Researchers’ Forum & CMI’s 30-year Celebration

• Start Date: September 25, 2025
• End Date: September 26, 2025
• Time: See schedule below. Note that Sept 25th does *not* include lunch, come having eaten an early lunch!
• Venue: Coast Hillcrest Hotel, Begbie Brewery, and various field sites
• Proceedings now available

Event Description

For almost 30 years (we missed a couple) this event has traveled the upper Columbia Mountains to gather members of the scientific community, Indigenous and provincial land managers, stewardship groups, naturalists and community members to provide updates on ecological projects taking place in southeastern British Columbia – the territories of the Sinixt, Secwepemc, Ktunaxa, and Syilx Okanagan people. This is a chance to share and get caught up on everything from new restoration projects and their associated community initiatives, to ecosystem monitoring, research, field trials, and land stewardship initiatives. This gathering has an informal atmosphere where everyone is invited to attend, mix, and mingle!

This year we’ll celebrate 30-years of CMI operations alongside the Researchers’ Forum – so you can expect some special celebratory additions to this gathering.

See here for the AGENDA. Registration is required to attend everything apart from the evening plenary.

Evening plenary

All are welcome to join us for a talk with two of CMI’s founders, John Woods and Bruce McLellan at the Begbie Brewery – no registration required, but please arrive on time, if not a bit early.

Event Proceedings

A summary of this event is available here.

Registration

Everyone get’s the discounted membership rate at this event to help celebrate CMI’s 30-years! Registration includes a full afternoon of presentations, an evening social with light dinner* at the Begbie Brewery, an evening plenary talk, and the field tours offered on the second day. *Dinner is now sold out – please let us know if you’d like to be added to the waitlist!

Registration rate: $62**

**If the registration rate is posing a significant barrier to you, please contact us to see if there are registration bursaries available.

Registraton has closed. For registration requests please email office@cmiae.org

Where to stay?

We have numerous accommodation options that offer discounts to CMI registrants:

Coast Hillcrest Hotel: this is where the event will take place

• There is a group rate of 30% off, phone to make your booking and say that you are with the “Columbia Mountains Institute.”  These rooms are available via a first come first serve basis.

Basecamp Revelstoke: various locations and room rates with more affordable options

• Discount code of 15% via the online booking tool using the promo code “CMI”
• Basecamp Resort: Just outside of town towards Revelstoke dam. About a 10min drive from the Hillcrest
• Basecamp Suites: A brand new build downtown Revelstoke, about a 15min drive from the Hillcrest
• Northwinds Hotel: A newly acquired hotel in the Farwell area of town, about a 10min drive from the Hillcrest. Most affordable of the three listed here.

Event sponsors

A big thanks to Tourism Revelstoke, Downie Timber, Shearing Consultants Ltd., and Revelstoke Community Forest for their financial sponsorship of this event!

We’re seeking additional event sponsorship, if this opportunity interests please see here.