37th Annual Meeting
Helping Science to persevere in a political and social world 37th Annual Meeting of the Wisconsin AFS
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 KubisiakPresident Elect, WI-AFS
Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources
107 Sutliff Avenue
Rhinelander WI 54501-3349
johnf1.kubisiak@wisconsin.gov715-365-8919