Inthisissue:President’sHook,
WDAFSAwards,
WDAFSCommitteeUpdates,
andmore...
President: Dan Dauwalter President‐Elect:Todd Pearsons VicePresident:Dan Brauch Past‐President:Jackie Watson Sec.‐Treasurer:Travis Rehm
StudentRepresentative:Emily Chen TributaryEditors:Tim D’Amico
Volume 44 | Issue 2 | Summer 2020
Tributary Western Division of the American Fisheries Society
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PRES IDENT ’ S HOOK
DanDauwalterThe 2020 Challenge is upon us. Are you in? Well, you don’t really have a choice. The year 2020 has chal-lenged every one of us, including our compassion to-wards others, like nothing else.
First, I was happy to work with the Division of icers and Cheyenne Owens on an equity statement released earlier this month. You can ind it on the next page. The recent shocking murders of George Floyd and others have reaf irmed the Division’s commitment to condemning discrimination and ensuring the isheries community is a welcoming one. Our Diversity and Inclusion Committee is an exceptional one, and if you want to get involved in the Division’s diversity, inclu-sion, and equity initiatives please contact Cheyenne and the Committee at [email protected].
The COVID19 pandemic has also disrupted daily life for the last three months. It has disrupted planning and implementation of ield work, the planning of which is still ongoing and a struggle. The pandemic has also challenged our ability to carry out our day-to-day of ice tasks since most of us were (or still are) working from home. Last, it has exploded the number of conference and virtual calls on my calendar and I’m sure yours too. Virtual calls are great and all, and probably necessary, but they simply cannot replace the personal interactions you experience in your daily work. As things re-open, please be safe and be mind-ful of others while renewing those face-to-face inter-actions.
Regardless of COVID19, spring was as busy one. We cancelled our annual meeting in Vancouver hosted by the WA-BC Chapter, but in its place we had two full, 1-day sessions in the Spring Virtual Meeting put on by Aaron Bunch a Ph.D. student at Clemson, other Clemons students, and AFS staff. What a great event pulled together at the last minute. It is critical to have a venue to share science – the hallmark of AFS. As a highlight, we had Natasha Wingerter, a Ph.D. student of the University of Idaho, give a diversity and inclu-sion plenary talk titled “The Science Sel ie: How to reframe your elevator speech to address social stereo-types”. We also submitted comments on the Draft En-vironmental Impact Statement for the Columbia River Systems Operations; again, see the resolution on Co-lumbia and Snake River issues passed by Division membership in 2011 ( ind both here: h ps://wdafs.org/
mee ngs/archives/resolu ons/). Our Division’s member-
ship consists of incredible people that do amazing work. On June 10th we recognized the recipients of our awards at our annual business meeting, which was held virtually. These deserving people are also recognized later in this issue. I know that you know others you work with that deserved to be recognized as well; please take time over the next year to think about who these people are and nominate them for our awards when we put out the call next winter. Again, I’m so pleased to see these awesome people recognized for their great work. Our ishery re-sources are challenged in many ways, but they are also in great hands.
I’m jumping the gun a little here, but President-Elect Todd Pearsons is already drafting his President’s Plan of Work (PPOW, pronounced “Pee-Pow”) as he’ll tran-sition to President of the Western Division in Septem-ber (I’ll transition to Past President). If you want to see the Division take on something new please let Todd know, or if you want to chair one of the Divi-sion’s committees please reach out to Todd as he’ll be [re]appointing committee chairs in the early fall with an eye towards them helping him achieve his PPOW ([email protected]). Also, Laurie Earley, a jugger-naut from the Cal-Neva Chapter, was elected as the Division’s incoming Vice President. Make no mistake about it, the Division is in excellent hands.
Amidst the mayhem, please ind time for yourselves. It is a time of introspection. My wife, Stacey, and our two Idaho Shags, Grizz and Patrick, recently enjoyed a few days of social distancing on the Grande Ronde River in northeast Oregon. Go get it! Woof!
