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The Vertebrate Pest Council organizes educational conferences devoted to advancing methodologies and concepts involving human-wildlife conflicts and vertebrate pest problems. The first Conference was held in 1962.

Conferences are held every 2 years, and typically include an all-day field trip, and 3 days of papers presented by researchers, practitioners, wildlife managers, students, and others.

The next scheduled Conference will be held as follows:

29^th Vertebrate Pest Conference 

March 2-5, 2020

The DoubleTree Fess Parker Hotel & Resort

Santa Barbara, California