Summit Schedule

For General Admission, presentations will be released by 7am each morning and will be available to view for 48 hours. This means that presentations released Thursday morning will be available until Saturday morning, etc.

For the VIP Pass, sessions are all released on February 20, and you have access to them for as long as you'd like. 

All times are Mountain (Denver)Time

Sessions in BLUE are VIP only. Links to the live sessions will be sent via email to VIP Pass holders as well as linked in the summit platform. Live sessions will be recorded in case you can't make it live.

**Please note that while we will do our best to maintain this schedule, it is subject to change**

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20

• Yellowstone Wolf Recovery: A 30 Year Retrospective with L. David Mech, Doug Smith, Ed Bangs, Mike Phillips, and Steve Fritts
• The Invisible Microbes in Old Faithful Geyser with Eric Boyd
• Yellowstone Safe Passages: Addressing Wildlife-Vehicle Conflicts in Montana's Upper Yellowstone Watershed with Daniel Anderson 
• Clark's Nutcrackers and Whitebark Pine in Yellowstone National Park: Maintaining an Iconic Mutualism with Diana F. Tomback
• Yellowstone in Music: Classically Composed with Jett Hitt
• Mac'íispa - Geochemistry and Traditional Stewardship with River Webb
• 4pm Live: Summit Welcome and Kickoff Party  with Jenny Golding and George Bumann

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21

• Microbes & Minerals: Revelations from Mammoth Terraces and Its Ties to Coral Reefs, Space, Roman Aqueducts and Your Kidneys with Bruce Fouke
• In the Tracks of the Grizzly with Casey Anderson
• Yellowstone for the Future: How to stay Informed and Support the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem with Cara McGary 
• Bringing Wolves Back to Yellowstone: Stories from the Project Veterinarian with Mark R. Johnson, DVM
• Photographing a Winter Wonderland with Lisa Culpepper
• Yellowstone Wolf Stories from the Field with Rick McIntyre
• 2pm Live (VIP): Yellowstone Tracking Challenge: Test Your Wildlife Detective Skills with Brad Bulin
• 4pm Live (VIP): Indigenous Earth Science and the Nimiipuu (Nez Perce) Ethnogeology of Mac' ispa ("The Smelly Place"/Yellowstone National Park) with Roger Amerman and Harry Slickpoo
• 6pm Live (VIP): Let's Talk Yellowstone! Topics and hosts:
  • Yellowstone Book Club with Virginia Shoup 
  • Visit with the Project Veterinarian Mark Johnson 
  • Geology Discussion with Abigail Thomas, Yellowstone Forever
  • Thermal Feature Hikes with Susan Jennys
  • Winter Ecology & Climate with Jim Halfpenny, A Naturalist's World
  • Yellowstone 101 for First Timers with David Jennys
  • Historic Places to Visit with Bob Nisbet
  • Exploring the Tetons with Laura Krusheski, Jackson Hole Eco Tour Adventures
  • Wildlife and Wildlife Watching with Ashea Mills, Walking Shadow Ecology Tours
  • GYE for Educators with Kendall Peacock, Teton Science Schools

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22

• Deciphering Wolf Howls: Bioacoustics in Greater Yellowstone with Jeff Reed
• Winterkeeper Stories with Steve Fuller and Todd Wilkinson
• What Lies Beneath: Exploring Yellowstone Lake's Mysterious Vents with Rob Sohn
• Film Highlights of 2024 with Bob Landis
• Plan Your Yellowstone Trip with Shauna Baron
• Three Things in Yellowstone You Should Stop Ignoring with Cedar Mathers-Winn
• 12pm LIVE (VIP)  Eavesdropping on Yellowstone's Wildlife Presentation and Q&A with George Bumann
• 2pm Live (VIP): Into the Wild: Exploring Yellowstone's Backcountry with Carolyn Bulin and Jenny Golding
• 4pm Live (VIP): The Legacy of Wolf 907 with Rick McIntyre 
• 6pm Live (VIP): Yellowstone Trivia Night! with Nicole Harkness and Virginia Shoup

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23

• Beyond the Hype: Uncovering the Ecological Impact of Yellowstone’s Wolves with Dan MacNulty
• Having a Swell Time: A Celebration of Yellowstone in Postcards with Ruth Quinn
• Call of the Wild: An Artist in Greater Yellowstone with Parks Reece
• A Time to Bloom: A Phenology of Yellowstone Wildflowers with Sam Archibald
• Mindful Photography in Yellowstone with Jenny Golding
• 9am Photo contest entry and voting deadline
• 9am VIP Giveaway entry deadline
• 12pm Live (VIP): Let's Talk Yellowstone!  Topics and hosts:
  • Advocating for Greater Yellowstone with Cara McGary, In Our Nature Guiding
  • History Discussion Leslie Quinn, YNP Lodges
  • Photography Discussion with Lisa Culpepper, Touring Wonderland Photography Tours
  • Wilderness & Music with Jett Hitt
  • Stargazing with Angela Tempo
  • Living with Wildlife with Kyle Wonders, Yellowstone Forever
  • Wildlife in the Tetons with John Gallagher, Wildlife Expeditions, Teton Science Schools 
  • Working in Yellowstone with Kelcy Fowler, Coolworks
• 2pm Live: Summit Wrap Up! Photo Contest, Giveaway, and Trivia Winners Announced 🎉