Re: NANFA-- Fwd: [AFS] May: American Wetlands Month

Todd Crail (farmertodd_at_buckeye-express.com)
Tue, 16 Mar 2004 18:17:52 -0500

I'm so there Jeremy and Jan! :)

I was just out at the Oak Openings project this weekend... They're excited
to do some wet prairie sampling and begin compiling a list of "The Fishes of
the Oak Openings". They've seen a lot of pickerel so far this year
(probably spawning) because the water table has returned to normal with the
EPA closing a quarry that had so many violations that when they showed up to
issue his fines, he just ceased and desisted and asked if that would be
"called good". So they're very excited to see what is out there. As am I,
as the wet prairie had standing water last year as of October.

I'll have people to ditch dive with! :)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Hoover, Jan J ERDC-EL-MS" <Jan.J.Hoover_at_erdc.usace.army.mil>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 4:49 PM
Subject: RE: NANFA-- Fwd: [AFS] May: American Wetlands Month

> Jeremy wrote:
> >If you are organizing a wetland or watershed event in May (or anytime
> >throughout the year), please take this opportunity to advertise your
> >event on the Izaak Walton League's Web site at
> >www.iwla.org/sos/awm/events. This is the official site for American
> >Wetlands Month events. As the coordinator of American Wetlands Month,
> >the Izaak Walton League directs volunteers and reporters from across the
> >country to this page to find local events.
>
> Jan responds:
>
> Very interesting !
>
> I scanned the site and found some references to sampling vegetation,
> macroinvertebrates, birds, and amphibians. Fishes were not emphasized.
> Ironic considering the namesake of the organization. This dovetails
nicely
> with John Bongiovanni's recent observation that the fish components of
> wetland communities are frequently ignored.
>
> Considering this year's theme ("America's Wetlands: Keep 'Em Native") -
> wouldn't it be nice (and appropropriate) if North America's premiere
> organization promoting native fishes were to participate? If just 10% of
> our members, visited 1-2 wetlands during May and compiled a species list
of
> fishes, native and exotic, we could make quite a contribution to
> understanding wetalnd fish communities and we might sensitize the public
> that wetlands are important as native fish habitat.
>
> I would certainly be willing to participate in such an effort.
>
> - Jan

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