Society Activities

Desert Fishes Council

• Local Arrangements Chair. 2004 Annual Meeting, Tucson, AZ. Elected to chair local arrangements for the 2004 Annual Conference of this U.S./Mexican Organization.

American Fisheries Society

• Chair, Standardized Sampling Committee, Fisheries Management Section of the American Fisheries Society, 8/1/04 - present.

• Student Subunit Advisor, 2004. AFS University of Arizona Subunit. AFS is starting a student subunit at the University of Arizona. The scientist was asked to be the advisor to this subunit.

• Chair. 2001 National Conference, Washington State Delegation. Chosen by Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife administration to lead effort to attract the national conference to Washington State in 2001. The national AFS Conference is the largest fisheries conference in the United States. Collaborated with the East King County and the Seattle Convention Bureaus, the North Pacific International Chapter of the American Fisheries Society and WDFW staff to prepare a bid package for presentation at the 1998 AFS Annual Conference in Monterey, California.

• Author. Elected by American Fisheries Society to co-author, with four other scientists, a survey protocol for bull trout populations in North America.

• National Publication Oversight Committee – Serve as member and liaison to the Book Advisory Board.

Aquatic Plant Management Fisheries Society

• Reviewer. Asked to review and comment on several articles submitted to Journal of Aquatic Plant Management .

North American Lake Management Society

• Session Co-Chair. Nutrient/Fish Trophic Dynamics. International Symposium of the North American Lake Management Society, Seattle, Washington, November 30 - December 4, 1993. (International Meeting)

North Pacific International Chapter of the American Fisheries Society

• Session Chair. Warmwater Fisheries: Current Research and Management. 1994 Annual General Meeting, North Pacific International Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, February 10, 1994 , Wenatchee , Washington (Regional Meeting).

• Session Co-Chair. Bull Trout. 1998 Annual General Meeting, North Pacific International Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, March 18-20, 1998 , Union , Washington (Regional Meeting).

Northwest Scientific Association

• Reviewer. Asked to review and comment on several articles submitted to Northwest Science.

Pacific Fishery Biologists

• Program Chair. Pacific Fishery Biologist Annual Conference, Silverdale , Washington , March 18-20, 1996 (Regional Meeting).

• Session Chair. Contributed Papers. Pacific Fishery Biologist Annual Conference, Silverdale , Washington , March 18-20, 1996 (Regional Meeting).

Salvelinus confluentus (Bull Trout) Curiosity Society

• Moderator. Bull Trout Presence and Absence Survey Methodologies. Salvelinus confluentus Curiosity Society Annual Meeting. McKenzie Bridge , Oregon , October 15-17, 1996 (National Meeting).

• Session Co-Chair. Bull Trout. 1998 Annual General Meeting, North Pacific International Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, March 18-20, 1998 , Union , Washington (Regional Meeting).

Washington State Lakes Protection Association

• Elected to Board of Directors 1994-1996.

• Member of Editorial Committee 1994 -1996.

• Program Co-Chair. Washington State Lake Protection Ninth Annual Conference. Ocean Shores , Washington , September 8-9, 1995 (Regional Meeting).

• Session Chair. Fish and Fish Habitat. Washington State Lakes Protection Association Tenth Annual Conference. Spokane , Washington , September 26-28, 1996 (Regional Meeting).

• Session Chair. Managing Lakes for Quality Fish Populations. Washington State Lake Protection Ninth Annual Conference. Ocean Shores , Washington , September 8-9, 1995 (Regional Meeting).

Other

• Chair, Fisheries Standardization Committee, Fisheries Management Section, American Fisheries Society
  

• Program Co-Chair. Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Bass Management Meeting. Olympia , Washington , July 9-10, 1996 (Regional Meeting).

• Session Co-Chair. Wetland Restoration. Washington Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Annual Cooperator's Meeting. Seattle , Washington , April 22, 1998 (Regional Meeting).

• Reviewer - Asked to review several articles for the Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Environmental Biology of Fishes, and the Western North American Naturalist.

• Session Chair. Fish and Fish Habitat. Washington State Lakes Protection Association Tenth Annual Conference. Spokane , Washington , September 26-28, 1996 (Regional Meeting).

• Session Chair. Managing Lakes for Quality Fish Populations. Washington State Lake Protection Ninth Annual Conference. Ocean Shores , Washington , September 8-9, 1995 (Regional Meeting).