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Opportunity for public comment is now open. The comment period will close on Monday, April 15th at 11:59 p.m. Eastern. The very narrow rule fails to account for the full range of physical, chemical, and biological connections between navigable waters and the streams and wetlands. The limited protections proposed for our nation’s waters threatens fish and... Read More
New Paper, “Headwater Streams and Wetlands are Critical for Sustaining Fish, Fisheries and Ecosystem Services,” demonstrates threats to ecosystem services, imperiled species, commercial and recreational species, and culturally valuable fish from narrow rule. The American Fisheries Society (AFS) is deeply concerned with the proposed rule released Thursday, February 14, by the EPA and the U.S.... Read More
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February 27, 2019, 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. EST Register Now Efforts by the Trump administration are underway to roll back Clean Water Act protections for our nation’s streams and wetlands. The newly proposed rule to revise the definition of waters of the United States (WOTUS) aims to exclude many wetlands and headwater streams that are... Read More
EPA Press Release: EPA and Army Announce Public Hearing on Proposed New “Waters of the United States” Definition Hearing will be held February 27-28, 2019 in Kansas City, Kansas 02/06/2019 Contact Information: EPA Press Office ([email protected]) WASHINGTON — Following President Trump’s directive to provide certainty to American farmers and landowners so that the economy can continue to expand... Read More
2019 AFS International Fisheries Section Fellow Award Applications due by March 15, 2019 Attention Students and Young Professionals: The International Fisheries Section (IFS) of the American Fisheries Society (AFS) is excited to announce the 2019 International Fisheries Section Fellow Award. The Fellow will represent IFS/AFS by presenting a poster or oral presentation at the 2019... Read More
Efforts are underway by the Trump Administration to roll back Clean Water Act protections for our nation’s streams and wetlands. Last year, AFS convened a group of fisheries and aquatic science experts to synthesize the science around the importance of headwaters to fish in anticipation of a new, narrower, Waters of the U.S. rule. The... Read More
It may have been minus 14 degrees in Cleveland but the hospitality was warm as the AFS Governing Board and fisheries and wildlife scientists and professionals from Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference shared their space inside the Hilton in Cleveland. From discussing the Strategic Plan for the Society, to covering financial and brand revitalization issues,... Read More
2018 Student Writing Contest Winning Essay | Michael J. Moore 1931 marked a new chapter in the Osage River’s history. A 148‐foot dam stretched across one of the Missouri River’s largest tributaries forming Lake of the Ozarks. Its concrete crest curled from bluff to bluff, looming over the depression‐era floodplain like a grin. The river... Read More
Download a PDF of a new fact sheet of the Waters of the U.S. Rule (WOTUS) produced by the American Fisheries Society, National Wildlife Federation, Trout Unlimited, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, American Fly Fishing Trade Association, Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, and the Izaak Walton League. Read More
