President’s Hook Brian Murphy | AFS President. Email: [email protected] Drue Banta Winters | AFS Policy Director Julie Claussen | Director of Operations, Fisheries Conservation Foundation Ultimately, the goal of science should be to serve society as it strives to solve problems such as a changing climate, food insecurity and numerous public health issues. By getting... Read More
Here is our 5 question “conversation” with Miguel Garcia-Bermudez! This is your chance to learn more about Miguel as a Second Vice President Candidate and potential AFS Officer. Reminder: Voting opens the week of May 24th – current AFS members will receive voting instructions by email. View Miguel’s official candidate statement and register for our live, online... Read More
Today we’re posting a 5 question “conversation” with Brad Parsons. This is your chance to learn more about Brad as a Second Vice President Candidate and potential AFS Officer! Reminder: Voting opens the week of May 24th – current AFS members will receive voting instructions by email. View Brad’s official candidate statement and register for our live,... Read More
Note: A similar letter was also sent to the Senate. April 13th, 2021 The Honorable Chellie Pingree Chair House Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies 2007 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 The Honorable David Joyce Ranking Member House Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies 1016 Longworth House... Read More
Understanding the People Part of Fisheries: An Introduction to Conservation Social Science Wednesday, April 28, 2021 11:00 am Eastern Time Register Now! Curious about conservation social science? Want to know more about what it is and the many ways it can help us learn about our fisheries stakeholders? Then this webinar is for you! This... Read More
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March 24, 2021 President Joseph R. Biden The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 Vice President Kamala D. Harris The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 Dear President Biden and Vice President Harris: We the undersigned are writing in response to your January 27th Executive Order on Tackling the... Read More
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, and largely undeveloped lake. I used to spend hours walking the shoreline, swimming, and fishing at that lake. Combined with family vacations to beautiful northern... Read More
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 lifestyle. As a son of an elementary school teacher and a policeman, I learned at an early age the value of service to the greater... 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 March 18, 2021 The... Read More
