> [Original Message]
> From: Steffen Hellner <steffen-in-hellner.biz>
> To: <nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org>
> Date: 3/5/2005 6:08:54 AM
> Subject: Re:NANFA-L--Member recognized for sturgeon work
>
> Chapeau, Heather!
>
> Go on and good luck,
>
> Steffen
>
>
> Am 05.03.2005 2:49 Uhr schrieb "Hoover, Jan J ERDC-EL-MS" unter
> <Jan.J.Hoover-in-erdc.usace.army.mil>:
>
> > NANFA member Heather Smith is familiar to many of you. She has
attended the
> > last two conventions and she is passionately interested in native
fishes.
> > That interest just gained her some substantial recognition.
> >
> > Heather conducted a study of swimming performance on juvenile lake
sturgeon
> > in our fish lab. She did this after school and on weekends. Her data,
along
> > with newly developed mathematical models for suction forces generated by
> > dredges, make it possible now to assess the risk of a dredge entraining
a
> > small sturgeon....and more importantly....how to minimize and maybe
eliminate
> > that risk!
> >
> > Heather presented her data a couple of weeks ago-in-the Mississippi
Junior
> > Academy of Science Meeting and won the Junior Division in
"Environmental and
> > Behavioral Studies." She gave an expanded version of her presentation
> > yesterday-in-the Mississippi Regional Junior Science and Humanities
Symposium
> > (MRJSHS)-in-the University of Mississsippi and won first place and a
sizeable
> > scholarship to the University of Mississippi. Next month, Heather, who
is a
> > 9th grader, will compete in the JSHS national finals in San Diego.
> >
> > I AM bragging a little...and apologize for that...but I do think its
> > important to acknowledge the great work that our members do on behalf of
> > native fishes.
> >
> > I also think its pretty darn impressive what young people can do for
native
> > fishes if given a little bit of encouragement and opportunity.
> >
> > - Jan Hoover
> > Vicksburg, MS
> >
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