Project WILD invites you to the 43rd Annual Meeting in Arizona!
Dates: March 2-6, 2026
Theme: Cultivating Change: Growing WILD Stewards in All Spaces
MORE DETAILS WILL BE ADDED AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE! - last updates made 2/19/26
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!
Location: Scottsdale, Arizona
Room - Building 1, Level 3, Room #301, "Ingenuity"
Map of Hotel and Meeting Venue at ASU SkySong
per diem daily lodging rate for March in Scottsdale -$229
non-per diem rate -$289
parking $7/night
Please book your room by Monday, February 2 to receive this rate.
Dining options nearby: Dining | Element Scottsdale at SkySong
Transportation:
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) - 7 miles from hotel
Ride Sharing and Travel Intineraries
Full Regsitration = $500 (includes access to sessions T/W, Lunch T/W/Th; snacks & drinks T/W/Th; Field Learning Day Transportation Th)
1-day Registration = $175 (Either Tues or Wed - includes lunch, drinks, snacks, access to sessions that day)
Virtual Registration = $100 (includes virtual access to sessions Tuesday and Wednesday)
Guest Registration =$275 (includes Wed lunch banquet, field learning day lunch and transportation on Thursday)
(Note: Breakfast is provided at hotel 6:30 - 9:30 AM, -The Element Rise signature breakfast is a buffet: Daily made to order item, freshly baked muffins and breakfast breads, fresh fruit, cereals station, bread station (bagels, English muffins, bread for toasting with cream cheese, peanut butter, assorted jam), Oatmeal, Chobani Yogurt bar with fresh fruit, nuts, coconut and granola, coffee, tea and juice.)
Monday, March 2
Arrival Day
Sign up HERE to let us know you're joining the group! We'll meet at the hotel @1pm to carpool and return around 4pm. Feel free to drop in too.
New Coordinator Orientation (optional) 4:30-5:45pm (NEW time)
Sign up HERE to let us know you'll be joining this training. Meet Marc in the lobby of the hotel @4:30pm.
Check in hotel- 3pm
Dinner on your own
Tuesday, March 3
SkySong
Breakfast at Element Hotel
Keynote address
Lunch (included)
Sessions
Snacks (included)
Sessions
Dinner on your own
Wednesday, March 4
SkySong
Sign up HERE to join us! Meet in the hotel lobby at 6:30am and be back by 8am.
Breakfast at Element Hotel
Sessions
Lunch Banquet (included)
Sessions
Snacks (included)
Dinner on your own
Thursday, March 5
Field Learning Day
Breakfast at Element Hotel
Lunch (included)
Verde Valley
Snacks (included)
Dinner on your own in Cottonwood, AZ
Bus back to Scottsdale
Friday, March 6
Departure Day
Breakfast at Element Hotel
Sign up HERE to join us! We'll meet at 7:30am in the lobby to carpool and be back by 10:30am.
Check out by 12 noon
Auction: Bring an item or two for our auction!
Session Schedule: TBA
Scholarships:
Are you interested in receiving funds to reduce this year's annual meeting registration fee? Complete the Scholarship Application or email projectwild@fishwildlife.org with your name, state, and a description of how attending the annual meeting will help your work in enivironmental education. Scholarships are only available to PW state coordinators. Submissions are due by January 16, 2026.
Awards:
Nominate a State Coordinator for the Project WILD Outstanding Coordinator Award!
Recognize a facilitator in your state with the Project WILD Facilitator of the Year Award!
Call for Session Proposals:
If you cannot use MS Forms, please us this
Word version and email the completed form to projectwild@fishwildlife.org.
