I've seen juvenile sturgeon, gars, bowfins, sunfishes, etc. swimming along
the surface, but how other than underwater photography could we certify
other sightings of rare and often elusive fish in less than perfect clarity
of our numerous streams?
Thanks for the thought!
BG
----- Original Message -----
From: Denkhaus, Robert <DenkhaR_at_Ci.Fort-Worth.TX.US>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Friday, December 22, 2000 2:42 PM
Subject: RE: NANFA-- WHAT IS NFC
> George Arndt wrote:
>
> >We can talk about what it is that we as nanfa members do !!!!!
>
> OK guys what do you do ?????
>
> I want positive wonderful answers.
>
> then we can plan on a good PROJECT to work hard on. an good project for
all
>
> of us to get involved in. in this new coming year. <
>
>
> Just a weird idea that would take some additional thought....
>
> Birders do a variety of nation/continent-wide counts that create an index
of
> bird populations over time. Most of these are coordinated through local
> Audubon chapters and specific areas are identified and counted annually.
> They cover X amount of ground and spend Y amount of time looking for and
> identifying bird species with specific locations being identified before
> hand. Could we not do something similar with each of us identifying a
> number of watersheds with specific sampling points and a set sampling
> regimen and then running these samples on a particular day each year,
> thereby coming up with an index of fish populations for these sites.
> Through annual growth (hopefully) we could slowly expand to include
greater
> numbers of watersheds/sites. I would be willing to help in working out
the
> logistics on this but would need some guidance from other members with
> greater fisheries experience as to the relevancy of such data.
>
> In my mind, I see this as an opportunity to import interested people into
> the world of native fishes, create an interest in the media in our
> activities nation wide, and lay down some baseline data that could be
useful
> to an array of researchers/managers around the country.
>
> Let me know if I am way off base.
>
> Happy Holidays,
> Rob Denkhaus
> Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge
> (where I went collecting yesterday for an hour yesterday and didn't even
get
> cold!)
>
>
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