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Creek Freaks Educator* Training Workshop Sun., Oct. 20, 9 am-5 pm, at Cazenovia College *appropriate for high school and older CREEK FREAKS introduces participants to a basic overview of stream ecology, guidance on how to manage the logistics of conducting on-going youth programs, and hands-on training in conducting activities from the Creek Freaks curriculum, including hands-on... Read More
NYS Chapter AFS Workshop Poll The New York Chapter would like to hold more technical workshops throughout the year and would like your input. Please take a minute to answer a couple of brief questions on what you would like to see for a workshop. Your feedback will help determine what we offer! https://baseline.campuslabs.com/hawsc/nyschapterafcworshoppoll Best,... Read More
FREE Beginner’s R Workshop Saturday, April 13, 2019 12:00-4:00 On ESF’s main campus in Syracuse 12 Illick Hall Email Cara at [email protected] by April 9 to reserve a spot Sponsored by the SUNY-ESF Student Chapter of the American Fisheries Society Read More
Our annual meeting draws near! Saving some trees! We have a draft version of the Program and Abstracts available online. There will be a very limited number of Programs and Abstracts available at the conference, so we recommend downloading and printing them before you join us at the meeting. We need judges for student presentations! ... Read More
Abstract submission for the New York Chapter/Northeastern Division AFS annual meeting has been extended until midnight, January 18th. For those of you who are affected by the Federal shutdown, but may wish to submit an abstract, please contact Melissa Cohen ([email protected]) to let her know your situation. Read More
Happy New Year my fellow NY Chapter AFS Members and Friends! The 2019 Annual Meeting is only a month away and the final preparations are being checked off the list. As your Chapter President-elect, I am charged with coordinating and gathering items to raffle off during our evening banquet. The funds from the raffle support... Read More
The New York Chapter American Fisheries Society and the Northeast Division of American Fisheries Society will be holding a joint Annual Meeting in 2019. Date: February 6-8, 2019 Location: Poughkeepsie Grand Hotel (https://www.pokgrand.com/) – Poughkeepsie, NY [Link to map] https://newyork.fisheries.org/annual-meeting/ Read More
NY Chapter – Northeast Division AFS Annual Meeting, Feb. 6-8, 2019 Shad(s) Symposium Co-Conveners: K. Limburg, D. Stich, G. Kenney The anadromous alosine herrings (shads) once dominated East Coast rivers and estuaries, but are now in decline. In particular, the American shad has become much less abundant, despite efforts to reduce fishing pressure and restore... Read More
Fall 2018 YARE (Youth Aquatic Resource Education Workshop) at Otsego Lake, Glimmerglass State Park I’m happy to report that, despite the crazy cold weather, this fall’s workshop was a tremendous success. For our November 10th workshop, we had all 20 of our participants show! In fact, they were all present so we could start 10 minutes... Read More