Dan Dauwalter
WDAFS President
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WDAFS COMMITTEE UPDATES
The Western Native Fishes Committee is continuing to revamp our western native ishes database with help from various WDAFS members across multiple states and agencies. Recent collaboration with the USGS NAS program has helped immensely with up-dating spatial datasets, and WNFC committee mem-bers have been incorporating recent literature to add relevancy and depth to the database. If WDAFS mem-bers would like to help with this endeavor, check out the database and if you work closely with an individ-ual taxa, feel free to email us with suggestions or comments regarding the distribution or relevant lit-erature we should incorporate into the database.
Any comments, questions or interest in joining our committee can be emailed to westernnative [email protected].
WesternNativeFishesCommitteeLuke Schultz & Tim D’Amico (WDAFS Western Native Fishes Committee)
Salvelinuscon luentusCuriositySociety
Phil Howell (USFS Paci ic Northwest Research Station)
ScCSBullTroutLibrary
As announced in the last issue of the Tributary, the Salvelinuscon luentusCuriositySociety(ScCS)joinedforceswiththeWesternNativeFishesCommitteeofWDAFSearlierthisyear.InAprilScCSlaunchedanewonlinebulltroutlibrary.Thelibraryisacollectionofmorethan9,000publications,data,presentations,andotherinformationdealingwithspeciesfromtheearli-estreportstothemostrecentworkacrossitsrangeintheUSandCanada.Materialcanbeviewedanddown-loaded,andnewpublicationsandmaterialcanbeadd-ed.Linkstothelibrary,introductoryinformation,andaquickstartguidecanbefoundonourpagesontheWesternDivisionofAFSwebsitethroughthislinkBullTroutLibraryorviaabout-us/committees/western-native- ishes-committee/salvelinus-con luentus-curiosity-society-bull-trout-library/onthehomepageoftheWDwebsite.
Thanks to WD as well as MTAFS, Avista, Idaho Power, and Portland General Electric for funding to get the library started.
ScCS2020WORKSHOPCANCELLED
This year’s workshop scheduled for Jarbidge, NV has been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, re-strictions on travel, social gatherings, and uncertainty about what will transpire over the course of the sum-mer. Nevada will host the event next year in 2021.
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UPDATES
Our committee fosters the development of early ca-reer professional members (ECPs) via education, mentorship, and professional networking. These goals are especially relevant for helping our newest ECPs, recent college graduates, launch their ishery careers in an unstable economy. Also, due to current health risks, we recognize that ECPs need alternative strategies to meet and work with mentors. Our com-mittee intends to develop and implement agendas to further help ECPs during the hectic period.
Soon we will host interactive webinars for ECPs. In-teractive webinars will allow ECPs and experienced scientists to discuss how to overcome early career challenges. Such topics may include professional net-working, career pathways, workplace inclusion, self-advocacy, and more. Additionally, interactive webi-nars may allow ECPs to meet future mentors. These events will occur on user-friendly apps like ZOOM or Google Hangouts. And we anticipate on having the irst webinar no later than July 31st.
Our committee will discuss with WDAFS the feasibil-ity of creating a division-wide mentorship program. Some WDAFS chapters have small mentorship pro-grams, which produce excellent results. The creation of a larger mentorship program may allow ECPs more freedom to explore careers and employers throughout western North America. Additionally, it may increase the number of mentors available to guide ECPs.
We are always looking for new committee members, and if you are looking to get involved with AFS this would be a great way to start! If you are interested in joining the committee, want more information, or would like to cohost a webinar, contact committee members Alexander Tasoff ([email protected]) or Zach Beard ([email protected]). Our small committee is always looking for new members, and if you are looking to
get involved with AFS this would be a great way to start! If you are interested in joining the committee, want more information, or would like to cohost a webinar, contact committee members Alexander Tasoff ([email protected]) or Zach Beard ([email protected]).
WORKING WITH COVID
Each summer, ECPs eagerly await to perform ield-work with ishes and in nature. However, ECPs now face increased health risks while at ield sites or trav-el pit-stops. ECPs, take precautions to protect your-selves and coworkers from coronavirus!
We advise you, the ECPs, to maintain public aware-ness on-site. In the ield, the passersby may not wear a mask or encroach on personal space. When appro-priate, ask the passerby to observe social distancing protocols. Most people will respect such requests and provide you space to work. Always know that you can share ieldwork safety concerns with supervisors. They might offer to review with you the coronavirus protocols created by your employer.
