The Tenth American Woodcock Symposium will be held in Michigan at the Ralph A. MacMullan Conference Center  near Grayling, Michigan on October 3 – 6, 2006, and will be hosted by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. 

Every few years, the scientific woodcock community hosts this symposium to highlight recent research on American woodcock.  The upcoming American Woodcock Symposium represents an opportunity for presentation of results from research projects completed throughout the woodcock’s range in recent years. This year the symposium will highlight research into the role of mortality from hunting in population dynamics.

The upcoming symposium will bring together researchers, land managers, biologists, hunters and woodcock enthusiasts to discuss and report current information on the ecology and management of the species, share ideas on the future of woodcock research and management efforts, and talk about “hot topics” in the woodcock world. 

The previous woodcock symposia have effectively fostered communication of woodcock research and have proved to be the foundation for successful woodcock management internationally. Past symposia have been held across the range of the species, in Minnesota (1966), Louisiana (1968 and 1997), Maine (1969), Michigan (1971), Georgia (1974), New Brunswick (1977), Pennsylvania (1980), and Indiana (1990). With each symposium, the quality of data, sophistication of statistical analysis, and originality of methods take a giant step forward. 

Symposium Abstracts (PDF - Updated 09/28/2006)

Symposium Agenda (PDF - Updated 09/28/2006)