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Helping Science to persevere in a political and social world
37th Annual Meeting
of the Wisconsin AFS
MEETING SCHEDULE
Joint meeting,
Wisconsin Chapters of
The Wildlife Society (TWS)
36th annual meeting
and
American Fisheries Society (AFS)
37th annual meeting
Wausau
Wisconsin
February 5-7, 2008
I invite you to attend the 37th annual meeting of
Wisconsin Chapter AFS. For 2008 we
are having a joint meeting with Wisconsin Chapter of The Wildlife Society.
The meeting festivities will include an appropriately-themed
raffle, fish and game hors d’ oeuvres, a selection of Wisconsin beverages and
a unique opportunity to interact with aquatic and terrestrial colleagues.
Conference Theme: Helping
science to persevere in a political and social world.
The Fisheries and Wildlife professions have no shortage of contentious issues:
chronic wasting disease; viral hemorrhagic septicemia; whitetail deer
populations; shoreland habitat protection; wolf management; runoff impacts on
streams. In the policy arena, science often seems to take a back seat to
political, economic and social considerations. In contrast, annual meetings of
professional societies like AFS and TWS are a place where the exchange of
scientific information is the focus, rather than an after-thought.
Location &
Registration
The meeting will be held at Stoney Creek Inn,
1100 Imperial Avenue
,
Rothschild
WI
. Blocks of rooms will be held
through January 5, 2008 at Stoney Creek Inn (www.stoneycreekinn.com
1-800-659-2220 or 715-355-6858) and just across the street at the Holiday Inn
& Suites (1-888-272-2792 or 715-355-1111).
Pre-tax room rates are $62/single $72/double at
Stoney Creek
or $62/single $74/double (state employees) and $89 (non-state employees) at the
Holiday Inn. Mention AFS or TWS when
you make your reservation.
Meeting registration is $70 for regular members and $35 for
student members. This includes $10
Chapter dues, a Tuesday evening ‘Woods and Waters’ reception, Wednesday
dinner and Thursday lunch. Registration
will be conducted on-site. Contact a
conference chair if you wish to pre-register.
We are not able to take credit
cards for registration.
Hope to see you there!
John Kubisiak
For more information contact:
John Kubisiak
President Elect, WI-AFS
Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources
107 Sutliff Avenue
Rhinelander WI 54501-3349
 johnf1.kubisiak@wisconsin.gov
715-365-8919
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