Likewise, develop or maintain safer ieldwork proto-cols with your coworkers. Always ensure that you or a coworker have masks, latex gloves, hand sanitizer, and soap before ieldwork. If available, use company walkie-talkies to communicate with coworkers over six feet away. And if possible, bring isopropyl 70 per-cent to wipe and disinfect shared ield equipment.
EarlyCareerProfessionalsCommittee
Alexander Tasoff (WDAFS Early Career Professional Committee)
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SPEC IES SPOTL IGHT
DollyVarden(Salvelinusmalma)
Alexander Tasoff (WDAFS Early Career Professional Committee)
The Dolly Varden is a beautiful species native to polar and temperate waters. Its inter-phylogenetic relation-ships always change. Though its closest relatives seem to include the Arctic Char (Salvelinusalpinus).
Unlike char, though, varden demonstrate numerous and perplexing life history patterns (Love, 2011). Varden typically spend up to 5 years developing in freshwater and migrate seaward in late spring or ear-ly summer. However, different populations exhibit anadromy, potamodomy, and facultative anadromy, in which only females migrate to and from sea. How early varden mature varies as well. In some popula-tions they might start reproduction at 4 years old with six years to spawn at most. In others, varden-might mature at 6 years with 4 years to spawn at most.
Likewise, varden subspecies and forms exhib-it a diverse range of traits. For example, locations of nuclear organizer regions can differ between ish (Dunham et al., 2008; Phillips et al., 1999). The 2 southern forms in Alaska have 82 chromosomes and 62 to 65 vertebrate (ADFW, 2020; Phillips et al., 1999). In contrast, the northern form in Alaska has 78 chromosomes and 66 to 70 vertebrate (Phillips et al.,
1999). Furthermore, phenotypes in varden popula-tions can rapidly change in response to environmen-tal stress (Ensin et al., 2020).
Varden have had various roles in isheries. Historically, Alaskan commercial ishermen landed them as bycatch used in oil supplements, pet food, and pickled products (ADFW, 2020; Love, 2011). Nowadays, varden are more often used for suste-nance and recreation. In fact, varden were introduced to alpine lakes in the contiguous United States for sport ishing (Fuller, 2020). Though now they may compete with native ishes in those areas.
Future climate change will certainly affect varden populations. Spawning habitats will disappear as snowmelt from winter becomes scarcer during summer, when varden start spawning. Additionally, high overwintering temperatures may increase the metabolic demands of females in speci ic populations, thereby limiting growth or reproductive efforts (Sandstrom, 1995). With their complex lifestyles, it will prove challenging and necessary to study such impacts on varden populations.
© Dunham et al., American Fisheries Society, 2008
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WDAFS AWARDS
As an AFS member engaged in her profession, Helen recently served as President of the Idaho Chapter of AFS, she has been active in AFS’s Genetics Section, and served in various other capacities across differ-ent state and national sectors of AFS. Being engaged in AFS is how one keeps up with the isheries profes-sion and having exceptional people active in profes-sional societies is how science-based professions like AFS move forward and remain relevant. Helen is also a leader in conservation science for native trout. Hel-en completed her Ph.D. at the University of Nevada, Reno in 2003 where she studied how river network connectivity in luences Lahontan cutthroat trout populations using genetic tools.
University of Nevada, Reno professor Mary Peacock, who nominated Helen for this award had this to say “I will never forget the day Helen came to my of-ice to ask me if I would take her on as a student. Say-
ing yes was one of the best things I have ever done. Helen simply rocked it then and has continued to do so throughout her career. She never looked back and has become one of the most important trout conser-vation biologists- out there working hard in the trenches.
Helen has brought in more than $1 million in funding – including a large NASA grant – to develop cutting-
edge models to understand the viability of Lahontan cutthroat trout populations and develop decision support tools to inform recovery actions for this ESA-listed ish across Nevada, California, and Oregon.
