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We are excited to host the 2023 Annual Meeting in Fairbanks! Late March is one of the best times of year in the Interior, when the daylight is back, temperatures are mild, ice fishing and snow sports are prime, and the aurora is shimmying. We are planning an in-person event full of the socials,... Read More
The Alaska Chapter submitted comments to US Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack supporting the U.S. Forest Service plan to reinstate the Roadless Area Conservation Rule for the Tongass National Forest in January, 2022. The Alaska Chapter fully supports reinstating the Roadless Rule protections for the Tongass National Forest. The Tongass watersheds and the sustainable commercial,... Read More
The annual meeting of the Alaska Chapter AFS will take place 28 February – 3 March 2022. Access the meeting portal here: https://whova.com/portal/webapp/acaam_202202/ You can find more information at the annual meeting website, and if you have any questions please contact Megan McPhee, presidentelect@afs-alaska.org. Read More
Dear AFS Alaska Chapter members and other Fish-Heads, Attached is the winter 2021 issue of the AFS Alaska Chapter newsletter, Oncorhynchus. I hope your holiday season went well and your winter is productive and safe. As always, keep in mind articles for the next newsletter. All the best! Bill Read the Full Newsletter HERE ... Read More
2020 Molly Ahlgren Scholarship announced The Molly Ahlgren Scholarship was established by the family of Dr. Molly Ahlgren and the Alaska Chapter of the American Fisheries Society in 2004 to honor her life and dedication as an Associate Professor of environmental science at Sheldon Jackson College <http://www.afs-alaska.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/48/2012/04/onco251.pdf >. Honoring Dr. Ahlgren’s passion for undergraduate education... Read More
The Alaska Chapter worked with the Western Division and the Parent Society to review the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) submitted by the Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE). After careful revision of the documents the Chapter, Division and Society find Based on our review of the DEIS submitted by the ACOE for the Proposed Pebble... Read More
The Environmental Concerns committee, the Executive Committee and a an ad-hoc group of fisheries professionals worked to prepare comments in response to the current administrations reclassification of the Waters of the U.S. Definition. “The Alaska Chapter of AFS opposes the proposed rule because it removes existing regulations and fails to adequately protect functionally-significant wetlands and... Read More
