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WDAFS Review of the Adaptive Management Implementation Plan (AMIP)

The review is intended to provide information useful to the WDAFS membership, and to parties currently involved in litigation of the 2008 Biological Opinion. Our primary purpose is to help improve the Biological Opinion, which we think will increase the opportunity for recovery of salmon and steelhead in the Columbia River Basin.

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Rising from the Shadows: The Return of the Cutthroat Trout

The DVD is available to download and view on your own computer.

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The mission of the American Fisheries Society is to improve the conservation and sustainability of fishery resources and aquatic ecosystems by advancing fisheries and aquatic science and promoting the development of fisheries professionals.

Announcements:

The June 2010 issue of the Tributary is now available on the Newsletter Page

The Riparian, Watersheds and Habitat Committee has posted its selection for the winners of the Western Division’s 2010 Riparian Challenge Award.

The Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management and other conservation agencies or private industries in the region encompassed by the Western Division (thirteen western states, British Columbia, Yukon Territories, Mexico and U.S. Islands and Trust Territories of the Western Pacific), were invited to participate in the Riparian Challenge and received the Western Division’s Award of Excellence in Riparian Management at the Western Division Annual Meeting hosted by the Utah Chapter AFS in Salt Lake City, Utah April 19-23, 2010. Read more >>

The Fish Management Section of the American Fisheries Society is seeking nominations for a Western Division AFS member to serve as representative of the division on the FMS Executive Committee. Representatives are elected to a two-year term and are responsible to: serve on the executive committee; assist other officers as necessary; and contribute or solicit regionally important information to the section newsletter. If interested, members can contact the current division representative Carter Kruse (carter.kruse@retranches.com) or submit their name and biographical information directly to the Officer Nominating Committee Chair and Section President-Elect, Dirk Miller (dirk.miller@wgf.state.wy.us). Elections will be held in May or June 2010 and newly elected officers will assume their position at the time of the 2010 national meeting (September 2010).

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