AFS 2006 Spring Meeting Co-Hosted by Virginia & West Virginia Chapters

John Kauffman (L) accepts the VA Chapter's 2006 Eugene Surber Professional Service Award from Gary Martel, Director DGIF Fisheries Div.

Vic DiCenzo provides additional comments to students during the FAST workshop.

Scott Smith instructing students at a day-long fish population dynamics FAST workshop in Winchester during the VA Chapter's 2006 Annual Meeting.

Walt Courtenay, USGS gives a guest lecture on snakeheads during the northern snakehead symposium at the VA Chapter 2006 Annual Meeting.

Meeting attendees enjoy poster presentations during break-time.

VA Chapter EXCOM during the 2006 Business Meeting (Steve Reeser, Past-President standing; and seated left to right: Dan Michaelson, President-Elect; John Odenkirk, President; Robert Humston, Secretary). George Devlin, Treasurer not shown.

Tomas Ivasauskas (VA Tech) accepts a $500 Robert Jenkins Undergraduate Scholarship Award from Steve Reeser.

Morgan Hyatt (Randolph Macon) accepts a $500 Robert Jenkins Undergraduate Scholarship Award from Steve Reeser.

Carrie Peirce (Randolph Macon) was awarded the best student paper for Spawning behavior and hybridization of two darter species native to central Virginia.

Dan Downy, JMU accepts the VA Chapter's Natural Resource Conservationist Award from Tom Hampton.

Steve Reeser (L) presents a Certificate of Appreciation to John Odenkirk for his term as VA Chapter President.

VA Chapter Social attendees enjoy the lively raffle proceedings (seated from left to right: Bill Kittrell, Gary Martel, Eric Brittle and Dan Michaelson).

Raffle Emcees Tom Wilcox (l) and George Palmer brought humor and fund raising to a new level during the Thursday night social.