Jason Dunham, supervisory aquatic ecologist with the U.S. Geological Survey said this of Helen: “It is hard for me to envision success in restoring native trout without involving Helen Neville’s years of contribu-tions — scienti ic; on-the-ground, and personal. Helen’s energy, drive and vision have led the way on countless efforts to put native trout on the road to recovery across the country. Her success is the result of years of pure grit. There is no way to add it all up and do proper justice to Helen’s commitment to na-tive trout.
“Helen is an immense talent who has mastered ap-plying often abstruse topics into common sense pro-posals that help make our rivers and streams healthi-er,” said Chris Wood, president and chief executive of icer of Trout Unlimited. “We are so proud of her work and feel honored to have her as part of the TU family. Well done Helen.”
We echo Chris Wood in saying “Well done Helen and Congratulations!”
2020AwardofMeritHelenNeville,TroutUnlimited
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Lauren was nominated by ive of her peers for this year’s Robert Borovicka Award. Lauren is a former National Advocacy Director for Trout Unlimited and more recently an Executive Director of the Madison River Foundation (2017-2019). During the last two years, Lauren has faced considerable adversity, in-cluding vandalism to her home and car and physical threats, for her dedication to the conservation and protection of Montana’s Madison River and its fa-mous ishery. The issue is one of sustainability, that pits commercial interests against regulatory agencies and conservation advocates, and Lauren’s efforts to pair science and policy have made her a target, but also a champion for the river. In addition to inspiring members of her community to become actively in-volved in the issue, Lauren has played a signi icant role in providing access to 5 miles of the Madison River while protecting the reach from future develop-
ment, she lead a $300,000 riparian restoration pro-ject at the 3 Dollar Access, and developed and fund-raised for 20 future protection and enhancement pro-jects. In the words of her nominators “Young people like Lauren are the future of conservation and we need to inspire more young women to stand up and lead in the same way she has. .She is an inspiration to all of us and forever a hero of the Madison River.” For her contribution to the conservation of the Madison River and its ishery, the Western Division is pleased to present Lauren Wittorp with this year’s Rob-ert Borovicka Conservation Achievement Award. Congratulations
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This team of scientists has made signi icant and foun-dational contributions to habitat restoration efforts and science aimed at recovery of threatened popula-tions of anadromous salmonids, including spring Chi-nook Salmon, summer steelhead, and Bull Trout, in the Upper Grande Ronde River of NE Oregon. The team was nominated by representatives from the Co-lumbia Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, the Confederat-ed Tribes of the Umatilla (Yuma-til-la) Indian Reser-vation, Oregon Dept of Fish and Wildlife and Grande Ronde Model Watershed Program. Through their project, “Assessing the status and trends of Spring Chinook habitat in the Upper Grand Ronde River and Catherine Creek” the team has established a long-term, high-quality monitoring program in two water-sheds supporting ESA-listed Snake River spring Chi-nook. This project is integrated with the Columbia Habitat Monitoring Program and includes snorkel counts of juvenile salmonids, development of water temperature and low low models, mapping of cur-rent and potential natural riparian vegetation, life cycle modeling, modeling of ish/habitat and ma-croinvertebrate/habitat relationships, analysis of land-use impacts on aquatic habitat, and a restora-tion activity database. The project and its collabora-tors recognize the merits of using citizen science and
volunteers in both monitoring and research to in-crease capacity and broaden understanding of eco-logical objects and responses in communities. Ulti-mately the extensive work of this team has provided empirical evidence that prioritizes where restoration efforts should be focused and what restoration ac-tions will be most effective in the Grande Ronde ba-sin. A critical uncertainty for isheries managers in the Columbia River Basin is whether freshwater habi-tat restoration actions will improve basin-wide habi-tat quantity and quality, and thereby salmon produc-tivity, to a level suf icient to offset human-caused sur-vival impairments elsewhere in the life cycle and this team has developed a multifaceted approach to ad-dress that uncertainty. Congratulations to Dr. Seth White, Casey Justice, Lauren Burns, Dr. Ben Staton, Dr. Dale McCullough, David Graves, Denise Kelsey, Dr. Matthew Kaylor, and Monica Blanchard, we appreciate your dedication and service.
