Thomas E. Bigford, AFS Policy Director [email protected] Finally, courtesy of a federal rule issued in late May, society can push the pause button on the long debate about wetland policy and science. While the central issue of what is and is not a wetland was addressed in the final Clean Water Act (CWA) rule released... Read More
COLUMNS GUEST COLUMN Raising the Bar: Taking a More Strategic and Integrated Approach to AFS Communications Gwen White POLICY Wetlands Thrive on Connectivity Thomas E. Bigford MEMBER VOICE Value Added by Being a Member of a Professional Society Sean Lucey AFS NEWS The Sordid Trail of an AFS Response to New York Times Op-Ed Piece Douglas Austen... Read More
Gwen White [email protected] The findings and conclusions in this article are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the views of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Why does AFS need a strategic communications approach? Since its founding in 1870, the American Fisheries Society (AFS) has served as the leading professional resource and... Read More
Jay Hemdal has been the aquarium curator for the Toledo Zoo since 1989. Prior to that time, he worked for the John G. Shedd Aquarium in Chicago. He is a graduate of Eastern Michigan University and has written six books and close to 200 magazine articles on fish and aquariums. INTRODUCTION On the morning of... Read More
[su_members message=”This content is for members only. Please login.” color=”#ffcc00″ login_text=”login” login_url=”/membership/member-login/” class=””]At the 2014 North American Lake Management Society (NALMS) 34th International Symposium in Tampa, Florida, a session was held to discuss how NALMS, the American Fisheries Society (AFS), and the Aquatic Plant Management Society (APMS) could better communicate/cooperate using the strengths of... Read More
Tom Lang AFS Socioeconomics Section President Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Inland Fisheries Division 409 Chester Ave., Wichita Falls TX 76309. E-mail: [email protected] You went to college, worked hard, and graduated. You went to another college and received a higher degree. You incurred a great deal of student loan debt, but it was worth it... Read More
The following is a summary of the Science Communication Symposium held at the 2014 Annual Meeting of the Washington- British Columbia (WA-BC) Chapter. A timeworn image of a dam on Toronto’s Don River appears on the projector screen. Vanessa Minke-Martin’s voice fills the room. “The Atlantic Salmon of Lake Ontario were an anomaly, when we think... Read More
Phillip W. Bettoli U.S. Geological Survey, Tennessee Cooperative Fishery Research Unit, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN 38505. E-mail:[email protected] Tucked away on the Highland Rim physiographic province in middle Tennessee is the Barrens Plateau region, home to one of the state’s most floristically diverse natural areas. This region is fairly unique in that it harbors plants... Read More
An Interview with Michael D. Tringali, James M. Long, Timothy W. Birdsong, and Micheal S. Allen, editors. 2015. Black bass diversity: multidisciplinary science for conservation. American Fisheries Society, Symposium 82, Bethesda, Maryland. To purchase Black Bass Diversity: Multidisciplinary Science for Conservation, visit fisheries.org/shop. Why did you decide to write this book? Habitat degradation and introductions... Read More
