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		<title>WA-BC Named Chapter of the Year!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Because we were selected as the Chapter of the Year for the Western Division, our application was automatically forwarded to the national level. the review process is complete, and the AFS Parent Society has deemed the WA-BC Chapter to be the best of the best – we won the 2010 Chapter of the Year Award [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wabc-afs.org/2010/07/01/wa-bc-named-chapter-of-the-year/</link>
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		<title>AFS Gulf Oil Spill Response</title>
		<description><![CDATA[AFS President Donald Jackson describes how AFS is responding to the devastating BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the July issue of Fisheries, including activities at the upcoming AFS Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh. AFS Fisheries Hook July 2010 Read the AFS Gulf Oil Spill Initiative: American Fisheries Society Oil Spill Initiative]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wabc-afs.org/2010/07/01/afs-gulf-oil-spill-response/</link>
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		<title>Spring 2010 Newsletter is online.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Spring 2010 News]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wabc-afs.org/2010/06/08/spring-2010-newsletter-is-online/</link>
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		<title>2010 AGM Summary</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We wrapped up the AGM with a small profit that we can apply towards Chapter activities. The following summary will appear in the WDAFS newsletter &#8220;Tributaries&#8221; and in &#8220;Fisheries&#8221;. 2010 AGM Summary]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wabc-afs.org/2010/06/08/2010-agm-summary/</link>
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		<title>Update on Bristol Bay Resolution</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The WDAFS membership passed the revised Bristol Bay resolution at the 2010 annual meeting. Bristol Bay Resolution Support Document for Bristol Bay Resolution 16 Mar 2010 The main revision was to state explicitly that the membership supported sending the final version of the resolution to the Parent Society Resolutions Commitee as that was one of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wabc-afs.org/2010/06/08/update-on-bristol-bay-resolution/</link>
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		<title>2010 Call For AFS Volunteers: Get Involved; It Is Your Society!!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Volunteers are the driving force of professional and scientific societies. The mission of AFS can be fulfilled through the time and knowledge volunteered by members just like you. Volunteer to serve on one of the society’s many committees! Committees serve a vital function in the advancement of AFS’s mission: they provide the technical leadership that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wabc-afs.org/2010/06/08/2010-call-for-afs-volunteers-get-involved-it-is-your-society/</link>
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		<title>Spring President&#8217;s Address</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear WA-BC Chapter Members; When I sat down to write this address I thought to myself “The WA-BC Chapter is really on a roll!”  This thought reminded me of a study session I had with my 12 year old son the other night regarding inertia. To summarize: A body at rest stays at rest, a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wabc-afs.org/2010/05/24/spring-presidents-address/</link>
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		<title>WA-BC Awarded the WDAFS Outstanding Chapter of the Year</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear WA-BC Chapter AFS members, it is my pleasure to announce that the WA-BC Chapter is the Western Division AFS Outstanding Chapter of the Year! We recieved the award in Salt Lake City at the WDAFS Annual Meeting. Check it out: 2010 Chapter of the Year Our application documented the Chapter accomplishments between March 15, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wabc-afs.org/2010/03/22/wa-bc-awarded-the-wdafs-outstanding-chapter-of-the-year/</link>
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		<title>2010 WA-BC Awards</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Please visit this link for more details http://www.wabc-afs.org/agm2010/conference-home/2010-wa-bc-chapter-awards/]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wabc-afs.org/2010/03/17/2010-wa-bc-awards-2/</link>
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		<title>New Executive Committee Elected for 2010.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Three new Executive Committee members were voted in at the Annual General meeting and online vote to fill the positions outlined in the new chapter bylaws. Yvonne Muirhead of Kintama Research, British Columbia was elected to be the incoming Vice President. Lisa Harlan of Smith-Root, Inc, will serve as the Secretary and  Nicole Casper, a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wabc-afs.org/2010/03/15/new-executive-committee-elected-for-2010/</link>
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