Iowa Chapter of the American Fisheries Society News

New Book on Angler R3

There’s a new book out on the future of fisheries and aquatic conservation. Although the title is “Angler R3”, the truth introduced in Chapter 1 is that our traditional conservation model must change, as...

AFS Meeting Experiences: What’s the Point?

This year, the Iowa Chapter had a strong presence at the American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, including agency professionals from all over the state, university professors, and students. As we all know, meetings are...

President-Elect Candidates

Two AFS members are running for President-elect of the Iowa Chapter. The winning candidate would become President during 2024-25. Thank you to Dan and John for running! To vote, please visit: https://iowa.fisheries.org/officer-election/. Remember, you must...

Logo Contest Prize

Exciting news! The Iowa Chapter’s logo contest now has a $50 Bass Pro gift card prize, a secret prize, and we are soliciting additional prizes now! The art submission deadline is October 1, 2023. ...

President’s Corner

Submitted by Rebecca Krogman, Iowa DNR Wow, all I can say is THANK YOU to you all for a wonderful Chapter meeting (and year)! I hope you all came away from it with something...

2023 Meeting Minutes

The Iowa Chapter held a very successful joint meeting with the Iowa Chapter of the Wildlife Society. The Iowa Chapter hosts an annual meeting in February or March each year. The meeting includes a...

NCD Report to the Iowa Chapter

Submitted by Rebecca M. Krogman The NCD leadership and chapter leaders met on October 24, 2022, to discuss nominations, officer updates, and upcoming meetings. President’s Vision (AFS) – to connect chapter members to the...