2020ConservationAchievementAwardScientists,ColumbiaInter‐TribalFishCommission
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The UWSN was formed in 2018 and consists of ive non-pro it agencies: the McKenzie, Long Tom, Middle Fork Willamette and Coast Fork Williamette water-shed councils and the McKenzie River Trust. The con-cept behind The Network is visionary. Instead of competing for funding and duplicating effort, they collaborate and communicate to identify, partition and plan projects and events to maximize ef iciency and amplify the magnitude of aquatic resource con-servation and ecological bene its in the upper Willamette Basin. Notable accomplishments include the South Fork McKenzie river stage-0 restoration project which restored the river channel and recon-nected 150 acres of loodplain, 241 spring Chi-nook redds were observed in the restored reached, more redds than the previous 42 years combined, hosting a two-day Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Workshop attended by state, federal, and tribal em-
ployees and continuing the Urban Waters and Wild-life Program which implements storm water projects for area businesses and has treated over 90 acres of impervious surface since 2014. The Networks initia-tives are too many to list in our time today, but the collaborative model is ecologically and socially holis-tic in scope. This collaboration will increase revenue generation, facilitate better engagement with a di-verse range of communities, increase quality and consistency of outdoor and environmental education, enable larger-scale habitat restoration projects, con-tribute more effective and sustained land steward-ship, and increase ef iciency through sharing of staff and equipment. The Western Division applauds this approach and is pleased to recognize the Up-per Willametter Stewardship Network with a 2020 Conservation Achievement Award.
2020ConservationAchievementAwardUpperWillametteStewardshipNetwork
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Recognizes organizations that have restored riparian systems along lakes, streams, and wetlands in the geographical region of the western United States that comprises the Western Division. Each year, WDAFS gives an award to the implementer of an outstand-ing riparian project in each of the following catego-
ries: (1) U.S. Forest Service (USFS) projects; (2) Bu-reau of Land Management (BLM) projects; and (3) projects completed by entities other than the USFS and BLM.
RiparianChallengeAwards
Amy Sacry (Awards Chair)
Stream and wetland restoration within a watershed predicting high probability of success in a changing climate 35 acres of wet meadow restoration including im-portant Columbia spotted frog habitat Restoration of loodplain connectivity along 1 ¾
miles of Alder Creek resulting in a decrease in water temperatures of 6.6° F Removal of 216 acres of juniper woodlands expand-ing into degraded riparian zone to reduce fuel load-ing Collaboration with grazing permittees to remove grazing from the wetlands and riparian area
BLMBurnsDistrict
Alder Creek Resilient Watershed Model Project
Valley bottom wide loodplain restoration through removal of berms and levees, aggradation of incised channels and restoration of large wood = channel and loodplain "reset" to maximize connectivity.
Increased habitat for spring Chinook salmon, bull trout, Paci ic lamprey and other native aquatic
and riparian species.
Increased ish density by 550% (30x more ish after one year).
Increased Chinook spawning from <30 to 241 in 2019.
USFSWillametteNationalForest
Lower S. Fk. McKenzie River Floodplain Enhancement Project
SonomaWater
Effort to increase bottleneck of limited low and high water temperatures in the Russian River.
Increased the quantity and quality of habitat for Cen-tral California Coast Coho salmon, steelhead trout and Chinook salmon.
Enhancement of over 3 miles of stream habitat and 30 acres of riparian and loodplain habitat improve-
ment.
Balances the needs of 600,000 consumers with the needs of endangered salmon and steelhead.
Project's success has led to increased coho salmon releases from Warm Springs Fish Hatchery.
Dry Creek Habitat Enhancement Project
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M.S. Thesis: "Two-Eyed Seeing: Sci-ence, Indigenous Knowledge, and Partner-ship in the English Bay Lakes System, Alaska" Promotes diversity in isheries science among Indigenous youth and Alaska Na-tive communities.
2020Diversity&InclusionAwards
MentorshipAward:KarliTyance
Has led D&I efforts as committee chair of WDAFS D&I Committee since 2018 Promotes diversity in U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service through recruitment, education, and outreach endeavors.
