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Fish Soup 2021

What better way to start your Monday than by learning about the news and happenings within the Arizona / New Mexico Chapter of the American Fisheries Society? Inside you’ll find features on: JAM 2021 2021 Chapter Award Winners Upcoming Events Sub-unit updates from the students Job Opportunities Executive Board Updates Committee Member Updates It can all be found at this: LINK Newsletters – AZ/NM AFS (fisheries.org)

2020 Miles McInnis Award Winners!

Congratulations to the 2020 Miles McInnis award winners Jane Trujillo and Steven Ingram! Jane is a Masters student in the Caldwell lab at NMSU. She is studying how an invasive predator affects fish stocks in a large reservoir. Jane has been a member of the AZ/NM Chapter since 2015, and has served in leadership roles in the  AZ/NM Chapter of AFS including Secretary/Treasurer and Membership Chair. Congratulations, Jane! Steven is a master’s student in the...

Job Announcement: Lake Havasu, AZ

Job Announcement: Lake Havasu, AZ

Attached is the job announcement for an AIS Specialist 2 position in Lake Havasu, AZ. The listing closes on 2/18/21. Please feel free to pass it on to anyone who may be interested. CLICK HERE FOR THE JOB LISTING Also…. please visit the JOBS PAGE for future listings.

JAM 2021: THANK YOU / FISH HEAD OF THE YEAR!

Jam 2021: The virtual meeting Jam 2021 has come to a close! For a little while, we didn’t know if this event was going to happen, but the hard work and dedication of the members off this society made it happen. Thank you to everyone who made this event a success despite all the challenges in getting it off the ground. Over the next couple of days / weeks, we’ll be putting out a recap...

JAM 2021: Virtual Registration is LIVE!!

Registration for the 2021 VIRTUAL JOINT ANNUAL MEETING Arizona and New Mexico Chapters of The Wildlife Society and Arizona-New Mexico Chapter of the American Fisheries Society is now open The 2021 Joint Annual Meeting will be held on 4-5 February 2021 via Zoom. Thursday afternoon and evening, 4 February Chapter business meetings and the Women of Wildlife social event Friday, 5 February, 08:30 am to 5:00 pm Contributed paper sessions Poster session Professionals Panel for...

Piscicide Course and Business Meeting: Zoom Link!

Hello AZ/NM AFS!Both the Piscicide Course and our Business Meeting will be held on Thursday, Feb 4th. Please see the attached agenda for further details and login info for the Piscicide Applications Short Course (8:30A – 4:00P MST).Details for joining the Business Meeting (5:00P – 6:00P MST) are as follows:Topic: AZ/NM AFS Business MeetingTime: Feb 4, 2021 05:00 PM Arizona Join Zoom Meetinghttps://oregonstate.zoom.us/j/94502967030?pwd=V0ZmV1dlcjk1bTFLMzVhOUgrU3kzdz09 Password: Check your email or contact me at chrisjenney@email.arizona.edu Phone Dial-In Information   ...

Awards, Grants, and Nominations: Jam 2021

Deadline for applications and nominations is JAN 28, 2021!!! Do not miss out on the opportunity to secure some extra funding for your research, honor colleagues who have spent 2020 going above and beyond in support of our fisheries, to point out *that one time in the field* with your coworker by gifting them a stinky boot. For all award details follow this link: AWARD DETAILS

Miles McInnis Student Scholarship ($1000!)

$1000 scholarship to one undergraduate and one graduate student?! AWESOME. Last year we had ONE SINGLE APPLICANT FOR THIS SCHOLARSHIP. It was me. I literally competed against no one for $1000 (I won). It was the easiest $1000 I’ve ever made. So please please please, apply ASAP for your chance on some funding that I know we all need.

Call for Papers: Virtual JAM 2021

Call for Papers Virtual Joint Annual Meeting of the Arizona and New Mexico Chapters of the Wildlife Society and American Fisheries Society We are now accepting submissions for contributed papers and posters for the 2021 Virtual Joint Annual Meeting. This is an abbreviated submission as detailed below, abstracts are not requested at this point. SUBMISSION DEADLINE IS DECEMBER 21, 2020! Instructions for Submissions Presentations may include completed projects and works in progress. Submissions should consist...

Joint Annual Meeting 2021: We’re going virtual

2021 Joint Annual Meeting of AFS and TWS will be going virtual this year! In the interest of keeping the wonderful fisheries scientists of AZ and NM healthy during the COVID pandemic, we are moving the JAM to an online format. I understand how disappointing this is for many of us, but following the success of the National AFS Virtual meeting, I have NO DOUBT that this conference will be a huge success. Stay tuned...