Arkansas Afs Meeting In Conway Feb 8-10

[Tim Smith]

If any of you have an interest in keeping in close touch with fisheries science in the Ozarks, you might consider joining and attending the Arkansas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society (there's a Missouri Chapter too).

This year's meeting is in Conway and it includes a technical meeting on Aligator Gar along with a wide variety of technical presentations.

Highly recommended.

From the AFS webfeed:

2012 Meeting of the Arkansas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society

February 8-10, 2012 (Wed-Fri)

Faulkner County Natural Resources Center,

100 Amity Road, Conway, AR, 72032

All portions of the meeting including socials will be held at Faulkner

County Natural Resources Center in an effort to reduce meeting costs. This

is the building that houses the USFWS headquarters (see page 9). Here is a

link with maps and directions:

http://www.fws.gov/arkansas-es/directions.html

The Arkansas Chapter is not reserving a block of rooms for this meeting.

Nearby hotels willing to honor the government rate of $77 for a single

occupant:

-Hampton Inn, 810 Museum Road, (501) 329-8999

-Days Inn, 1002 East Oak Street, (501) 450-7575

Nearby hotels that will honor a reduced rate (suitable for government

employees if shared between two people):

-Country Inn and Suites, 750 Amity Road, (501) 932-0500

-Hilton Garden Inn, 805 Amity Road, (501) 329-1444

-Comfort Suites, 705 Museum Road, (501) 329-8548

Tentative Agenda:

Wednesday:

1-5 PM - Technical Session

6-9 PM - Pizza and Beer Social

Thursday:

8:30 AM-12 PM - Technical Session

1-3 PM - 2013 National Meeting Preparation Session

3-5 PM - Break OR Technical Session Session and Arkansas Alligator Gar

Workgroup Meeting time TBA

6-9 PM - Social to include Whole Hog Cafe catered dinner, beverages, poster

session, and silent auction

Friday:

8:30-10 AM - Technical Session

10 AM-12 PM - Business Meeting

1-3 PM - AFS 2013 Steering Committee Meeting

Please bring at least one item for the Silent Auction!

Also a stage is available for anyone that would like to bring their musical

instruments and perform during the socials.

Benjamin G. Batten

Assistant Fisheries Biologist

E: <mailto:bgbatten@agfc.state.ar.us> bgbatten@agfc.state.ar.us | P: (501)

978-7317 | M: (501) 813-0224