We'd like to invite all Horticultural Inspectors in the thirteen western states to join us at our Bi-annual Conference in Longmont, Colorado

Conference Registration
Early registration fee $150 (before August 15th)
Late registration fee $175
Registration closes on September 12th, 2025

Hotel Reservation:
SpringHill Suites Boulder Longmont
1470 Dry Creek Drive Longmont, Colorado, USA, 80503

Please use the link below for reservations in our meeting block. The meeting room and hospitality suite are also located in this hotel.
Room fee $139/night

Block reservation link (click here)
Reservations within our block close on August 29th, 2025. If booking after that day to contact Yolanda Ybarra at 303-682-2894, rooms may still be available in the block/rate.
Reservations will not be charged until the guest checks in. Guests may bring a tax exempt form to avoid being charged the tax with their stay.

Travel Information:
Longmont is approximately 2 hours NE of the Denver International Airport by bus and costs around $13.


Tentative Agenda

Mon, 9/29, Travel to the Springhill Suites by Mariott
4:00 – 7:00 pm Registration
7:00 – 8:30 pm Ice breaker in the hospitality suite

Tues, 9/30: Seminars at the Springhill Suites meeting room
7:00 - 8:00 am Registration & Breakfast
8:00 - 10:00 Presentations (speaker list published shortly)
10:00 - 10:15 Coffee break
10:15 - 12:00 pm Presentations
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 3:00 Presentations
3:00 - 3:15 Coffee break
3:15 - 5:00 pm Presentations
Dinner on your own

Wed, 10/01: Field Trips
7:00 - 8:00 am Breakfast
8:00 - 9:30 Travel to Tour Location
9:30 - 10:30 Tour CSU Spur Campus
10:30 - 12:00 pm Business Meeting & Lunch
12:00 - 12:30 Travel to Tour Locations
1:00- 3:30 Denver Int'l Airport Customs and Border Patrol Tour
3:30 - 5:00 Return to Longmont
6:00 - 8:00 Banquet Dinner
8:00 - 9:00 Silent Auction in Hospitality Suite

Thurs, 10/02: Activity and Field Trip
7:00 - 8:00 am Breakfast
8:00 - 9:00 Travel to Tour Location
9:00 - 11:00 Tour National Lab for Genetic Resource Preservation
11:30 - 1:00 pm Lunch at Trial Gardens
1:00 - 4:00 CSU Seed Diagnostics Lab and CDA Pesticide Detection with Drones
4:00 - 4:30 Return to Longmont
4:30 - 5:00 Final Remarks
Dinner on your own

Location
Longmont, Colorado
SpringHill Suites, 1470 Dry Creek Drive. Longmont, CO 80503
Date & Time
September 30, 2025, 8:00 AM, 8:00 AM - October 2, 2025, 5:00 PM
Field Trip Details
WEDNESDAY
CSU SPUR
CSU Spur is a three-building campus that brings learning to life around important global topics of food, water, and health.  CSU Spur is a free educational destination in Denver with a focus on food, water, and health research and innovation. CSU Spur is a free, public learning destination! There is something for everyone: courses for adults, PreK-12 student field trips, family activities, event spaces for rent. SPUR is home to our CSU State plant pathology Lab.  WHIS will be focusing on Plant pathology and Water.
WEDNESDAY
DIA AIRPORT - CUSTOMS AND BORDER PATROL POINT OF ENTRY
Tour the International Arrivals Customs and Border Patrol checkpoint including the agricultural dog inspections and seized products.
THURSDAY
NATIONAL LAB FOR GENETIC RESOURCE PRESERVATION
Plains Area The National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation (NLGRP), formerly the National Center for Genetic Resources Preservation, conserves genetic resources of crops and animals important to United States agriculture and landscapes. Genetic resources from this collection are used for the conservation of biological diversity and utilization of genetic resources for economic and environmental sustainability. In addition to being a seed bank, NLGRP is a repository for animal genetic resources in the form of semen, and plant genetic resources in the form of graftable buds or in vitro plantlets. Genetic resources are often preserved using cryopreservation technologies. This collection is part of the U.S. National Plant Germplasm System (NPGS).
THURSDAY
CSU SEED DIAGNOSTIC LAB
For nearly 100 years, the Colorado Seed Laboratory has been your source for excellence and reliability in seed testing. The Colorado Seed Laboratory is an official AOSA laboratory, and we also perform tests according to ISTA and Canadian standards upon request.  We will tour the lab and learn how they perform some of the testing.
thursday
PESTICIDE DETECTION USING DRONES
Colorado Dept. of Agriculture Pesticide Enforcement Division is conducting research to use Drones to detect pesticide levels on plant material.
Join us on September 30
We look forward to hosting you!
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