I was of the same mind since I have previously recieved reports from our
USFWS employees! I thought, is this a conspiracy or is this a good report
from one of our government sources that you and I pay for? Then I realized
that someone, somewhere had gotten the mailing list from the NANFA website,
or whatever, and graciously included us [NANFA] in their mailing list!
It is well and good that a federal agency has finally recognized NANFA as
per your statement and we should welcome all involvement in our common
interest of tremendous diversity of native fish and habitat diversity, that
may very well be in better shape than the rest of the world's eco-systems!
Now that we've patted ourselves on the back, let me remind us that there is
still much work to be done..............
BG
----- Original Message -----
From: <Noturus_at_aol.com>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Friday, February 02, 2001 7:57 AM
Subject: NANFA-- Southeastern Imperiled Fishes
> I noticed several of you made note of receiving FWS reports and felt like
> NANFA is being noticed by USFWS and others. Well, you're right! I was at a
> workshop for Southeastern Imperiled Fishes (SIF) this week. This is a
group
> of professionals from Federal and State agencies, corporations, NGO's and
> various conservation organizations. It was sponsored by USFWS and World
> Wildlife Fund etc...
>
> The aim is to develop a working document outlining problems with
southeastern
> fishes and, more importantly, what can be done to prevent the loss of
these
> species and their habitats. This was a follow-up meeting to one that was
held
> around a year and a half ago.
>
> One aspect of the meeting was to develop other "Partenrs" in this endeavor
> and hopefully, to have these participate in future meetings. More than
once I
> heard NANFA's name come up (not even by me! though I brought it up as
well!)
> I think NANFA is slowly clawing it's way into the picture of fish
> conservation, mostly by being a responsible organization and involving
such a
> wide diversity of players. Be paitient, we'll get there.
>
> Maybe, over the next month or so, a representative of NANFA will be asked
to
> participate in future workshops. Anyway, I'll keep you posted if anything
> comes up.
>
> Keep up the good work!
>
> J.R.
>
> J. R. Shute, Co-Director
> <A HREF="http://www.conservationfisheries.org/">Conservation Fisheries,
Inc.
> </A>
> 3709 N. Broadway
> Knoxville, TN 37917
> 865-689-0231
>
>
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