 Little Rock - Capitol of Arkansas and Center of Native Fish Activity during the June 2005 NANFA Convention. |
 Arkansas Game and Fish Commission's mobile aquarium parked outside the Holiday Inn. |
 Heather Smith admiring spotted gar. |
 Tyler Strange with William Scharpf looking at a bigmouth buffalo. |
 NANFA Hospitality Room. Convention host Brian Wagner registers newly-arrived member Mark Otnes... |
 ...Leo Long, Bob Muller, and Chris Scharpf discuss club business... |
 ...Heather, Tyler, and Michael Lucas look at photographs from past conventions.... |
 ...Martin Moore and Karen Kobry sign up for field trips.... |
 ...and William rests up for the next day's collecting activities. |
 Field Trip to the Ozarks. John Stark, from the Nature Conservancy, provides an overview of the habitat and species found in the Strawberry River. |
 Ken Shirley, Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, and Heather examine a snake... |
 ...a midland water snake, the first of several seen on the trip. |
 Chip Rinehart uses a dipnet to work a rocky riffle.... |
 ...and William uses an aquarium net to work margins of the littoral zone. |
 David Trantor shows his seine with sewn-in chain to catch benthic fishes... |
 ...and William Veenstra shows his own seine with brailes that can serve double duty for injured native fish collectors. |
 NANFA members begin collecting in the Strawberry River. |
 Seining in the Strawberry River with reps from the Nature Conservancy. |
 John Stark, Chris, and Margie Brophy examine their catch. |
 Whitetail shiner. |