Committees

Standing Committees

Archivist

Eric Wagner
Phone: (435) 760-3278
Email: fishcreekut@gmail.com

Audit Committee

Vacant

Financial Sustainability Committee

Troy Brandt
Phone: (541) 738-2920
Email: tbrandt@riverdesigngroup.net

Membership Committee

Tim Copeland
Phone: 208-287-2782
Email: vicepresident@wdafs.org

Nominating Committee

Laurie Earley
Phone: 530-355-3390
Email: pastpresident@wdafs.org

Resource Policy and Environmental Concerns Committee

Robert Hughes
Email: hughes.bob@amnisopes.com

Annual Meeting Program Committee

Julie Carter
Phone: 480-254-4567
Email: jcarter@azgfd.gov

Special Committees

Awards Committee

Laurie Earley
Phone: (530) 355-3390
Email: pastpresident@wdafs.org

Diversity and Inclusion Committee

Emily Chen
Phone: (949) 510-8707
Email: emily-chen@berkeley.edu

Early Career Professional Committee

Tawni Riepe
Email: tawni.riepe@state.co.us

Audrey Harris
Email: audrey.harris@idfg.idaho.gov

Electronic Communications and Newsletter

List-server coordinators
Andrew Treble
Email: andrew.treble@state.co.us

Newsletter editors
Timothy D’Amico
westerndivnewsletter@gmail.com

Social media
Tracy Wendt
Emily Chen
Dan Brauch

Webmaster
Dan Brauch
Phone: (970) 497-9722
Email: danbrauchafs@gmail.com

Maughan-Trachtenberg Scholarship Committee

Robert Gresswell
USGS – NoROCK
2327 University Way, Suite 2
Bozeman, MT 59715
Phone: (406) 570-1486
Email: bgresswell@gmail.com

Colleen Caldwell
New Mexico Cooperative Fishery Research Unit
New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico
Email: ccaldwel@nmsu.edu

Pat Connolly
USGS Western Fisheries Research Center,
Columbia River Research Laboratory, Cook, Washington
Email: patrick_connolly@usgs.gov

Lisa Eby
University of Montana
Missoula, Montana
Email: lisa.eby@umontana.edu

Peggy Wilzbach
California Cooperative Fishery Research Unit
Humboldt State University, Arcata, California
Email: PAW7002@humboldt.edu

Riparian, Watersheds, and Habitat Committee

Jim DeRito
Email: James.DeRito@tu.org

Western Native Fishes Committee

Luke Schultz
Phone: (307) 367-4347 x243
Email: luke.schultz@wyo.gov

Tim D’Amico
Phone: 208-854-8987
Email: westernnativefishes@gmail.com

 

Standing Committees composed of Western Division (Division) members in good standing, shall be organized by the President together with their chairpersons within 30 days after the annual meeting. The activities of these committees are coordinated by the Division Vice President. Standing Committees perform a variety of tasks deemed essential by the Division membership, and assist the President and the Executive Committee in conducting the affairs of the Division.
Special Committees address topics that do not fall under the responsibilities of Standing Committees. The terms “ad hoc” and “sessional” have been used by the Society to denote this type of organizational unit. Special Committees are formed when the President or Executive Committee decides that a formalized Society action or position is needed on some issue.