Coloring in the Lines: Mapping surface water presence in a rapidly changing climate Wednesday, October 20, 2021 1:00 pm Eastern Time Register Now! Session description: The Russian River historically provided habitat for tens of thousands of anadromous fish, including coho salmon (O. kisutch), whose populations have declined drastically as a result of habitat loss... Read More
Climate Change and the Columbia River Tribes Tuesday, October 19, 2021 1:00 pm Eastern Time Register Now! Climate change will cause profound effects to the first foods of the Native American Tribes of the Columbia River Basin. Staff from the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation and the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission will... Read More
Download PDF version September 21, 2021 The Honorable John Kerry Special Presidential Envoy for Climate U.S. Department of State Dear Special Envoy Kerry: In advance of the United Nations’ Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, UK, the American Fisheries Society (AFS) would like to make you aware of the global consensus of aquatic science societies... Read More
Drue Banta Winters | AFS Policy Director. Email: [email protected] Julie Claussen | Fisheries Conservation Foundation Carolyn Hall | Works on Water Katie O’Reilly | University of Notre Dame As fisheries scientists, we understand the value of water. Our work is intrinsically connected to it and its many facets: its quality, flow, availability, and temperature, to... Read More
Brian Murphy | AFS President. Email: [email protected] This is my last column written as President of AFS. As always, the views expressed here are mine and are not intended to represent AFS or its members. I fully expect that some people will disagree with my contentions and opinions. Feel free to offer your viewpoint in... Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 2, 2021 Contact: Beth Beard E-mail: [email protected] Leanne Roulson Becomes President of American Fisheries Society (Bethesda, MD) – Leanne Roulson, F-PC, a fisheries biologist and environmental policy specialist with Salus Resources, Inc., in Bozeman, Montana, became the 137th President of the American Fisheries Society (AFS) at a virtual meeting of the AFS... Read More
The Honorable Michael Regan Administrator U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20460 Mail Code 1101A Mr. Jaime A. Pinkham Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) 108 Army Pentagon Washington, DC 20310-0108 Submitted electronically at www.regulations.gov RE: Docket ID... Read More
American Fisheries Society • Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography • Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation • Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society • International Association for Great Lakes Research • North American Lake Management Society • Phycological Society of America • Society for Freshwater Science • Society of Wetland Scientists September 3, 2021 Mr.... Read More
American Fisheries Society · International Association of Great Lakes Researchers · North American Lake Management Society · Phycological Society of America · Society for Freshwater Science · Society of Wetland Scientists August 2, 2021 The Honorable Michael S. Regan Administrator U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20460 Via regulations.gov Re: Submission... Read More
Do you have plans for November 5th and 6th? Join AFS for a Continuing Education course before the Baltimore Annual Meeting! Register for courses along with your meeting registration! The Baltimore Continuing Education planning team spent some time getting to know some of our course instructors. Learn more about a few of our instructors in... Read More