ServiceAward:CheyenneOwens
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The Western Division is pleased to announce that applications for its graduate-level student scholar-ships are now being solicited. The Eugene Maughan Graduate Student Scholarship fund provides up to $5,000 annually to masters or doctoral students in the general area of isheries science with one to three awards to individual students. Beginning in 2002, the Sustainable Fisheries Foundation established the William Trachtenberg Memorial Scholarship Fund, which augments the Western Division scholarship program. This fund provides up to $600 annually to a graduate-level student conducting studies on ish-eries sustainability. Applications for the Western Di-vision scholarship program will automatically be con-sidered for the Sustainable Fisheries Foundation
scholarship program as well. An award committee of ive isheries scientists from the Western Division
will make the decision regarding the award of schol-arships from both programs. Selection criteria in-clude demonstration of: Excellent scholarship as evidenced by grades in rigor-ous course work during the last 60 hours as an un-dergraduate and during graduate studies. Potential for future contributions to the isheries pro-fession through management, research, or teaching. Signi icant progress toward attaining a graduate de-gree in isheries science with a de ined thesis or dis-sertation project.
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Scholarships
2020 Eugene Maughan Scholarship Award Winners: LaurenFlynn: MS Student, New Mexico State University DorianeWeiler: PhD Student, University of California—Santa Cruz
2020 William Trachtenberg Scholarship Award Winners: MarkMorales: PhD Student, University of California—Santa Cruz
Lauren Flynn (right) with advisor Dr.
Coleen Caldwell.
Doriane Weiler
Mark Morales
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2020OutstandingSmallChapterAward
Colorado—WyomingAFS
2020OutstandingLargeChapterAward
California—NevadaAFS
2020OutstandingStudentSubunitAward
SantaCrus—MontereyBayAreaAFS
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WDAFS GRANT REC IP IENTS
2020WDAFSSmallProjectGrantRecipients
WDAFS provides funding opportunities through their small projects grants. These grants are intended as seed money for projects that further AFS and WDAFS mission. In total, $5,000 can be awarded per year. In 2020, WDAFS Small Projects Grants program received 15 proposals, of which 5 grants awarded, ranging from $893-$1189. Below are the grant recipients and a short description of the small project the grant will be used for. JohnMcLaren (Henry's Fork Foundation): Creating a mechanistic NREI model to increase conservation and management ef iciency in a valuable recreation ishery: the Henry's Fork River in Idaho, USA. KevinFraley (Independent Researcher): Contaminant loads in nearshore and diadromous Artic ishes har-vested by subsistence ishing communities. DavidStagliano (MT Biological Survey): Evaluating Western Pearlshell Mussel populations for viability, re-production, and host ish infections across ive watersheds in western Montana. AdamKanigan (PhD Student, University of British Columbia): Predator-prey interactions between Bull Trout and Sockeye Salmon: can binge-feeding provide resilience to climate change? JadeSteel (University Centre of the West jords): Food, social & ceremonial salmon dock-check project.
2020WDAFSTravelGrants
WDAFS provides funding opportunities through their travel grants. These grants are intended to help WDAFS members attend the annual WDAFS meeting. In total, the Western Division budgeted $5,000 to be awarded for students, $1,000 for Early Career Professionals, $500 for emeritus, $1,400 for professionals, and $750 for international participants. The Diversity and Inclusion Committee used budgeted funds for awards. In 2020, WDAFS received 24 applicants, in which some categories were more competitive than others . In total, 16 grant recipients were selected, ranging from $225-$750 , with a total budgeted and awarded of $7,975 . How-ever, since the Division annual meeting in Vancouver was cancelled because of COVID19, the use of these grants was not realized. However, we are still recognizing the recipients below because of their competitive applications and involvement in AFS. Below are the categories and award winners. Student: Cale Babey, Claire Coiration, Riley Gallagher, Dylan Glaser, Caleb Jetter, Daniel Larson, Bryce O'Con-nor, Megan Sabal, Drew Suchomel, and Ryszard Traczyk. ECP,Professional,International:Grace Auringer, Catrina Cook, Nate Cathcart, Steve Dalbey, Luke Schultz, and Felipe Amezcua.
