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Staff Notes

Retirements We would like to recognize two of our staff members who have recently retired from AFS: Howard Williams and Juantia Flick. The two have worked a combined 27

May 1, 2018 No Comments

AFS and Partners Call for Forest Service R&D Support

AFS joined with a number of organizations and professional societies in calling for support of the Forest Service’s Research and Development (R&D) program to improve the future health and sustainability

May 1, 2018 No Comments

Policy Letters

AFS Encourages U.S. Senators to Support State and Tribal Wildlife Grant Program

45 Members of the Senate have signed a letter supporting “robust funding” for the State and Tribal Wildlife Grant program in the fiscal year 2019 federal budget. The ‘Dear Colleagues’

May 1, 2018 No Comments

Membership Business

Candidate Q & A: Leanne Roulson

Note: Also see the official candidate statement. Voting will open on May 15. Check your email for voting instructions and note that only members who have renewed for 2018 are eligible to

April 25, 2018 No Comments

Membership Business

Candidate Q & A: Margaret Murphy

Note: Also see the official candidate statement. Voting will open on May 15. Check your email for voting instructions and note that only members who have renewed for 2018 are eligible to

April 25, 2018 No Comments

Policy News

AFS and USGS Host Capitol Hill Roundtable on Extreme Events

On April 12, AFS and U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) hosted a roundtable discussion with congressional staff on impacts on inland fish from extreme weather events like hurricanes, flood, drought, and

April 18, 2018 No Comments

USACE Extends Pebble Mine EIS Scoping Period through June 29

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is seeking input on the appropriate contents of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Pebble Mine project and has extended the deadline to

April 17, 2018 No Comments

Fisheries Magazine

AFS, at Your Service

Throughout my time serving as an officer of the American Fisheries Society (AFS), I have engaged in many discussions concerning membership. Those discussions have concerned topics such as how many

April 17, 2018 No Comments

Fisheries Magazine

Grassroots Advocacy: Make Policy Personal to Bring Home Your Message

When I started my career in politics a little over 20 years ago, Google was in beta, mobile phones came in a bag, and dial‐up Internet was de rigueur. Newsletters were

April 17, 2018 No Comments

Communicating Fisheries

So You Want to Make a Film: An Introduction to Creating Videos for Broader Impacts in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Today’s society has greater access to video media than ever before (Duffy 2008; Mulhern 2009). The rapid expansion of the Internet (Web 2.0) in the 1990s followed by the proliferation

April 17, 2018 No Comments

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