Annual BCNA Ecosymposiums

Boulder County Nature Association holds a yearly conference to present information and encourage discussion about a topic of current interest. The first ecosymposium was held in 1988, and the ecosymposia have been held annually since 1999.

Please join us each spring for our annual chance to mingle with those doing research and those using the research "for the purpose of conserving and promoting resilient natural ecosystems in our region."

Information about the 2020 ecosymposium: "It starts at the top: The intertwined fates of water and ecosystems in the climate crisis"

Past ecosymposia topics

2019: "The Changing Baseline for Front Range Ecosystems: Implications for Management and Restoration"

2018: "Turning the Lens on Ourselves: The Science of Visitors on Open Spaces"

2017: "Finding the Science in Citizen Science: Front Range Environments"

2016: "Sustainable Agriculture: Food for Thought"

2015: "Recovery and Resiliency: Preparing for the Future"

2014: "Extinction -- Can Our Native Species Be Saved?"

2013: "Song of the Alpine" Program and speaker biographies

2012: "Water: Pure and Not So Simple" VIEW THE SCHEDULE FOR THE SYMPOSIUM

2011: "Boulder Burns" VIEW THE SCHEDULE FOR THE SYMPOSIUM

2010: "Restoring Native Ecosystems" VIEW THE SCHEDULE FOR THE SYMPOSIUM

2009: "Fractured Landscapes" VIEW THE ABSTRACTS FROM THE SYMPOSIUM and the biographies of the presenters.

2008: "The Beetles Are Coming" VIEW THE ABSTRACTS FROM THE SYMPOSIUM

2007: "Change Is Coming" VIEW THE ABSTRACTS FROM THE SYMPOSIUM

2006: "Alien Invaders" VIEW THE SCHEDULE FOR THE SYMPOSIUM

2005: "Species in Peril" VIEW THE SCHEDULE FOR THE SYMPOSIUM

2004: "Can Nature Survive? Human Interactions with Nature" VIEW THE ABSTRACTS FROM THE SYMPOSIUM

2003: "Saving Our Native Grasslands" VIEW THE ABSTRACTS FROM THE SYMPOSIUM

2002: "Issues at the Urban-Nature Interface" VIEW THE ABSTRACTS FROM THE SYMPOSIUM

2001: "Wildlife and Wildfire in Front Range Forests" VIEW ABSTRACTS FROM THE 2001 SYMPOSIUM

2000: No Theme

1999: "Rediscovering Our Natural Landscape"

1998: None held

1997: None held

1996: "Finding Common Ground: Recreational Use of Natural Lands in Boulder County"

1992: "Status, Distribution and Habitat Needs of Wildlife in Boulder County"