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Webinar – May 13 – River Connectivity

River Connectivity and Biological Complexity Wednesday, May 13, 2020 1:00 pm Eastern Time Speaker: Rebecca Flitcroft USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station Corvallis, OR [email protected] Register Now! Abstract/ Session Description: River systems have been extensively modified by anthropogenic development of uplands and alterations in flow regimes including river connectivity. These changes reduce the capacity... Read More

Clean Water Act Win in Supreme Court Maui Case

The Clean Water Act survived a significant challenge with a 6-3 decision U.S. Supreme Court in County of Maui v. Hawai‘i Wildlife Fund. At issue was whether the Clean Water Act (CWA) applies to a pollutant that reaches navigable waters only after it leaves a point source and then travels through groundwater before reaching navigable... Read More

The Work Continues on the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day

Dear Members of the American Fisheries Society Family, Fifty years ago, in the backyard of the American Fisheries Society’s (AFS), the Potomac River was filled with so much sewage it filled the air with a putrid, vile stench. Ohio’s polluted Cuyahoga River caught fire for the 13th time spurring an environmental revolution in the United... Read More