Iowa Chapter of the American Fisheries Society News

Reminder to Sign Up for Iowa Chapter AFS

Iowa Chapter’s annual business meeting is just around the corner! The next two weeks are very important, because you have a few things we need you to do: Register for the meeting: https://iowa.fisheries.org/meetings/meeting-registration/ Submit your...

Call for Abstracts

We are excited to announce that the call for abstracts for the 2025 Annual Meeting of the Iowa Chapter of the American Fisheries Society is open! Submit an abstract by February 15, 2025, at: https://iowa.fisheries.org/meetings/submit-an-abstract/.

Iowa Fish and Fishing

Iowa Fish and Fishing

Back in April of 1951 when you received your copy of the Iowa Conservationist, you would have seen the headline: (for those that have lost their copy, “I know it’s around here somewhere!”  I’ve...

Glass Hatching Jars

By Vance Polton Although by now a good percentage of the hatchery staff are sick of looking at hatching jars full of fish eggs, I decided we ought to spend some time looking at...

The Backbone Trout Hatchery

By Vance Polton Today I thought we would visit the Backbone Trout hatchery but instead of going straight back to the past as we usually do, we would first spend a little time in the present...

Outdoor Talk

By Vance Polton After just getting back from the Walleye spawning operations at Rathbun I like to kick back and relax and watch a little TV.  Now here at Wayback Wednesday, we aren’t in the age of streaming services and...