contaminants
  • Emerging technologies

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