Registration is now open for the 2025 Joint Annual Meeting (JAM) on February 6-8th, 2025. The JAM brings together both The Wildlife Society (TWS) and American Fisheries Society (AFS) from NM and AZ to discuss current challenges, research, and tools for wildlife professionals. This year’s conference will be hosted at The Clyde Hotel in downtown Albuquerque, NM. This year’s JAM conference theme will be “Renewable Energy and Wildlife: Planning, Mitigation, and Impact” where we will be discussing the importance of recognizing the places where wildlife and renewable energy development intersect, and what we, as wildlife professionals can do to ensure considerations for our wild counterparts are evaluated as we move forward towards a more carbon-neutral energy future!
https://wildlife.org/nm-chapter/annual-meeting/
Registration is now LIVE for the 2025 Joint Annual Meeting! See the link below
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Call For Abstracts
We are now accepting abstracts. FIRST CALL to be submitted by December 31st, 2024
Awards
We are looking for nominations for our annual AZ-NM Chapter of AFS Awards. We have five awards we give out annually. These awards include the Fish Head of the Year Award, Stinky Boot Award, Kelly Meyer Sportfish Professional of the Year Award, Conservation Professional of the Year Award, and Conservationist of the Year Award. Please see the attached descriptions for more information about each award and how to nominate someone. Please send all nominations to Matt Rinker mrinker@azgfd.gov by January 14th, 2025. Please consider nominating your peers who are deserving of having their hard work recognized by one of these awards!
Students! We are also seeking applications for the Miles McInnis Scholarship! This is two $1000 scholarships awarded annually to one graduate student and one undergraduate student. For more information on how to apply see the attached announcement. Applications are due January 14th, 2025.
Miles-McInnis-Memorial-Award-2025- Recognition for career achievements and dedication to fisheries/aquatic resources.
2. Conservationist of the year
- Recognition for involvement/accomplishments by an individual or group NOT employed in fisheries/aquatic resources.
3. Conservation professional of the year
- Recognition of an individual employed in conservation of fisheries/aquatic resources for making a significant impact.
4. Kelly Meyer sportfish professional of the year
- In memory of Kelly Meyer, this award recognizes an individual employed in sportfish management for making a significant impact.
- Recognition when things go awry in the field. For fun, laughs, glory and grins.
Check back here regularly! Updates will be made as more details for the coming JAM are available.
For more information email us at
aznmafs@gmail.com
