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.
