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to the Southern Illinois University Carbondale Subunit
of the Illinois Chapter of the American Fisheries Society!

NEW Subunit t-shirts have arrived (photo right)! They are navy and come in a wide variety of Men’s and Women’s sizes. Order your new shirt today, and be sure to check out our other apparel on sale here. Thank you for supporting our Subunit!

This August, the SIUC IL-AFS Subunit hosted “Fish-U 2013”, a fun filled day camp for 8th-12th grade students. The event was held at Touch of Nature Environmental Center in Carbondale- a 3,100 acre facility and home of Little Grassy Lake.

Photo right: Bill Hintz and Dr. David Glover teach Fish U campers about backpack electrofishing. At Fish U, SIUC AFS members shared their knowledge and fisheries-related skills with campers.

SIUC AFS members, from left, Jake Norman (M.S. student), Lindsey Bock (Ph.D candidate), and Neil Rude (M.S.), assisted a local biologist with muskie sampling at Kinkaid Lake during early Spring 2012.

Photo Credit: Neil Rude, 2012

SIUC AFS members are very involved with the IDNR’s Urban Fishing program each spring and summer. Members have helped with various kid’s fishing events, including weekly Urban Fishing programs, Free Fishing Derbys, Earth Day events, and more. At right, SIUC AFS Secretary/Treasurer Carlin Fenn (M.S. student) assists a beginning angler with her casting skills at Carbondale Reservoir during Summer 2012.

Photo credit: Candie Glover, 2012

Last summer, members grew prawn in ponds  provided by the Center for Fisheries, Aquaculture, and Aquatic Sciences for a subunit fundraiser. In September, members harvested prawn to sell to the greater community as well as gathered research on the prawn for a bioenergetics project. We sincerely thank Bonnie Mulligan (photo right) for her hard work and dedication to the prawn sale fundraiser.

Photo Credit: Bonnie Mulligan