Program

preliminary

Monday, 31 August

Registration and check-in at Scandic Hamar from 10:00

Joint lunch at 12.00

Opening of the 16th international Grouse Symposium

Presentations

(Key note speaker to be announced)

Dinner

Tuesday, 1 September

Presentations and group discussions

(Key note speaker to ba announced)

Dinner

Wednesday, 2 September

Nordic day

Talks and presentations focusing on research findings from the Nordic countries

Thursday, 3 September

Field excursion for all participants to Finnskogen. More information here

Conference banquet in the evening

Friday, 4 September

Presentations

(Key note speaker to be announced)

Closing session

Lunch

Departure for post-conference field excursions (for registered participants). More information here.

Field Excursion to Finnskogen Thursday, 3 September

On Thursday, 3 September, we will depart Hamar by bus, pass through Elverum, and make three stops in Finnskogen. On the return journey, there will be a guided visit to the Norwegian Forest Museum in Elverum, followed by the conference banquet at the hotel.

Program in Finnskogen

The excursion includes three locations, each featuring two talks or demonstrations:

Location 1

Nest predation and its role in small game communities
(Dr. Torfinn Jahren)
Hunting management in Statskog (the Norwegian National Forest), from the perspectives of both management and local hunters
(Dr. Jo Inge Breisjøberget / Jonas Hagen (TBC))

Location 2 (Capercaillie lek)

Capercaillie leks and forestry (Dr. Jørund Rolstad)
Norwegian forestry practices (Dr. Endre Hofstad Hansen)

Location 3 (Hilltop with wind turbines)

Wind turbines and woodland grouse (Dr. Mikkel A. J. Kvasnes)
Black grouse and willow ptarmigan populations in the taiga
(TBC)

Lunch with whole-roasted reindeer is included