RE: NANFA-- USGS fish photo request

Jay DeLong (thirdwind_at_att.net)
Wed, 3 May 2000 09:12:00 -0700

> No offense, but since the USGS has a budget and some staff, why
> not let them
> go to the library and simply look these fish up in a standard reference
> book, or let them go to the book store and purchase some of the books we
> hobbyists already have on our book shelves. There are readily pictures of
> most of these fish there!

They're looking for contributions, wanted to know if NANFA members would be
willing to get involved, and I said I'd ask. I just thought some members
would see this as a way to get involved in a good cause. Yes, they could
buy a book to see what the fish look like, but Axelrod isn't going to let
them scan his photos. The person who contacted me is Pam Fuller, coauthor
of the book Nonindigenous Fishes Introduced Into Inland Waters of the United
States, which was published by AFS in 1999. Hy, if you or anyone else
doesn't want to help, that's okay! :-) But several members have already
contributed photos and information to their website. It's a site with
significant conservation value, and if you haven't seen it already it's at
http://nas.er.usgs.gov/.

--
Jay DeLong
Olympia, WA

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