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BOOK FEATURE
D a n i e l C . D a u w a l t e r , T i m o t h y W . B i r d s o n g , a n d G a r y P . G a r r e t t , e d i t o r s
This book is a valuable resource for those in-volved in conservation of freshwater ishes that seek proactive, integrated, holistic approaches to conservation of freshwater, riparian, and up-land habitats. Many case studies from freshwa-ter systems throughout the United States are pro iled and they include the implementation of multispecies assessments, conservation area prioritizations, partnership-based conservation planning, and watershed-scale conservation delivery.
Freshwater systems in the United States contin-ue to suffer substantial alterations that threaten freshwater ish diversity, habitat quality, and watershed function. Analytical approaches that integrate conservation biology, aquatic connec-tivity, and spatial prioritization principles to provide rigorous, science-based, and spatially explicit information to inform conservation planning and delivery can be used to reverse these trends. In addition, innovative planning approaches can yield diverse, multi-agency partnerships and large-scale funding programs that focus on initiating conservation plans and supporting meaningful and transformative con-servation delivery for freshwater ishes and en-hance habitat resiliency at watershed scales.
Throughout the book you will ind examples of innovative conservation approaches that focus on entire aquatic communities at watershed scales while incorporating species life history needs and compat-ible human uses. In addition, many chapters detail the importance of conservation planning principles and predictive modeling for ef icient conservation delivery that bene its the greatest number of species. Imple-mentation of these concepts will not only help to restore and preserve native ishes and their habitats but can also increase awareness and capacity of local landowners, communities, and recreational users to act as advo-cates and stewards of these aquatic systems.
MultispeciesandWatershedApproachestoFreshwaterFishConservation
ThebookcanbepurchasedthroughtheAFSbookstore:
https:// isheries.org/bookstore/*If you would like to see AFS offer a book on a certain topic, please contact Aaron Lerner at: [email protected]
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WDAFS SMALL PRO JECT GRANT UPDATES
J a d e S t e e l ( U n i v e r s i t y o f W a s h i n g t o n )
HeiltsukFood,Social,&CeremonialSalmon‐CatchMonitoringProject:
2019Summary
This ongoing community-based project was designed to improve understandings of the social dynamics and perceptions linked to food, social, & ceremonial (FSC) salmon isheries among the Heiltsuk Nation, located in Bella Bella on the Central Coast of British Columbia (BC). During the summer of 2019, we documented person-al experiences of change in salmon isheries and how these changes relate to individual, environmental, and community wellbeing. We identi ied current Heiltsuk ishing methods for salmon and also evaluated percep-tions towards the revival of a communally run, terminal ishery for substance use and local management. Dockside survey catch-data of chinook, coho, chum, pink, and sockeye salmon were also recorded. Salmon in clips and scales were collected for genetic stock identi ication (GSI), although currently GSI has only been run for chinook samples. Estimates of salmon ishing effort and harvests (both by sports and FSC ishers) will pro-duce estimates of current harvests in isheries around Bella Bella, and the relative contribution of regional salmon stocks to food security among members of the Heiltsuk Nation and other Indigenous coastal communi-ties. Heiltsuk members are facing intensifying barriers and chal-lenges to access salmon for FSC purposes. It was found in 2019 that high costs associated with current mixed-stock ishing methods like trolling, limit access for certain Heiltsuk
community members. The general perception was that 2019 was the worst ishing season witnessed in many years, with little sockeye harvested. Additionally, FSC ishers are target-ing chinook & coho rather than chum, pink, & sockeye. We suggest this re lects both a cultural shift and a response to declining salmon productivity and local abundance. With mounting climatic changes, shifting oceanic conditions, and increasingly unstable salmon populations, the 2019 season could provide a snapshot of what forthcoming years may look like for Heiltsuk community members and salmon ish-eries in the future. Moving forward into the 2020 salmon-ishing season, we are happy to report the continuation of
this collaborative project with project management run by the Heiltsuk Integrated Resource Management Of ice in Bel-la Bella. However, our research will be conducted remotely due to the current global pandemic situation. We plan to conduct weekly phone interviews with ~20 volunteer Heiltsuk FSC ishers, and additionally, these volunteers have also agreed to collect salmon GSI data and have been provid-ed personal ish sampling kits. We look forward to presenting our 2020 data to the AFS in the coming months.
