-- Bill Flowers "Life's journey is not to arrive-in-the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "Holy ****, what a ride!"
On 5/19/06, Hold The Cow! <darterman-in-cboss.com> wrote: > > ATTENTION ANY OHIO "CLOSE ENOUGH" NANFA PEOPLE: > > I am helping a school science and mathematics enter set up a pond aquarium > and > a stream aquarium. I suggested that the instructors "get out in the field" > to > better understand and appreciate where these fishes come from, and this > idea > was well received. > > With the time frame suggested below, I was thinking about something in > the > Grand River Watershed, perhaps Swine Creek. Are there any Ohio, or "close > enough" NANFA members who would like to participate in something where we > can > demonstrate some seining techniques and gather a few fish for them? > > I have installed 2 -180 gallon aquariums in the science center for them. > This > is an enthusiastic group of women wanting to learn more about North > American > Fishes and raising them in aquaria. Do we have some volunteers, or am I > going > to have to handle al these women by myself? :-) > > The message one of the instructors sent to me, after I suggested such a > trip > is posted below: These are also new potential NANFA members. Please email > me > directly if you can help out. > > Thanks, > Rob Carillio > darterman-in-cboss.com > 330-393-4448 > > > > Rob, > > We'll set up more training sessions soon. Yes, Kelly is doing a great > job! > We're working out a summer feeding/maintenance schedule now. I think it > would > be very nice to set up an outing to get the team of teachers into the > "field" > to help them gain a better understanding of all these fish and their > environment. Let's try & plan something. They can probably only get away > for > a couple hours max and it would have to be the 05/31-06/05. Is there > anyway > we can arrange something as soon as that? The teachers are done after > June > 5th (for the most part) for the summer. I'm in part-time throughout the > summer and Cookie and Kelly will be coming in weekly to assist with the > aquariums. > /----------------------------------------------------------------------- > / This is the discussion list of the North American Native Fishes > / Association (NANFA). Comments made on this list do not necessarily > / reflect the beliefs or goals of NANFA. For more information about NANFA, > / visit http://www.nanfa.org Please make sure all posts to nanfa-l are > / consistent with the guidelines as per > / http://www.nanfa.org/guidelines.shtml To subscribe, unsubscribe, or get > / help, visit the NANFA email list home page and archive at > / http://www.nanfa.org/email.shtml /----------------------------------------------------------------------- / This is the discussion list of the North American Native Fishes / Association (NANFA). Comments made on this list do not necessarily / reflect the beliefs or goals of NANFA. For more information about NANFA, / visit http://www.nanfa.org Please make sure all posts to nanfa-l are / consistent with the guidelines as per / http://www.nanfa.org/guidelines.shtml To subscribe, unsubscribe, or get / help, visit the NANFA email list home page and archive at / http://www.nanfa.org/email.shtml