Science is foundational to the American Fisheries Society (AFS) and we strongly support scientific research, science application to management and policy, and the science education of our members and of society. The March for Science, set for April 22, in Washington, D.C., and in various locations around the world, is a non-political event that will stress the importance of science to humanity and the role science has to play in informing governmental policy. AFS supports its members expressing their right to speak out on behalf of science and exercise that right through joining the March for Science.

• See the March for Science website.

Washington March meet-up information: Please meet up at the National Gallery Sculpture Garden Café (see link https://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/visit/getting-here.html) at 10:30 a.m. The closest Metro is Archives-Navy Memorial (on the Green and Yellow lines). Please note the restrictions on signs and other items that can be brought to the March – see the Washington March FAQ.  Also, after the March, from about 2:00 p.m. onward, we are going to gather at Churchkey at 1337 14th St NW for an after-social. All are welcome! For more information, email Martha Wilson at [email protected] or call (202) 445-9514.