The NIWR Annual Meeting brings together the WRRA community to coordinate and advocate for the network’s future. Each year, we invite our institutes and program partners to D.C. to share institutes’ success stories and meet with congressional offices to support the federal funding that drives water innovation, workforce development, and education across the United States.
2026 NIWR Annual Spring Meeting
Attendees: Find everything you need during the Annual Meeting in the Meeting Portal.
The 2026 NIWR Annual Meeting took place February 23–25, 2026. Members gathered to share institute activities, receive updates from NIWR, USGS, and VSA, and participate in the annual Hill Day to engage with congressional offices.
Session Topics
- NIWR and Board updates
- USGS and federal updates
- Water and AI
- And More
General Schedule
- Sunday, February 22, 2026: 4 PM NIWR Board of Directors meeting
- Monday, February 23, 2026: 9 AM-4:50 PM Conference meeting; 6 PM-7:30 PM Evening Reception
- Tuesday, February 24, 2026: 9 AM-4:30 PM Conference meeting
- Wednesday, February 25, 2026: Advocacy Day/Capitol Hill meetings with your institute’s legislators
Preparing for Hill Visits
Van Scoyoc Associates hosted a FY 26 advocacy webinar for NIWR institutes to help prepare for Hill Visits.
This is an essential part of the preparing for visits to congressional offices. Learn more about how your Institute can help leverage support for the WRRA through meeting with your representatives.
- Other resources can be found VSA’s website.
- Institutes can also learn from each other by reviewing other WRRI’s materials that they take to Capitol Hill.
