2011 Booth at Nashville

2011 booth in Nashville: Eric Knudsen, Cleve Steward, and Craig Busack. Thank you Caroline Mercado for the fabulous design and all those who submitted photos!

First Cast from Chapter President Jim Shannon

Hello Washington-British Columbia Chapter members. When I sat down to think of a theme for my first address, I thought back to last year’s message from now Past President Larry Dominguez who eloquently talked about change. We made some necessary changes to our Chapter over the past few years so that we could realign and [...]

Last Cast from Outgoing President Larry Dominguez

The year has finished on my term as your Chapter President and the two most prominent things I have come away with is that 1) we have an incredible resource of professionals within our membership and 2) I underestimated the personal and professional benefits I thought could be attained while serving on the Executive Committee [...]

2010 AGM Update

(Mark Pedersen – President Elect and 2010 AGM Chair) Start making plans to come: Vancouver Island Conference Centre, Nanaimo BC, first week in March 2010. The top priority is to fill out our local organizing committees, and to get them operating. As new Chapter President Shannon said: this is your opportunity to grow through your [...]

Fall 2009 Newsletter

Dear Washington and British Columbia Chapter AFS Members; I am pleased to present our Fall 2009 online newsletter. As always, your Washington-British Columbia Chapter of the American Fisheries Society Executive Committee is updating our website to help keep you informed of fisheries news and events. Please follow the hyperlinks below to get more information about [...]

By-Law Update

The Washington – British Columbia Chapter’s by-laws have not been updated since 1994, and are sorely in need of modernization. The new, streamlined by-laws have been drafted and reviewed by the Executive Committee. A revision has been submitted to the ExComm for their review and approval. Once the ExComm finalizes the draft, the by-laws will [...]

Help Wanted!

The WA-BC Chapter needs you. Here are a few of the ways you could help out with Chapter activities: Please join us in organizing the 2011 Annual AFS meeting. The WA–BC Chapter looks forward to welcoming all AFS members to Seattle for the 2011 AFS Annual Meeting. If you would like to be part of [...]