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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 2, 2021 Contact: Beth Beard E-mail: bbeard@fisheries.org Leanne Roulson Becomes President of American Fisheries Society (Bethesda, MD) – Leanne Roulson, F-PC, a fisheries biologist and environmental policy
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 14, 2021 Contact: Beth Beard E-mail: bbeard@fisheries.org Miguel Garcia-Bermudez Elected Second Vice President of American Fisheries Society (Bethesda, MD) – Miguel Garcia-Bermudez, Ph.D., Fish and Wildlife Administrator
For nearly two decades, instream flow conservation principles were provided under the direction of the federal Cooperative Instream Flow Service Group (CIFSG) in Fort Collins, Colorado. Since that group ceased
AFS members: Voting instructions will be emailed to you. BACKGROUND I was fortunate to grow up in southern Wisconsin very near the top of a watershed of a clear, beautiful,
AFS members: Voting instructions will be emailed to you. BACKGROUND I was born and raised in Puerto Rico, a territory where resiliency has come to form part of our everyday
The American Fisheries Society (AFS) is thrilled to announce the establishment of the William R. Mote Fisheries Fellowship. Eligible applicants will be invited to apply for the award next year;
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 21, 2020 Contact: Beth Beard bbeard@fisheries.org Tel. 240-687-3761 BRIAN MURPHY BECOMES PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN FISHERIES SOCIETY BETHESDA, MD — Brian R. Murphy, Ph.D., has become the
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 14, 2020 Contact: Drue Winters, dwinters@fisheries.org or Beth Beard, bbeard@fisheries.org World’s Leading Aquatic Scientific Societies Urgently Call for Cuts to Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions Dire consequences
AFS Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and the cover art in the August 2020 issue of Fisheries Magazine – a letter to the membership The collage of AFS Past
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