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NFC: More details on NANFA convention
Here's the latest update on the convention agenda. All are welcome. Club
membership is not required. This is a great opportunity for fish people to
network and talk shop. Look forward to meeting you there!
North American Native Fishes Association
National Convention * Champaign-Urbana, Illinois
August 6-8, 1999
Tentative Topical Agenda of Speakers, Activities & Workshops
(issued 2/2/99; subject to change)
Illinois & Indiana Species, River Systems, Habitat and Ecology
Dr. James R. Gammon - Fishes of the Wabash River, Indiana
Diane Rudin - Fishes of the Mackinaw River, Illinois
Dr. Larry Page - Fishes of the Middle Fork, Vermillion River, Illinois
Kevin Cummings - Mussels in Illinois, Their Role in Stream Ecology
Dr. Brooks Burr - What's Involved in Describing a New Species
Restoration & Reintroduction Efforts
Diana Rudin - Nature Conservancy Efforts on the Mackinaw River
Jim Bland, Integrated Lakes Management - The Prairie Crossing,
Grays Lake, Illinois Project
Randy Sanders, Ohio Div. of Wildlife - Ohio Stream Fishes 1979-1995,
Historical Perspective and Future Challenges
Fish Breeding
Jim Sternburg - Breeding Phoxinus
Ray Katula - Captive Propagation of Native Fishes (darters, minnows,
killifishes, sunfishes)
Ray Wolff - Raising and Breeding Centrarchids, Elassoma & Killifishes
in Pools
Jim Page - videotapes of spawning minnows and darters
Developments in Aquarium Technology, Design and Operations
Morgan Lidster - Algal Turf Scrubbing
Rules, Regulations & Ethics
Glenn Kruse, Illinois Endangered Species Project Manager
Workshops
Fish Photography and Videography (Phil Nixon and Dr. William Roston)
Fish Identification and the Use of Keys
Regional Reports by NANFA Members
Visits to Illinois Natural History Survey Collections
Fishes (Dr. Larry Page)
Mussels (Kevin Cummings)
Plus the NANFA raffle drawing and auction....and field collecting trips.
Times, schedules, and details regarding price and lodging will be issued
shortly. Watch this mailing list, your snail mailbox, or the NANFA website
-- http://www.nanfa.org