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WildTroutXIIISymposium:Postponed
Given the uncertainties of travel, safety, and group activities caused worldwide by the coronavirus pan-demic, the Wild Trout XIII organizing committee has decided to postpone the symposium until Septem-ber 2021. Timing will be similar, and the venue will remain the same, the Holiday Inn in West Yellow-stone. We regret the inconvenience of changing plans and realize that some of you may not be able to attend next year because of possible future budg-et cuts and travel restrictions. However, we believe that safety of attendees is more important, and we feel that we cannot guarantee a safe and successful meeting given the information we have right now. Submitted abstracts will be kept on ile, and pre-senters do not need to resubmit. Alternatively, you can withdraw your abstract or replace your current abstract with an updated version. Lastly, we are considering holding a one-day (or part of one day) "mini symposium" using Zoom or
other remote meeting technology to give people the opportunity to present timely work and exchange information and ideas. We would hold this on one of the scheduled days for this year's symposium. More information to come and we hope to see all of you in September 2021. Rob Van Kirk and Dave Kazyak Wild Trout XIII program co-chairs
The coronavirus has changed our lives in many ways and the AFS Columbus Annual Meeting is the latest to be impacted. The AFS Governing Board voted on Mon-day, May 11, to address the obvious health and safety concerns by moving to a virtual isheries event later this year. There will be no physical AFS meeting in Columbus, August 30 – September 3, 2020.
Intense work is already underway to design and de-liver a compelling and exciting new event. This “Virtual Annual Meeting” will incorporate the always amazing sharing of isheries science, engaging key-note speakers, valuable student activities, award presentations, and much more. Those who have sub-mitted abstracts and symposia for the AFS Columbus meeting will be contacted in the near future about
their continued interest in sharing their science as part of this new event. The tentative dates for the Vir-tual Annual Meeting are September 14-25, 2020.
As plans are developed for both the virtual conference and our 150th anniversary celebration, they will be shared through the AFS newsletter, emailed to AFS members, and provided on the AFS website at isher-ies.org. Also, please be sure to mark your calendars now for the 2021 Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Mary-land, August 8-12, 2021. We hope to return to Colum-bus in 2026.
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MeetYourWDAFSOf icers
PresidentDanDauwalterHometown: Carver, MN Education: PhD, Oklahoma State University Employer: Trout Unlimited (Science), Boise, ID Interests: My interests center on outdoor recreation: moun-tain biking, rafting, ishing, hiking. I also play hockey, and I traveled Spain, Wales, and Switzerland for two months in 2019. It was the trip of a life-time (photo from Spain)!
President‐ElectToddPearsonsHometown: Woodland Hills, CA (via Boston, MA) Education: PhD, Oregon State University Employer: Grant County Pub-lic Utility District (Science), Ephrata, WA Interests: Underwater pho-tography, Biblical archaeolo-gy, Krav Maga, human pow-ered transportation, water sports, drums, blues harmon-
VicePresidentDanBrauchHometown: Meeker, CO Education: B.S, Colorado State University Employer: Colorado Parks and Wildlife, Gunnison, CO Interests: With two high school kids, I enjoy participat-ing in their activities (4-H, science-o, drama, etc) but also ind time for hiking, hunting, ishing, and motorsports. My
wife, kids and I look forward to expanded travel opportuni-ties.
PastPresidentJackieWatsonHometown: Spring, TX Education: MS, Texas State Uni-versity-San Marcos Employer: Utah Division of Wildlife Resources Interests: I spend a lot of time outdoors picking up shed ant-lers and cool rocks. My other hobbies include: cross stitching, league & tournament bowling, swimming, and being a crazy cat lady.
Secretary‐Treasurer–TravisRehmHometown: Dillon, MT Education: MS, South Dakota State University Employer: Spokane Tribal Fish-eries Interests: I enjoy spending my leisure time outdoors. The ma-jority of that time is spent chasing anything that swims with a ly rod or hunting west-ern big game.
StudentRepresentative–EmilyChenHometown: Oak Creek, WI Education: MS, Humboldt State University Current PhD Student in Carlson Lab at UC Berkeley Interests: I enjoy leisurelyout-door activities such as camping, hanging by the river, crabbing. When indoors I like to paint, strength train, read statistics, and ponder the future of salm-on in California
